Write a love letter today — by hand or digitally — and we'll deliver it on the day that matters. Your partner, your handwriting, your voice.
There is nothing about modern life that's good for love letters. We text. We send memes. We share Spotify songs. The romance these tools enable is real but it's also weightless, and there's a specific kind of intimacy that can only happen when one person sits down with a pen or a keyboard and writes a long, honest, uninterrupted thing addressed to the person they love. Love letters are not dead. They've just been replaced with shorter, cheaper substitutes that don't actually do what they did.
A love letter held for a year and delivered on a date that matters is the form returned to its full strength. You write it on an ordinary night — not a holiday, not under pressure — and you say everything: the moment you fell, the things they do that you've never told them you notice, the version of your life together you can almost see, the future you want to build with them. You hand it over to us, and on the date you picked — an anniversary, a birthday, the night they come home from a long trip — the letter shows up.
They open it. They read it once, slowly, and then again, and then they keep it for the rest of their life. That's what love letters do that no text thread can. They survive the relationship's hardest weeks because they were written in one of the relationship's clearest hours, and they remind both of you who you really are when the noise gets loud. One love letter, written today, delivered on a date a year from now, is worth more than a thousand goodnight texts.
Three simple steps. One beautiful moment, later.
Pour your heart onto paper. Use our Letter Helper if you'd like prompts. You decide when it should be opened — 1 year or 2 years from now.
Mail your sealed letter to our PO Box. We store it in a climate-controlled, fireproof safe — untouched, unopened, waiting.
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
You're trusting us with something irreplaceable. Here's what we do about that.
Letters are stored in climate-controlled, fireproof safes — not filing cabinets or cardboard boxes. We treat every letter as irreplaceable, because to someone, it is.
Every letter ships with an active tracking number, so you (or the recipient) know exactly when it's on its way.
If your address changes before your delivery date, email us anytime and we'll update your file. Your letter follows you — no extra fee.
If Hold My Letter ever closes, every stored letter is immediately mailed back to the sender's return address. No exceptions.
One letter. One delivery. One beautiful moment when it returns.
Emailed on your chosen date between 6 months and 2 years out. Add physical mailing for a small fee. Available worldwide — the right choice if you're writing to (or from) outside the United States.
One-time payment
+$12 to add physical mailing (first address)
One-time payment
+$12 to add physical mailing (first address)
Physical mailing add-on: +$12 for the first address. Each additional unique address: +$2.
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, fireproof safe until your chosen delivery date — then send it back with tracking, still sealed.
One-time payment
One-time payment
🇺🇸 Currently available for US addresses only. International shipping coming soon!
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It only takes 20 minutes. The moment it lands will be worth years.
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