Getting mail from home

You mean snail mail? Do people really use that anymore? :-) Seriously, it will depend on where you are. Will you be in one place for the whole time? Then it should be fairly simple, as long as they stop writing in enough time for you to have received it before you leave (you will learn how long it takes the first time you get mail). If you will be moving around, it will be difficult.
And sending mail will be more costly than sending a letter here, particularly for packages. Have you thought about staying in touch by email instead?

I agree with Nancy. What sort of mail would you need or want to receive? Particularly now that so many of us have home scanners and faxes as part of our printers, it's much easier to use e-mail, not just for communication, but for documents too. I can say that airmail letters between New York City and London usually take 3 days; from Oregon to other parts of the UK, and for other kinds of mail (even postcards), it will take longer (no idea how much). If you absolutely need something delivered on a deadline, FedEx and US Post Office Global Priority Mail work (they have guaranteed 2 day service from the US to London) - but at a high price.

If you want to get your mail forwarded, and are staying in one place, do you have a friend or neighbor who could weed out the coupons and mass mailing stuff and post a weekly package of the "good stuff?" If so, that should be easy to coordinate, supposing you are staying in one place. Given that you say "exploring," that may not be the case. Eons ago, in college, I got mail in Europe via Poste Restante. I was curious to see whether or not this still existed, and found this link: http://www.postoffice.co.uk/poste-restante And wow - it still exists! So yes, you could do that. Looks like they will even store your mail for up to 2 months.

I think you will want to think hard about exactly what postal mail you really need to receive while you're away. Not what you're used to getting, not what would be nice to have, but what you absolutely must receive in old-fashioned dead-tree format. For most of us, there's really nothing that you could not do without - most of what comes in your postal mailbox is unnecessary and the few things that are important can either wait (if you make arrangements beforehand) or can be done electronically with a little advance preparation. If you have not explored the possibilities of doing all the normal postal stuff electronically you might be surprised at the options you have available. That said, if there really is something that will arrive via USPS and you can't manage it electronically (or deal with it before/after your trip), you'll want to have someone collect your mail, watch for that specific item - and that item only - and then send it to you via some fast mail service. You do not want them to be sending the newest LL Bean catalog and a dozen credit card offers.

Arrange to have all bills paid before you go by putting them on an automatic plan, or leave family member with cheques.. can 't imagine any other mail would be needed, if someone whats to get ahold of you they wouldn't mail you a letter they would txt, phone, or email.

Dunno about anyone else, but I want to see stuff from the IRS immediately. Also letters from my Mama, who is in her late 70s and is an artist and writes letters on paper, with illustrations. Ditto pictures of my niece, who is 6, so her Mama doesn't put them on-line. There are lots of reasons someone might want to explore their options for getting paper mail. 90 days isn't forever, but it is a goodly chunk of time. Even if I called the IRS, they wouldn't wait that long, and they wouldn't be amused that I was a$$ing around in the UK spending money for 90 days, and not sending a big chunk to them! And my mother isn't going to live forever. And so on. Scott might have a really legit reason for asking! :-) Just sayin'.

No one said Scott didn't have a legitimate reason to ask his question. But it would be helpful if he could clarify for us his reason for asking, so that we could give him answers that more directly address his concerns.

Hah, back in the old days you could get letters sent to your via American Express for a small fee. I was a student and could afford it. ; ) Wonder if they still offer the service. PAm