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March 10th, 2007

Staying in Touch

If you want to continue to communicate with home and get mail there are many mail forwarding services that cater to nomads.  They will provide you with a permanent address, then hold your mail until they from you with instructions on where and how to send it.  Even local mail box rental services will take care of this for you.  I suggest using a local service if you will be spending several months at one location.  For real nomads try one of the international mail-forwarding specialists listed below.  When choosing a mail forwarder, make sure you understand their rates and that they don’t charge two or three times what UPS or the U.S. Postal Service charges for shipping your mail.

Some forwarders offer a “toss the junk mail” to save you money on shipping.  Some even set up an Internet account where you can see a list of your mail.  Then you can decide what to throw away or forward to you in Iceland.  Also, make sure you’re going to be at the place when you expect your mail to arrive.  When moving around frequently you may need to use an express method while overseas.  The cheapest overseas express method from the States is Global Priority shipping from the U.S. Postal Service.

Posted by Wade in Plan

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