We travel full time, so we know a lot about getting mail. We also run a business, so we do a lot of mail order. To receive our mail we use a mail forwarding service out of Emery, South Dakota. It is www.myhomeaddressinc.com if you are interested. There are many good services nationwide. We are very happy with the service we get. Here is how it works. Our mail gets sent to our South Dakota address. We try to plan a week ahead to have our mail sent to us. We determine where we will be and get the zip code for that town. We try to pick small towns with only 1 post office. Cities can get very confusing and run you all over town for your mail. It is sent to us personally, addressed to general delivery, in the town we are going to. We always have it sent Priority mail and can count on it being there in 3 days. Once it took 4 days, but that is rare. So we call My Home Address and they put all of our mail for the week in a priority mailer and send it to the town we specify. We go to the post office and show id to get our mail.
Okay, now outgoing mail. We send a lot of packages. Most of our badges go out 1st class in a padded envelope. It is easiest to go to a window and have the clerk process them. Some post offices have an automated system in their lobbies that work pretty well. For everything over $4.00 we use Priority mail. WE NEVER BUY A READY POST BOX! All the priority boxes are free from the post office and if they don't have them you can have them delivered to you directly from USPS.com. You can also get a login for USPS and buy the postage online. If you do your priority online, you get delivery confirmation free. There is a charge for it if you go to the Post Office. You pay by credit card and print a shipping label on you r printer. It is easy.
Dorothy Loll and Susan Cox
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That's how we've done it for years too. We've used Escapees Mail Service out of TX and Alternative Resources out of SD. Both do an excellent job.
One other point - we have gotten UPS/FedEx deliveries at RV parks but also in some remote areas too. If you can catch the UPS driver and let him know where you are and agree upon an address- even 1 Saguaro Lane- they will get it to you!
How do you get your mail? is a big question non-RVers have. It all works very well. Jaimie Hall Bruzenak
Posted by: Jaime Hall-Bruzenak | June 10, 2008 at 04:40 PM