I've searched through old threads and didn't find an answer to my specific question about vacation home mail. First, I used vacation home to mean a non-primary residence that is used periodically for getaways of 1-4 weeks per getaway. This would not be a winter/summer home where you're essentially splitting each year's month something like 6/6 or 8/4 in one large block. Because of this, no mail that I care about should ever arrive at the vacation home address.
So for a vacation home, how does one best handle USPS mail? If I do a USPS change of address (old address = vacation home new = permanent residence), will that ensure that no mail is put into the vacation home's mailbox? I thought that forwarding didn't do junk mail and therefore over several months of not visiting, junk mail would accumulate? Even if it does forward junk mail, doesn't it only last one year?
So for a vacation home, how does one best handle USPS mail? If I do a USPS change of address (old address = vacation home new = permanent residence), will that ensure that no mail is put into the vacation home's mailbox? I thought that forwarding didn't do junk mail and therefore over several months of not visiting, junk mail would accumulate? Even if it does forward junk mail, doesn't it only last one year?