Need Good Mail Forwarding Service

SteveD49 · 06-05-2019, 06:33 AM

Dear Wife and I are hitting the road for a few months and need a good mail forwarding service.

We would appreciate recommendations from those who have used a reliable mail forwarding service for months and/or years.

**ThomB** · 06-05-2019, 07:09 AM

I'm not using mail forwarding (we have someone that gets the mail) but I did setup an account on the USPS Informed Delivery. Each morning I get an email with a scan of the front of the mail that is being delivered that day. It doesn't tell us what is in the envelope, but does at least tell us that there is something there. Best of all it's free to sign up.

https://informeddelivery.usps.com/bo...o/start.action

SteveD49 · 06-05-2019, 07:40 AM

So glad to learn about this USPS service! "Free" is the best price. I am aware of Good Sam mail forwarding service that costs about $200 a year, plus other associated charges for opening and/or forwarding mail. Do not want to be associated with Good Sam Enterprises, which owns Camping World, for a variety of reasons.

Thanks for sending this USPS option!

Lv2Roam2 · 06-05-2019, 09:04 AM

We've been using Americas Mailbox in Box Elder, SD (near Rapid City) for 5 years - great service! Provides the option of establishing residency and registering vehicles. Questions welcomed ...

Sue46 · 06-06-2019, 04:15 AM

We use the Escapees Mail Seravice and have for 20+ years. Never an error on their part.

SteveD49 · 06-06-2019, 07:58 AM

Escapees Mail Service looks like it will meet my needs.
Thanks to everyone for their recommendations.

marcusf · 06-12-2019, 06:26 PM

We use and love USPS forwarding. We get the package every week. It is not the cheapest,but everything can be done online and it works.

Yoders2Go · 06-12-2019, 06:59 PM

We've been using the UPS Store for five years now. When we know where we will be for a few days, we call see if there is anything besides junkmail (which they will trash if asked). If there is enough to warrant mailing, we give the address, they have a card on file (but we can change it over the phone) and they ship at our desired speed.

al1florida · 06-13-2019, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by marcusf

We use and love USPS forwarding. We get the package every week. It is not the cheapest,but everything can be done online and it works.

Does that work when you move every week or two to a new location?

If you go to one place and stay for a few months, the free USPS mail forwarding works fine as well.

al1florida · 06-13-2019, 01:23 PM

We travel for 4-9 months of the year. We use the USPS free mail forwarding service to forward our mail to Escapees and then every month or so have Escapees send our mail to wherever we happen to be.

BTW, for the last 20 years or more, we have almost NO important mail come to us via USPS. Every thing we can, is done online. Those companies who insist on using snail mail can just wait for 4-6 weeks for us to get their mail. Usually that is a medical bill they are sending that should have been sent to our secondary insurance anyways.

SteveD49 · 06-13-2019, 01:37 PM

Most of our business is done on the Internet, too, but we get occasional important snail mail. With all the great options offered above, we are comfortable that we can manage our mail on our upcoming Great Adventure.

Thanks to all for your posts. Safe travels!

golden13 · 03-11-2020, 12:53 PM

Yeah. I attempted to use Good Sam roadside assistance on three different occasions, and in every case they found a loophole allowing them to just leave me stranded.

Goodspike · 03-11-2020, 01:29 PM

I think this may be out of business now, but years ago there was a service down in Oregon (Tillamook???) that would scan the outside of your envelopes and email them to you. You would then select whether to have them open and scan them or shred them. Might be worth a search to see if they still exist.

golden13 · 03-11-2020, 04:18 PM

The USPS will now scan your mail for you every day, for free. It's called "Informed Delivery" and you can sign up online.

Goodspike · 03-11-2020, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by golden13

The USPS will now scan your mail for you every day, for free. It's called "Informed Delivery" and you can sign up online.

But that doesn't allow you to see the contents, and it doesn't always show every item.

al1florida · 03-12-2020, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by golden13

The USPS will now scan your mail for you every day, for free. It's called "Informed Delivery" and you can sign up online.

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Originally Posted by Goodspike

But that doesn't allow you to see the contents, and it doesn't always show every item.

Also when you have your mail forwarded, the vast majority of your mail is not scanned. I only see images of mail that originated locally. I think this is because the USPS mail forwarding service captures and diverts the mail that is forwarded at near the point of origin and routes it to the mail forwarding address.

golden13 · 09-11-2020, 07:02 PM

Sorry, I know this is an old thread now. Does anyone know of a mail service that can provide an address near Fitchburg, WI or Madison, WI? I'm very much wanting to keep my current DL, pharmacy, etc.

Sue46 · 09-11-2020, 07:20 PM

Maybe UPS store.