First thing, we would never ask a friend or relative to babysit our mail. Believe it or not, it is a real PITA for the folks! OK for very short term. This being our 14th year of fulltiming, we have used Escapees since day 1. Very easy to use, no problems. And just how much mail do you intend on receiving? We pay bills, banking etc. online. Deep-sixed magazines years ago. During the winter when we are in Arizona we get mail every two weeks. Traveling in the summer, once a month.