A Love Letter — In Your Own Words
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.
Why This Works
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.
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?
Should I write by hand or type it?
When should it be delivered?
I'm not a writer — what should I say?
Ready to Write Your Letter?
It only takes 20 minutes. The moment it lands will be worth years.