Moving is both exciting and stressful! What can be more exciting than a new home? But there is so much to do and so much can go wrong. Did you know that moving is one of the top stressors a person can experience in a lifetime? It’s true; it’s right up there with divorce, job loss, and the loss of a loved one! Ugh.. One reason why moving is so stressful is the overwhelming things to do with the scheduling, the packing, the expenses, and the general disruption to our lives. One thing people often overlook is to file an official USPS Change of Address.
Filing a change of address is really easy to overlook, but the consequences of failing to file your timely address change can be really bad. Imagine how awful it is when your credit card bills, or mortgage or health insurance, life insurance bills get returned to sender or simply get lost. Who wants to deal with that mess! And here’s the thing, you don’t solve the problem when you simply file your USPS Change of Address because the Post Office doesn’t really change your address at all; all the Post Office does is to forward your mail from your old address to your new address! They leave it up to contact all your companies and all your subscriptions and service providers one at a time and update your new address with each of them. And do not forget to update all your personal contacts, friends and family too! We think the best thing to do is to use AddressGenie©.
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Here is a great “Change of Address Checklist”
Step 1 File Your USPS Change Of Address
You can file this online or in person; it costs $1.05. There is no charge if you file your address change in person at the Post Office
Step 2 Update All Your Companies With Your New Address
Remember to change your address with all your companies and service providers. Be methodical. List your companies by category. In this way your less likely to forget some. Here is our checklist:
- Airline Loyalty Programs
- Banks & Credit Cards
- Book/Music/Video Clubs
- Cable/Phone/Broadband
- Delivery Services
- Domestic Services
- Fitness/Social Clubs
- Gas & Electric/Water/Waste
- Grocery/Water Delivery
- Home Security
- Hotel Loyalty Programs
- Investment/Retirement/Brokerage
- Magazines/Journals/Newsletters
- Moving Companies
- Newspapers
- Professional Services
- Satellite
- Telephone & Wireless
Step 3 Notify your friends, family and important personal contacts
Use Gmail and Outlook to send out mass emails to the most important people in your life!
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