This is helpful ty! Though I'm sure in the case of a fire I'd scramble it up

I've heard you can actually email voicemails to yourself ...still I'd backup, but my might be a good secondary move.

From what I've read they might be treated differently compared to the personal mailbox addresses.

So far I've found the local ups employees friendly being in there a few times. Really my main focus areas are price, security, customer service/availability, and of course making sure this works smoothly from an operational standpoint (i.e. using it as my registered address with my employer).

I asked about the two addresses (mailing and physical) and they said they would only accept one, otherwise this wouldn't be an issue at all -sigh-

That's helpful feedback thank you! I'll give them a call and find out what the lowest cost/smallest mail box runs for.

UPS quoted me $20/mo curious to see how they compare.

I have also considered this. Honestly I'm not really sure what the difference is between the UPS mailbox (used a street address) and some of the smaller companies nearby that rent mailboxes (with their street address).

It seems like the same thing, but just different costs.

My other concern is I don't know if my work will have any issue with that address showing a mailing facility on Google maps as opposed to a residence/apartment. I highly doubt they would look though and I'm not really sure if that plays a factor at all.

Would there be any problems from the Airbnb being in a different city, but same state? My understanding with Washington state is it's much easier for my HR since they don't have state income taxes. So I'm hoping I can just keep the single/consistent ups mailing address until I land on my more permanent address. . Hm that's a good point on the mail forwarding, but I think I'll take the inconvenience of manually updating all the mail addresses on my part as opposed to tracking down all my pieces of mail going to multiple addresses ha

Which mail provider do you use? if you don't mind me asking that is.

Do they use "Suite" or just "PMB"? I read some people put "APT", but I like your idea of just using #105

Preferably I would like to leave it as his address, but I started getting things over the holidays letters, gifts, benefits, insurance, etc...all work/benefit related and it did pile up a bit. So I understand where he's coming from with his irritation and I frankly don't want there to be any negative association from this. I am already thankful he let use the address in the first place.

It sounds like from the gernal consensus of the responses changing to my UPS mailbox should be fine. This will also make managing my mail A LOT easier as I am going through temporary short term Airbnb's.

Sorry if I wrote USPS. That should have read UPS and I believe they accept all types of mail (FedEx, dhl, Amazon, etc).

The reason I was leaning UPS is because I've read the other mailbox service providers use "suite" and "pmb" in the address and I don't want that to concern my employer.

Do you use a UPS mailbox or a different mail provider?

Any suggestions for a good provider for Washington state? Does it matter if the provider has a different city in Washington as their address?

My UPS mailbox is a different zip code than my brothers address (currently filed with my employer), but they are in the same city and state.

The Airbnb I am renting for a few months is in a different city, but same state.

I just want to make sure I am not causing any issues using my UPS mailbox which really makes managing my mail 1000x easier than having to continuously change addresses and risks mail going to the wrong place.