Escapees Mail Service
✓ Full-time RVers wanting a club-affiliated mail service
✓ Predictable annual tiered pricing
✓ Optional add-on mail scanning
MAILBOX COMPARISON
Escapees Mail Service vs St. Brendan's Isle: fees, locations and fit
Both are long-established RV-oriented mail-forwarding services rather than app-first scan-and-store platforms. Escapees uses tiered annual membership pricing and requires active club membership; St. Brendan's Isle bills a flat monthly fee with a refundable deposit and no club-membership requirement.
CONDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION
Choose by your exact workflow and constraints
Both are long-established RV-oriented mail-forwarding services rather than app-first scan-and-store platforms. Escapees uses tiered annual membership pricing and requires active club membership; St. Brendan's Isle bills a flat monthly fee with a refundable deposit and no club-membership requirement.
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| Field | Escapees Mail Service | St. Brendan's Isle | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $95/mo personal | $11.99/mo personal | |
| Locations | Texas-based RV-club mail forwarding | Florida-based RV and boater mail forwarding | |
| Mail scanning | Scanning is a separate optional add-on costing $10/month or $100/year, plus $0.50 per page to scan envelope contents -- not bundled into the base membership price | Mail Scan Pro is a separate ~$7.99/month add-on letting you view scanned mail online and direct staff to hold, shred, send, return or scan the contents of each item | |
| Forwarding | Mail is forwarded on request or on a member-set schedule to wherever the RV is currently located; postage is billed to the account | Forwarding is scheduled around RV travel; a per-shipment handling charge applies alongside postage | |
| Free storage | Members can direct staff to hold, forward, or selectively review mail; no fixed free-storage window is published beyond standard processing | Packages get 30 days free storage, then a flat $0.10/day regardless of the package's size or weight | |
| Cheque deposit | Not advertised as a standard feature; confirm directly if this matters for your workflow | Offered directly from the virtual mailbox; exact fees should be confirmed at signup | |
| Business address | Addresses available in Texas, Florida or South Dakota; operating since 1985 as one of the oldest private mail-forwarding services, requires active Escapees club membership | Florida-based real street address; requires a $100 refundable account-opening deposit with a $10 minimum balance maintained via top-ups |
St. Brendan's Isle
✓ Full-time RVers and boaters
✓ A simple flat monthly fee with no signup or annual fee
✓ Predictable $2 handling charge per forwarded shipment
BEFORE YOU COMPARE
Caveats behind the comparison
Assumption
A listed street address is not automatically accepted by a bank, registry or marketplace.
Institutional rule
US mail authorization uses USPS Form 1583; a registered agent is a separate legal role.
Commercial change
Prices, allowances and fees are dated observations, not live quotes -- confirm on the provider's current pricing page before subscribing.
Compare total annual cost
Demonstration dataMODELLED ANNUAL COST$420 / year
✓ $34.99 monthly equivalent
✓ Assumes 10 letters and 20 scan pages included; edit the base price to match the exact plan.
✓ Excludes tax, customs, insurance and exceptional package fees.
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