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 office said they could forward it to us. Then I did read somewhere that by doing that the mail gets lost a lot. I could also ask my neighbor to get the mail and just send us the important stuff. I would give her money for postage too. Most of our bills are paid online but some items can't be so I would like to have my mail sent to me. What does everybody do?

I file a change of address, then cancel the change before making the trip back. I don't think that any of the mail has ever gotten lost.There are some "gotcha's" though. The USPS will forward one copy of a magazine subscription - but only one. You have to make the address change with the magazine publisher. And remember to make that same change before returning home.Remember to cancel the change of address order before heading back home. AND put a mail hold on the home address until you get arrive home.

We just got home from 117 days of snowbirding. We forward our mail to my brother, and pick it up when we get home. Most of the mail was tax related. I can pay all our bills online, most of them pay automatically.

You have to be friends with a neighbor but what's worked best for us is to do a temp. address change to the neighbor, then we exchange calls every couple of weeks to discuss what looks important for them to open.

Mail doesn't get "lost" like some lead on. What does happen is if you have an envelope that says "do not forward" or has the micr code on it for that action. So lets say if you're getting a new credit card mailed out it will never get to you regardless where you forward it. So I guess you could say it got lost. When we were on the road a lot we would have our mail held then forward to "General Delivery" and the town we plan on being at in a week. Worked surprisingly well. Then again, we have a great small town Post Office to work with. Now that we settle down in one park for 3-4 months we just have our mail forwarded to that park. Never had an issue other then the do not forward stuff. Not much you can do about that but be aware.

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2oldman
Explorer II
Apr 06, 2017
Mail Forwarding
Jayco-noslide
Explorer
Apr 06, 2017
You have to be friends with a neighbor but what's worked best for us is to do a temp. address change to the neighbor, then we exchange calls every couple of weeks to discuss what looks important for them to open.
corvettekent
Explorer
Apr 06, 2017
We just got home from 117 days of snowbirding. We forward our mail to my brother, and pick it up when we get home. Most of the mail was tax related. I can pay all our bills online, most of them pay automatically.
bighatnohorse
Explorer II
Apr 06, 2017
I file a change of address, then cancel the change before making the trip back. I don't think that any of the mail has ever gotten lost.
There are some "gotcha's" though. The USPS will forward one copy of a magazine subscription - but only one. You have to make the address change with the magazine publisher. And remember to make that same change before returning home.
Remember to cancel the change of address order before heading back home. AND put a mail hold on the home address until you get arrive home.

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