Keep the same address through each season.
Give eligible senders your active VMH address and keep it through seasonal moves. Choose the receiving home separately when requesting a shipment.
FOR TRAVELERS
Two homes. One place to keep up with your mail.
Enjoy the season you came for. Virtual Mail Hub gives your correspondence a consistent US mailing address, with online access to incoming mail and forwarding when you need the originals.
A year-round destination for your correspondence.
Keep participating senders connected to one mailbox throughout the year. Review arrivals online and arrange delivery of selected originals to the home you are using this season.
A familiar routine, whichever home you are in
Read letters from either home.
Review envelope images online and request a scan when you want to read a statement, notice or other correspondence.
Bring the originals to your current home.
Arrange forwarding when you need paper copies. Before the next seasonal move, confirm the destination for your next shipment.
Review your plan’s scan, handling, postage and storage terms. Forwarding depends on the item, destination and available delivery service.
Your seasonal departure checklist
Activate your mailbox before asking senders to use it.
Update important senders directly and keep a list of any still using your home address.
Check the next forwarding destination before each seasonal move.
Review storage terms for anything you leave at VMH.
Allow delivery time before leaving the home receiving a shipment.
Plan the next shipment around the home you’ll be using.
Before a spring move, for example, review your arrivals and request scans for anything you want to read. If you need an original, confirm which home should receive it and allow for processing and carrier delivery time.
Decide what can stay until later.
Check storage periods and charges before leaving paper copies at VMH for the season. Compare that choice with scanning or periodic forwarding.
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FAQs
Questions travelers ask
Do I have to change the address with every sender twice a year?
For senders using your active VMH address, you can keep that mailing address and change where you ask VMH to forward physical items. Other records may still require your current residential details.
Can my spouse receive mail too?
Ask about the plan’s recipient allowance and complete the required authorization for each adult receiving USPS mail. Spouses each need a separate Form 1583 and the required identification. USPS recipient services.
Can I forward to my northern home and later to my winter home?
You can request a suitable destination for future shipments. Confirm each address and timing before dispatch; a destination change cannot recall mail already shipped.
Will this change my state residency?
VMH provides mail services. A mailbox does not establish residency, tax status or domicile. Keep your residence-related records accurate and obtain advice about any move with legal or tax consequences.
Can I leave everything in storage until I return?
Check the applicable storage period and charges first. Months of physical storage may be a different choice from scanning or periodic forwarding.
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Will a virtual mailbox catch mail that is still sent to my home address?
No. A virtual mailbox receives mail addressed to your mailbox address, so letters from senders you have not updated keep going to the house. VMH does not file a USPS change of address for you, and mail sent to your home does not reach the mailbox on its own.
For that mail, use the USPS options for the house: Hold Mail covers absences of 3 to 30 days, and USPS has its own forwarding for longer stays. Each sender you move to the mailbox address leaves less waiting at the empty home. What a mailbox address is.
Which senders should I give my mailbox address to first?
Start with the letters you cannot miss or answer late: banks and card issuers, insurers, healthcare providers and anyone who sends statements or notices. Where an account lets you set a mailing address separate from your residence, that is the field for the mailbox address.
Some records ask where you live, not where you receive mail. Keep those accurate with your residential address. A short list of the senders you have moved, and the ones still writing to your home, tells you what to watch for before each seasonal move.
How do I get an original document I need to sign while I am at my other home?
Ask VMH to forward that item to the home you are staying in, once you have confirmed the address. Forwarding is a new mailing from VMH to that destination, with its own postage, so allow delivery time before you move on.
If you only need to read the document, a scan may be enough. If you have to sign and return it, ask the sender whether a scanned or electronic copy is acceptable; some senders accept one and some require the paper original. See how scanning and forwarding work.
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