Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 18:49     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
Dog sitter stays over and takes care of the mail, feeds the fish, etc.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 17:56     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
Next door neighbor will pick up mail and water the outdoor plants for us. We've done cat sitting for friends, one of us drives over once a day to pet & feed the kitty & check on things.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 14:01     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
We stop the mail and newspaper, but the newspaper actually stopping is far from guaranteed. We have awesome neighbors who pick them up in that case, and used to dogsit our dog as well (when we had a dog.).
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 13:56     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
Our housekeeper.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 13:55     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
We have a pet sitter for the cat, fish and gerbils, and that sitter will also pick up the mail and the newspapers every day.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 13:31     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
We also stop the mail but have a neighbor look out for flyers, stray packages and that annoying free newspaper nobody wants. We do the same for them.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 08:51     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
No one. We hold the mail.

I have my outdoor lights outfitted with bulbs that turn on at night and off during the day. And I keep a lamp on a random timer inside the house. I live in a really safe neighborhood. I wouldn't hesitate to tell neighbors though.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 08:49     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Anyone?
Who collects the flyers, newspapers?


We stop the paper and put a hold on mail, but ask one of our neighbors to collect any flyers. Some weeks we get no flyers. Others we get a ton. We typically control delivery on the packages (that is... we don't order stuff to be delivered while we're away), but our neighbors gladly pick up packages if we know something is coming in.

It's really not a big deal to ask a neighbor. We all reach out to the "village" for help.

+1
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 08:47     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
Anonymous wrote:Anyone?
Who collects the flyers, newspapers?


We stop the paper and put a hold on mail, but ask one of our neighbors to collect any flyers. Some weeks we get no flyers. Others we get a ton. We typically control delivery on the packages (that is... we don't order stuff to be delivered while we're away), but our neighbors gladly pick up packages if we know something is coming in.

It's really not a big deal to ask a neighbor. We all reach out to the "village" for help.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 08:40     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
Cat sitter.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 08:33     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
House sitters.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 08:19     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
No one really. We stop the mail and tell neighbors were are going out of town in case anything shows up on our doorstep. Don't have anything inside that requires major attention. Our plants are hearty and can go 2 weeks without water.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 06:45     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
The concierge
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 06:42     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
Our next door neighbors. We stop the mail.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2016 06:28     Subject: Who watches the house while you vacation?
We usually have a family member watch our dogs so the mail is taken care of too.

Or we ask a neighbor to get the mail and check the house (if there was a big storm).

We've had mail hold trouble before. Never get some mail and it takes months to get it working again. Sorry, USPS sucks.