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Good Sam Mail Service for RVers: how the Crestview, Florida address works

Good Sam Mail Service is an RV mail forwarding service at 5753 Hwy 85 North in Crestview, Florida (Okaloosa County, in the Panhandle off I-10). Its own company page says the mail is handled by MyRVmail, which opened in 2003, and its terms and conditions are MyRVmail’s. You get one Florida street address with a box number that takes mail and packages, scans of what’s inside, and the option to pause your account. This page covers the plans, the fee table, how the address works for Florida residency, and where its pages say more than the state does. Everything was checked on 29 Oct 2026 from Good Sam Mail Service’s pages and Florida state and Okaloosa County sources. It is not legal advice.

New to RV mail? RVers start here: the step-by-step checklist. The other Florida options we cover in depth: St. Brendan’s Isle (Green Cove Springs) and Escapees in Florida (Bushnell).

Plans and prices (checked 29 Oct 2026)

From the pricing section of Good Sam Mail Service’s home page. Member prices need a Good Sam Club membership, and the member discount doesn’t apply to the Business plan.

• One-time costs: a $35 setup fee and an opening postage deposit of $30 or more. The deposit is your money for postage, not a fee. The FAQ’s own example is $224.10 + $35 + $40 postage = $299.10 for a member’s first year.
• Both plans include: pictures of the outside of every envelope, package and magazine, usually the day it arrives; junk mail shredded by default; the whole family on one box; an iPhone and Android app; email alerts for jury summons, court summons and certified mail; and a live person on the phone who can go through your mail with you.
• Turn it off and on. The FAQ says if you buy 12 months and use only 4, you can switch the account off and use the other 8 next year or the year after. That makes it one of the friendlier picks for snowbirds and part-timers.
• Mismatch to know about: the site’s page title says “RV Mail Forwarding $19 a Month,” but no $19 price appears anywhere in tonight’s pricing table. Go by the table.

The extra fees (from the Good Sam Mail Service FAQ)

Every shipment is postage plus handling. Some postage is a fixed flat rate and the rest is “actual postage” based on weight and distance. The handling amount itself isn’t listed on the public pages.

The FAQ says most members choose FedEx 2 Day One Rate, which fits about 25 to 30 pieces of mail. USPS First-Class is the cheapest option but has no tracking and only works under 13 oz.

A first year on paper

Using only the published numbers, a yearly Premium plan is $284 the first year ($249 + $35), or $259.10 for a Good Sam member ($224.10 + $35), before postage, handling and club dues. As an example of our own math, not a quote: a member who has mail sent once a month in a FedEx 2 Day One Rate Pak would spend about 12 × $17.28 = $207.36 on postage, plus 12 handling fees whose amount isn’t posted. Compare other services in RV mail forwarding services compared.

How it works day to day

• Your address looks like this: Name, 5753 Hwy 85 North #0000, Crestview, FL 32536. When you fill out the USPS change of address online, the FAQ says USPS only accepts it written exactly as 5753 Hwy 85 N PMB 0000, with a space before and after “PMB.”
• Mail is held until you ask for it. You request a shipment in your online account or by calling. Mail is processed the day it arrives, usually by early afternoon.
• It ships by USPS and FedEx, combining your items into one package. It can ship to APO and FPO addresses.
• To open an account you sign up online or by phone, then complete USPS Form 1583 and get it notarized, either through their third-party online notary or in person. The account isn’t fully active until they have the notarized form, and their terms say it’s due within 30 days. Start 2 to 3 weeks before you leave, the FAQ says. More on the form: Form 1583 and notary.
• Holding limits (from the terms): storage is “unlimited” at their discretion, but packages must be shipped or picked up within 6 months and letters within 18 months, or they can be treated as abandoned. Because of HIPAA, they won’t scan or electronically send medical-record mail.
• When your paid term runs out, the terms say they hold your box for 6 months on inactive status. The FAQ adds that the account never goes away, though your box number might change.
• Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm Central, with pickup during those hours. Phone 877-388-2753, email info@goodsammailservice.com. Closed on 11 federal holidays, including Veterans Day and Thanksgiving.
• Free boondocking: members can stay 2 to 3 nights free on the property, which has a circle drive built for big rigs. (The home page says 6 acres; the residency page says 5.)

Going back home later

The FAQ is honest about this one: USPS won’t forward mail from a business address back to a house. If you travel part of the year, file a temporary USPS forward to Good Sam, which ends on its own. If you go full-time with a permanent change of address and later settle down, you’ll have to update each sender yourself. More in the snowbird and RV mail forwarding guide.

Using the address for Florida residency

You don’t have to become a Florida resident to use the service. The FAQ says most customers use it as a mailing address only. If you do want Florida as your home state, here is what Good Sam says, and what the state and county say.

What Good Sam’s residency page tells you to do

• Sign up, change your address with banks, insurance, the IRS, Social Security and so on, and wait for mail to start arriving in Crestview.
• Get a Florida insurance policy, then make a trip to Crestview to register your vehicles, get a Florida license, and register to vote. Their checklist says you surrender your old license and take an eye exam, with no written test.
• If there’s a lien, ask your lender to send the title to Okaloosa County. A dealer or police officer can verify the VIN on form HSMV 82042 if the vehicle isn’t there.

What Florida and Okaloosa County say

• Two Florida residential address documents. The state’s What to Bring page asks for two different documents showing your Florida residential address, not a PO box, and many of them (utility bills, bank and insurance statements, government mail) must be dated within the last 60 days. Out-of-state addresses aren’t accepted for a Class E license. Good Sam’s checklist mentions the Certification of Address form; the state says that form is for someone you live with to vouch for you, signed in person or in front of a notary.
• Appointments. The Okaloosa County Tax Collector says all driver license services are by appointment only and end at 3:30pm. The Crestview office is at 302 Wilson St N, (850) 651-7300. Road tests are given only at the Niceville office.
• Fees (FLHSMV fee table tonight): original Class E license $48; $225 initial registration fee the first time a vehicle is registered in Florida (trailers and trucks over 5,000 lb are exempt, per our St. Brendan’s Isle page); $28 for a plate; electronic title $85.25 for a used vehicle, plus $2.50 for a paper title. Tax collector offices add a $6.25 service fee on license work. Yearly RV registration amounts by weight: registration renewal guide.
• Insurance. Before you register a vehicle with four or more wheels, Florida requires Personal Injury Protection and Property Damage Liability coverage from a Florida-licensed insurer, with $10,000 PIP. Keep it continuous.
• Title transfers have to be done within 30 days of the sale or a $20 fee is added, per the tax collector.

Voting and jury duty

Good Sam doesn’t promise anything here. Its FAQ just gives the Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections number, (850) 689-5600 (main office at 302 N Wilson St, Crestview, in the same building as the tax office). That’s the right call. In opinion DE 18-09 (2018), Florida’s Division of Elections said a residence “cannot be a commercial mailbox” and that mail-service customers with no past or present physical presence in a county are “most likely not legal residents” of it for voter registration. That opinion was about a Clay County service, but the reasoning is statewide. Good Sam’s residency page also says a Declaration of Domicile alone isn’t enough and has to be backed by actually living there. On jury duty, Good Sam emails you when a summons arrives, and Florida pulls jurors from driver license and ID records. More: voting by mail for RVers and jury duty for full-time RVers.

Banks and passports (their claims)

The FAQ says most banks take the address, but big banks like Wells Fargo, Capital One and Bank of America often refuse commercial addresses except as a mailing address, and some members use a relative’s home address for those. It also says you can use the address for a U.S. passport, sometimes leaving off the PMB. These are Good Sam’s statements, not bank or State Department policy. What federal rules actually ask banks for: IRS mail, refunds and banks for full-time RVers.

Good Sam vs the other Florida options

St. Brendan’s Isle figures are from our St. Brendan’s Isle page (checked 26 Oct 2026); Escapees figures from our Escapees Florida page (checked 25 Oct 2026).

Is Good Sam Mail Service the right pick?

• It fits if you want included scans, an app, free package receiving, a live person on the phone, and the freedom to pause months you don’t use. If you already pay Good Sam Club dues, the 10% member price helps.
• Think twice if you want every cost posted up front: the per-shipment handling fee isn’t published. If price is the main thing, St. Brendan’s Isle’s monthly plan is lower.
• Want to see a Florida address without Florida residency? App-style mailboxes like Traveling Mailbox or iPostal1 scan mail well, but they’re built for reading mail on your phone, not as an RV domicile address.
• Not set on Florida? Compare states in our SD vs Texas vs Florida domicile guide.

Quick answers

How much is Good Sam Mail Service?

Premium is $24.90 a month or $249 a year ($22.41 or $224.10 for Good Sam Club members), plus a one-time $35 setup fee, a postage deposit of $30 or more, and postage plus handling on each shipment.

Is Good Sam Mail Service the same as MyRVmail?

Its company page says MyRVmail is the mail service provider for Good Sam Mail Service, and the terms and conditions are MyRVmail’s. The address is the same Crestview building.

Does it take packages?

Yes. The plan lists no fees for incoming packages and no storage fees, but packages have to be shipped or picked up within 6 months, and packages 10 lb and up carry an overweight fee when shipped.

Do I have to go to Florida?

Not to sign up. For a Florida driver license you go to an Okaloosa County Tax Collector office in person, by appointment.

More RV guides

RVers start here RV mail forwarding services compared St. Brendan’s Isle Escapees in Florida

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Sources checked 29 Oct 2026

• Good Sam Mail Service: Home and pricing
• Good Sam Mail Service: FAQ and fee table
• Good Sam Mail Service: Florida residency and How it works
• Good Sam Mail Service: Our company, Hours and Contact
• Good Sam Mail Service: Terms and conditions (MyRVmail)
• FLHSMV: What to bring (U.S. citizen)
• FLHSMV: Fees and Florida insurance requirements
• Okaloosa County Tax Collector: Driver license and ID, Motor vehicles and Crestview office
• Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections
• Florida Division of Elections opinion DE 18-09 (PDF, 19 Jun 2018)

Reviewed 2026-10-29.