A Gift for Someone Moving Away — Take This With You
Write to a friend or family member who's about to move. We'll deliver your letter on their one-year anniversary in the new city — the month homesickness usually hits hardest.
Why This Works
Everyone throws them a going-away dinner. Everyone says "stay in touch." Everyone means it. And then life happens, on both sides of the move, and the texts get thinner and the calls get shorter, and somewhere around the eight-month mark the person who moved realizes that their old life has been quietly closing behind them. The first year in a new city is one of the loneliest years anyone has, even when everything's going well. Especially when everything's going well.
A letter written the week before they leave, held for a year, and delivered to their new address is the exact gift that first year needs. You sit down while their boxes are still in your living room and you write the things you couldn't quite say at the going-away dinner — what you're going to miss, what you know they're going to be great at, the small local things you already know will remind you of them when they're gone. Then you mail it in. We hold it. And a year later, in their new city, their handwriting arrives from their old one.
They open it sitting at a kitchen table that still feels a little too new, in a life that's mostly figured out but still missing something. And for ten minutes they're home again, hearing your voice, being reminded that a whole group of people they love are still thinking about them even if the group chat has gone quieter than it used to be. It's a small, specific kind of gift. And it arrives exactly when it's needed most.
How It Works
Three simple steps. One beautiful moment, later.
Write Your Letter
Pour your heart onto paper. Use our Letter Helper if you'd like prompts. Pick any delivery date you want — from one month out to two years out.
We Keep It Safe
Mail your sealed letter to our PO Box. We store it in a climate-controlled, fire-resistant safe — untouched, unopened, waiting.
We Deliver It
On your chosen date, we mail your original, handwritten letter with tracking. Your words arrive exactly when they're meant to.
Your letter is in safe hands
How We Keep Your Letter Safe
You're trusting us with something irreplaceable. Here's what we do about that.
Climate-Controlled & Fire-Resistant
Letters are stored in climate-controlled, fire-resistant safes — not filing cabinets or cardboard boxes. We treat every letter as irreplaceable, because to someone, it is.
Tracked on Delivery
Every letter ships with an active tracking number, so you (or the recipient) know exactly when it's on its way.
Move? Just Email Us
If your address changes before your delivery date, email us anytime and we'll update your file. Your letter follows you — no extra fee.
Your Words, Always Safe
If Hold My Letter ever closes, every stored letter is immediately mailed back to the sender's return address. No exceptions.
Simple Pricing
One letter. One delivery. One beautiful moment when it returns.
Write now, deliver later
Type your letter online. We print it on cream stationery, seal it with wax, and mail the physical envelope on any date you choose — from one month out to two years out.
Digital Future Letter
One-time payment
- Type on our site, no handwriting required
- Printed on cream stationery, sealed with wax
- Mailed as a physical envelope on your chosen date
- Any custom date from one month to two years out
You write it. You mail it in. We mail it back.
The original Hold My Letter experience. Handwrite your letter, seal the envelope, and mail it to our PO Box. We store it in a climate-controlled, fire-resistant safe until your chosen delivery date — then send it back with tracking, still sealed.
Mail-in Handwritten Letter
One-time payment
- You handwrite it, you mail it in
- Stored sealed in a climate-controlled, fire-resistant safe
- Mailed back to you with tracking, still sealed
- Any custom date from one month to two years out
🇺🇸 Currently available for US addresses only.
Questions Worth Answering
Everything you need to know, answered plainly.
What happens to my letter if Hold My Letter goes out of business?
What if I move before my letter is delivered?
How do you store the letters?
Do I need their new address to send this?
When should I pick as the delivery date?
Can multiple friends all contribute letters to send together?
Ready to Write Your Letter?
It only takes 20 minutes. The moment it lands will be worth years.