Summer equals vacation. Right? Or Holiday if your from across the ocean. I've always loved that word. Holiday. Not the halloween and valentines holiday, but the vacation holiday. And I think I'm going to have to start annoying people by using this term instead of the word vacation from now on.
Them: "Why are you so tan?"
Me: "Oh, I just got back from holiday."
Just sounds fancier, right? Okay, so this post does have a point. And what's the worst part of going on holiday (besides the post-vacay mountain of laundry)? Finding, or remembering rather, to have someone pick up your mail, and water your lawn etc.
Well, I found this little website that will at least help with one of these nuances. That's right folks. Your local United States Postal Service. Once you get to the website, you just look to the right hand side of the screen where it has a pull down menu for receiving mail. Click on that. Then click on "put mail on hold". It will take you here. Then, just put in your zip code. Then name and address. Next you can choose the date for your mail to stopped being delivered and a day to resume the mail delivery. Then you can have the post office either deliver all the mail they held on the day you get back, or you can choose to pick it up at your nearest post office at your earliest convenience. Pretty handy right?
You can schedule the holds in advance, or say you've had a slight brain fart and forgot? Just log on from your vacation destination and hold the mail from there. Pretty fantastic if I do say so myself.
Happy Traveling Friends!
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