I recently did this because I knew my personal information was going into a public record. Don’t worry – I’m a big fan of public records! Just not with my home address on them.
I landed on a service called Traveling Mailbox. Pretty simple name, I know. But I liked it because I could choose an address in my city – on a real street that I recognize, and which doesn’t necessarily give away that it’s a fake address.
I found Traveling Mailbox recommended by other remote workers because it also lets you scan and see your mail digitally. But there are quite a few of these mail forwarding services around, so I’m actually interested – is there a different one you use? If so, write back!
One downside is that all of the options involve some kind of payment. There isn’t a free tool out there like Google Voice. Of course, you could always set up a good old fashioned PO Box. Most countries have them through their regular government-run post service. But I found that those were even more expensive than these digital services. Check your mail, reporters!