what to do about your mail when snowbirding
Hello All, My husband and I will be snowbirding for the first time next winter. We are only going for Jan/Feb. What is my best option for getting our mail sent to us while gone? The post o...
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If you will be in one place, its easy. Get the address of the campground. Then go to your post office and talk to the postmaster.
They have a form to fill out.
We have our mail forwarded every 2 weeks. It costs something like 7 or 8 dollars for each time they send. So for 2 months if you do it every 2 weeks, you would need 7 mailings as you would be home to pick up the last 2 weeks. They will hold your mail, then put it in an express envelope and you get it 2 days later. One of the good things, tell them you just want the first class mail and they will throw away all the junk adds etc. Or you could make it every 3 weeks if you like.
Or as others have said you can make a complete change of address and it costs nothing. They will forward your mail thru the system.
They have a form to fill out.
We have our mail forwarded every 2 weeks. It costs something like 7 or 8 dollars for each time they send. So for 2 months if you do it every 2 weeks, you would need 7 mailings as you would be home to pick up the last 2 weeks. They will hold your mail, then put it in an express envelope and you get it 2 days later. One of the good things, tell them you just want the first class mail and they will throw away all the junk adds etc. Or you could make it every 3 weeks if you like.
Or as others have said you can make a complete change of address and it costs nothing. They will forward your mail thru the system.
