Address Change Services

Changing addresses when you move can be a giant pain--services that you forget to notify can cause you to miss bank statements, bills, and magazines/newspapers. While we recommend filing a change of address form with the post office (which will try to redirect mail sent to your old address), we strongly recommend changing your postal addresses with everyone who has it.

Additionally, there are now a number of services that offer the ability to notify many different companies about your change of address in one easy step. While we have not tried any of these services personally, they sound like they could save you a lot of hassle and are worth checking out.

If you chose to take the burden on manually, here's a working list to help you remember all the places you need to notify:

• Your credit card companies
• Bank(s)
• 401K
• Brokers and other financial institutions
• Employer
• Department of Motor Vehicles
• Cable/Satellite
• All Magazines
• Newspapers
• Alma Maters (high school, college, grad schools, etc.)
• Airline frequent flyer clubs; hotel clubs
• Other memberships (health clubs, CD clubs, Netflix, etc.)
• Friends and Family

Some companies also offer cute "change of address" notification mailings for friends and family. Cuter than a mass email...

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