Mail Management

Mail Slot

Receiving postal mail is as easy as can be here in Edinburgh. Virtually every address, including our flat, has a mail slot in the door. That makes it easy for us to continue receiving mail even when we are not here. It just piles up on the floor in the entryway inside our flat. Side note, virtually all of the mail we receive here in Edinburgh is junk mail or advertisements. But that is beside the point being made about how easy it is to get mail when not here.

In contrast, dealing with postal mail in the US when we are away is problematic. Same side note as above, virtually all of the mail we receive in Roanoke is junk mail or advertisements. Even so, we want to be aware of the occasional important item - never know when that Nigerian lottery will pay off ;-)

We have had the US Postal Service hold our mail while away, and we have picked that mail up upon returning. However, they will do that for a maximum of only one month. Limited benefit for when we are away on longer trips. We have also had the US Postal Service forward our mail to our son, more problematic since the forwarding has been erratic. We are aware of the option to subscribe to a mail forwarding service, rather expensive and just as erratic as having it forwarded to our son. So, we are doing about the only thing we have found that works consistently. We are having someone collect our mail on a frequent basis. She does this when she comes often to water our house plants and check on our house.