Where do you forward mail to?
I hear a lot about various mail forwarding services, but I can't find much information about where people get their mail forwarded TO when they are traveling around. Right now we're at a seasonal camp...
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We have used the Escapees RV Club in Livingston, Texas for the past 17 years as our address. They give you a 'real' address, not a P.O. box. That is the address we use for all business/personal correspondence. All mail goes to them.
If we are traveling and want our mail, we email/call them about 4 days prior to our arrival date. We tell them to ship it c/o our name, General Delivery, City, State. They package it up for the requested day we tell them to ship it and it's shipped Priority Mail to the P.O. General Delivery and it arrives in 3-4 days, sometimes 2 days. When we arrive we go to the P.O. to pick it up. If we know that a campground would accept mail, then we have it sent there. If we're visiting family, we have it sent to their house. We've even used this system in Alaska. However, it takes a LOT longer if you have it sent to Canada because it has to go through customs. We don't have mail sent to Canada.
You should always choose a small P.O. for general delivery not a major main P.O. because problems can arise using the big P.O. If a city has more than 2 P.O. this is really important. Just choose a suburb of that big city and you'll be just fine.
If we stay in one spot for a month or two, we would do the same thing - General Delivery to the local P.O.
We usually just request our mail every 3 weeks or so as most bill paying is done automatically online. We do get some favorite magazines, personal mail from family/friends, etc.
We have found that the P.O. will hold General Delivery for you for 30 days.
It's a very easy process and we have never had a problem getting our mail in 17 years.
Good luck!
If we are traveling and want our mail, we email/call them about 4 days prior to our arrival date. We tell them to ship it c/o our name, General Delivery, City, State. They package it up for the requested day we tell them to ship it and it's shipped Priority Mail to the P.O. General Delivery and it arrives in 3-4 days, sometimes 2 days. When we arrive we go to the P.O. to pick it up. If we know that a campground would accept mail, then we have it sent there. If we're visiting family, we have it sent to their house. We've even used this system in Alaska. However, it takes a LOT longer if you have it sent to Canada because it has to go through customs. We don't have mail sent to Canada.
You should always choose a small P.O. for general delivery not a major main P.O. because problems can arise using the big P.O. If a city has more than 2 P.O. this is really important. Just choose a suburb of that big city and you'll be just fine.
If we stay in one spot for a month or two, we would do the same thing - General Delivery to the local P.O.
We usually just request our mail every 3 weeks or so as most bill paying is done automatically online. We do get some favorite magazines, personal mail from family/friends, etc.
We have found that the P.O. will hold General Delivery for you for 30 days.
It's a very easy process and we have never had a problem getting our mail in 17 years.
Good luck!
