Amazon Prime<\/a> packages) are.\u00a0 Here we will talk about how we get mail, and all the different ways we have tried (both successfully and unsuccessfully) to get packages while traveling on the road.<\/p>\nGetting Mail on the Road<\/h1>\n
This is an easy one for us.\u00a0 We send all of our mail to Nick’s mom. Her house also happens to be our permanent address and domicile.\u00a0 There are great mail services out there that will sort and send pictures of your mail and then forward you whatever you need.\u00a0 Nick’s mom does this for free and even goes to the bank and deposits checks into our accounts for us (Thanks Pat!).\u00a0 So far, after about 4 months on the road we have not needed her to mail us anything.<\/p>\n
Getting Packages<\/h1>\n
Now this is the tricky part.\u00a0 We don’t want our packages to go to Nick’s mom, we want them to go to us wherever we are on the road.\u00a0 There are a few problems with that – we often don’t know where we are going to be in a few days, and often times we stay in the middle of a forest with no address. That being said here are some of the ways we have gotten packages on the road.<\/p>\n
The Easy Ways:<\/h2>\nSend them to a friend’s house<\/h3>\n
If you have friends in the area you are visiting, ask if you can fill their porch like its Christmas morning.\u00a0 This is by far the easiest method because all you need is their address and to make sure all your packages arrive before you leave the area.\u00a0 We just sent more than 20 packages to our friend in Seattle.\u00a0 It was great because we had a list of things that didn’t have two day prime delivery (shocking we bought things that were not on Amazon) and we could send them all to her and she could collect and hold on to them all until we got there.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this solution does not work if you don’t know people in the area you are going to, which if you are like us is more often than not.<\/p>\n
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Christmas in July When Shipping Packages to Friends<\/p><\/div>\n
Send them to an Amazon Locker<\/h3>\n
Amazon Lockers are little storage boxes that are usually located at Whole Foods and sometimes 7-11 where you can have Amazon packages shipped to.\u00a0 When you go to check out on Amazon there should be your saved shipping address and then underneath it will say “or pick up from an Amazon Locker.” From here you can click to find Amazon Locker locations by typing in a city name or zip code.\u00a0 This is where it gets tricky, you have to know where you will be when the package will arrive in order to pick a location – or, if you really need a package you have to figure out where it can be shipped to and then plan to be in that location when it arrives.\u00a0 We usually search ahead of what cities have the Amazon Lockers and then plan our orders for when we will either be in or driving through those areas.\u00a0 With our Amazon Prime membership we get free 2 day shipping on all packages.\u00a0 Once a package arrives at its Amazon Locker location you have 3 days to pick it up before it gets shipped back to Amazon.\u00a0 This gives you a 2-5 day window to get to where your package is.\u00a0 We usually try to plan it so that the package arrives the day before we will get to town so that it will for sure be there when we are.\u00a0 Picking up the packages is easy as can be – you just go to the Amazon Locker location, scan the code they send you by email at the kiosk and then the locker opens and you take your package.\u00a0 If you are like us you also pick up something delicious to eat at Whole Foods at the same time – have you tried Jeni’s Ice Cream? If not you should!\u00a0 Here’s a Vicariquickie on the process of picking up Amazon Locker packages:<\/p>\n<\/div>