This winter, we are going to be snowbirding for three months down on the gulf. We have never been out that long, and have previously had our daughter take care of our mail for us. As we are also Escapees, we thought we would use their mail forwarding service, or Good Sam's, but I just noticed that the USPS offers a service as well, up to 365 days to a temporary, new address:https://www.usps.com/manage/forward-mail.htmDoes anyone have any experience using the USPS service, or how does it compare to the services offered by the Escapees and Good Sam?:@

I've never used theother mail services, so I can't compare.We've used the premium forwarding service for a few years now, when we snowbird in Florida. Our mail carrier packs up all of our mail, puts it in the box & sends it to us once a week. Works very well. As you can see in your link, it is a bit pricey. This works for us because we stay in one place for the 3 months we're down there.We have been using a post office box in Florida. This year, we're going to have it sent directly to our campground. This way, we can set it up online. When we first started to snowbird, we used the free usps forwarding. You hand in a temporary change of address. They send your mail to you. The problem was, they don't send everything. If an envelope says " do not forward" or " return service requested" etc, they return it to the sender. We missed doctor bills, some tax information, etc. (We try to get things sent to us online, not everybody is onboard with that yet)We've had no problems with the premium forward service.

I have had a private mail forwarding service for 8 years now.I have had my mail forwarded to me about 96 times now. 95 times I used FedEx. Not a single problem.One time, I used USPS to save a few bucks. They lost it.

Does anyone have any experience using the USPS service, or how does it compare to the services offered by the Escapees and Good Sam?Hands down the US mail forwarding. Your mail comes into the main post office in the state you live in and then immediately and DIRECTLY goes to you where you are at.There are huge time delays and many people handling your mail using Escapees and GS. I respect Escapees but you do have to pay for it. And GS? I would not let THEM touch anything!YUP. You can use the regular government United states postal service to have your mail forwarded for FREE.It's on line. fill it out and for 4 months they will forward your mail. If you need it for more than 4 months just go back on line and request 4 more months. Just be SURE to mark "TEMPORARY" forwarding.I have been using this service for years now. Real slick and you know you will receive all your mail in a timely fashion for FREE.

The USPS forwarding service can work well IF you're going to be staying in one location. If you're going to move to other locations from time to time, the RV specific mail services are better suited for forwarding mail on request to RV park and PO general delivery addresses. Some will even scan your mail on request, letting you decide if it needs to be forwarded or can be discarded.

It is going to depend on your postman.Where I am there is no permanent employee assigned to our route so we get temporary subs.We used to have mail forwarded from our S&B to where we are in the summer. We would come home to find lots of mail in our S&B mailbox. Never could get the lazy supervisors to get up and supervise the temps so had to stop using USPS forwarding service.

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Dog_Folks
Explorer
Oct 25, 2014
I have had a private mail forwarding service for 8 years now.

I have had my mail forwarded to me about 96 times now.

95 times I used FedEx. Not a single problem.

One time, I used USPS to save a few bucks. They lost it.
charlysmom_dad
Explorer
Oct 25, 2014
I've never used theother mail services, so I can't compare.
We've used the premium forwarding service for a few years now, when we snowbird in Florida. Our mail carrier packs up all of our mail, puts it in the box & sends it to us once a week. Works very well. As you can see in your link, it is a bit pricey. This works for us because we stay in one place for the 3 months we're down there.

We have been using a post office box in Florida. This year, we're going to have it sent directly to our campground. This way, we can set it up online.

When we first started to snowbird, we used the free usps forwarding. You hand in a temporary change of address. They send your mail to you. The problem was, they don't send everything. If an envelope says " do not forward" or " return service requested" etc, they return it to the sender. We missed doctor bills, some tax information, etc. (We try to get things sent to us online, not everybody is onboard with that yet)

We've had no problems with the premium forward service.

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