rockhillmanor wrote:
shirlock1 wrote:Thanks for all the thoughts, but As I stated we will be full timing for only 12 months so I don't really want to get all the addresses changed to a forwarding service. Don't seem to have many options but I will keep on researching.
I just sold my house, but also just paid for plates for 3 vehicles and insurance for 3 vehicles. $$$$$, that I don't want to just throw out the window so here is what I am going to do for a year and it might help you too.
I just found out something today that might help you. I just started full time and rather than be rushed into making decisions about the domicle issue/insurance/plates etc. I wanted to keep my old address for a year. (even though I sold the house). What I did was get a po box in my town (you could use your home address if you still have one, I don't).
I went to the post office to ask if they would forward mail from a po box for extended period of time, longer than the allowed amount.
YES! The US Post Office has a 'temporary moved' form. This is to accomodate the people that go south for the winter. And the US Post Office 'will' forward your mail. I asked what if I stay longer? She handed me two forms and said you just keep filling them out.
So.. I am going to pay for one of the mail forwardings service's the full timers use(I was told anyone can use their forwarding service without registering in that state).
So my mail will be forwarded from the p.o. box in the state everything is registered in, to the forwarding service and then you just call them and they send your mail to whatever town you are traveling in.
Whew!
I know that none of this applies to the original poster, but for those folks who go full time after selling their home, it may not be a good thing to use a po box. We have an health insurance issue that will not allow po box as an address. The same thing may apply to some other insurance companies. And what to do about an address for you drivers license? Can you use a po box for banking, and insurance etc.?
We have been using UPS for an address and mail forwarding for the last few months without a single problem. We have a street address with a #. No PO box. No different than an apartment number.Barb
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