Mail Forwarding Service

So you are going to start traveling. Great!

But what do you do about all your mail?

Your bills, bank statements, magazines, etc!

The first thing that comes to mind is to have the post office forward all your mail to your new location. But there are a couple problems with this.

First, you will probably only be in your new location for 3 months or so. And then you need to move again. So any mail that comes to your house, will be forwarded to your first assignment address, then after 3 months will start getting forwarded to your second assignment address.

It could take up to a month to get to you. If it ever does.

Unless you don't want your mail, this is not a good option.

You can also call all the people sending you mail and change your address with them everytime you move. But that could mean a dozen or so phone calls everytime you move. This won't work either.

If you plan on doing at least 2 assignments, then you need to get yourself a mail forwarding service.

A mail forwarding service will give you a mail box and hold any mail that comes to that box. You then tell them where you want it sent, and they will forward it to you. So even if you move every month, your address can stay the same. The only thing you need to do is tell the forwarding company the new address to forward the mail to.

The mail forwarding service we use and have found to be cheaper and better then anything else out there is called MailLinkPlus.

You rent a mailbox with them. Then you change all your mail to come to this box. You do this by calling all your financial institutions and filing a mail forwarding ticket with the post office.

Everytime you get a piece of mail, this service emails you that yo have mail and you can actually see who the sender is. You can then schedule how often you want the mail forwarded to you. They charge $2 to forward mail plus the cost of the postage. I have my mail sent once a week to keep the costs low.

If there is mail in your box that you do not want, you can click a button, and they will throw it away for you.

It is simple and easy. We've been using them for months will no problems. I do everything via the web and have never ever had to call them for anything. They answer all emails quickly and are cheaper than all the other mail forwarders I researched including the UPS stores.

Getting your mail forwarded is one of the expenses you need to put up with if you want to go traveling. Missing even one bill and payment can lead to problems on your credit report and that is definitely something you want to avoid. So set up your mail forwarding before you leave. You will be glad you did.