Quote Originally Posted by shootingstar View Post
I am not certain what hold mail service is. But I've had packages that were held at the local postal office free, for a limited number of days after they attempted delivery. Then I pick it up, etc.
Say you were going to be out of town for a week or two, or a month, or as is often the case in Alberta, 6 months. And you don't have someone to check your mailbox for you, or for whatever reason you don't want to inconvenience a friend by asking them to empty your mailbox every day. You can fill out a request with the postal service to automatically hold ALL of your mail at whatever postal location normally serves your address. It's a great alternative to having your postal carrier stuff and overflow your box and then leave a pissy note about how your box is full, and having your mail spilling out of your box while you are away, alerting any passing opportunists that you are out of town and no one is looking in on your home.

And then you can opt to pick it up or have it delivered when you return.

So, CP charges for this service; USPS does not.