Grey Nomads and their Mail

When travelling around Australia the grey nomad community have various ways of receiving their mail whilst on the move. Some who are computer savvy use online banking and pay bills online. Others get friends or relatives to forward their mail wherever they are at.

However there are services out there that take the burden off friends and family and offer a far more flexible service than Australia Post allowing the mail to be sent to different places each time. Ideal for those on the move.

For a small service fee and the cost of the postage companies will take control of your mail and hold it until you get in touch with the next address. Some companies even offer to email a list of mail and then upon request scan your mail to you.

These companies fall under the heading of Mail redirect or Mail forwarding services. There are a few about but one that comes highly recommended is Pass The Post. Brisbane based and having relatively low fees it also offers discounts if you stay with them longer than 12 months ideal for those on the road full time. Recommend a friend and you get money credited to your postal account.

Check out www.passthepost.com.au for your mail forwarding needs

Have you organised mail forwarding via a friend,through Australia Post or a Mail Forwarding company?

There is nothing we love more than receiving a hoard of bills dressed in their finest window faced envelopes. Advertising, bank statements, rate notices, mobile phone bills, reminders, final notices and threats from collection agencies. Why should hitting the road remove the joy of such fan mail?

For as little as $68 per annum or $34 if a pensioner (Australia Post fees based on 2009), you are able to redirect your mail to a designated volunteer. Your volunteer needs to be equipped with sticky address labels, postcode book, marker pen and a pen, so when you contact them in advance of your next destination they are able to change the location of your mail.

This puts a lot of onus on the friend or family member to forward your mail. The next alternative is Australia Post but this is not a flexible method you can redirect to one address for a minimum of 1 month but not have the flexibility of getting your mail everytime you hit the road.

The final option is a mail forwarding company. For a small monthly fee and a postage account you make their address your new address (either through mail redirection at Australia Post or by telling everyone your new address) and then everytime you move to a location long enough to have your mail forwarded the company sends it on to the next place be it a post office, caravan park or private residence. This service offers you peace of mind. It is suitable to The Grey Nomad community, nurses working in remote locations, miners in remote locations, backpackers on the move, migrants arriving into Australia, Australians going overseas to work.

Check out www.passthepost.com.au for your mail redirect services.

Pass The Post Mail Redirection

Pass The Post is a cost effective mail forwarding service based in Brisbane, Australia. It has recently changed hands and has undertaken a few changes. Firstly there is a new look website, you are able to now make contact through Skype user name Pass The Post, there is also a page on facebook.

Our main aim with you in mind is to help reduce your mailing costs, and eliminate the difficulties encountered with mail whilst you are either: travelling around Australia or overseas; working in remote areas; or for any other reason that you may be away from home or office for a period of time enabling you to keep in touch with family, friends and associates.

Our service is suitable for people who will be away from home for a medium to long term period for instance in the following circumstances:

• Grey Nomads
• Backpackers
• Australians heading on their Overseas experience
• International travellers arriving for their Australian experience
• International au pairs / child carers / nannies
• Workers in remote areas (those in the mining industry, nursing, teaching etc.)
• Migrants embarking on their new life down under
• Business executives travelling for long periods

So check out the website www.passthepost.com.au for your simple inexpensive mail forwarding service and register online or print the forms and post or fax them through to the office.

Mail redirect and mail forwarding

Planning to be away for a long trip or planning a big move? If you are then it can be a good idea to use a mail redirect and mail forwarding service. This can really take the stress out of moving around and not being able to keep up to date and in touch.

The benefits of using a mail redirect and mail forwarding services are:

• You have one mailing address where people can send your mail
• You can update your actual details with the mail forwarding service as often as you need
• You can have mail sent to you anywhere by post or even scanned and emailed to you
• It's simple, it's efficient and it's really inexpensive!

Read on, we have lots of good travel tips for you - and think about whether mail forwarding could help you!