I do still send post cards and I hope I never stop.

Posted By Sheila on August 15, 2008, 9:16 AM

Me, too!

Posted By Marty on August 15, 2008, 10:02 AM

Of course. It's an easy way to keep in touch with Grandma and others who don't use the internet. And it's more fun to receive real mail even if you are in internet user. A postcard says I'm thinking of you way more than an email ever will.

Posted By Jenn on August 15, 2008, 10:43 AM

nope. iphone plus facebook equal happy

Posted By wrightstuff on August 15, 2008, 11:42 AM

yes,some friends like the tactile experience of a postcard and my young nieces have no email.

Posted By jack on August 15, 2008, 11:56 AM

I did a postcard revival project via my blog recently - it was really fun. I got about 20 postcard from around the world and sent off the same number, it was really fun. And for a while, it was like getting a present every day when I went to the mailbox.

Posted By pam on August 15, 2008, 1:51 PM

lots of people still prefer pen and paper
see postcrossing.com

Posted By of course we do on August 15, 2008, 2:59 PM

Absolutely! It's fun to get something tangible in the mail. And I buy them for myself too :)

Posted By Allison on August 15, 2008, 3:27 PM

I send a postcard to myself so I can remember the trip when otcomes home.

Posted By anniika on August 15, 2008, 11:11 PM

Always! Fun to send & receive. When we went to Paris (2004) you can send a postcard from the Eiffel Tower - what a great souvenir & more personable.

Posted By Athalia on August 16, 2008, 10:44 AM

I prefer to send & receive postcards!!! In this busy, high tech world in which we live, it is the least I can do. It's genuine, still heartfelt & personable!!

Posted By Kai on August 17, 2008, 9:44 PM

Of course! I just sent 5 postcards from Hawaii and everyone who got one emailed to thank me!

Posted By Hank on August 18, 2008, 12:13 PM

Yes, I love postcards. This year we traveled west 5,000 miles and I bought postcards at all the sights and sent them to my grandsons. They enjoyed them and learned a lot at the same time. My son-in-law also had favorites.

Posted By Jody on August 18, 2008, 12:15 PM

Yes I do still send postcards. They were a little higher from Europe, but still a great value. I send them to myself also for a cheap fun souvenir when I return home.

Posted By Rosalie on August 18, 2008, 12:16 PM

I mail two postcards every few days, one for me and my husband, trying to win a prize in Disney's Year of a Million Dreams giveaway.

I also play Fairy Godmailer while at Walt Disney World, mailing postcards from Mickey and the gang to young children who will be visiting WDW soon. They love getting personalized postcards from Mickey or a Princess.

Posted By Bev on August 18, 2008, 12:16 PM

Absolutely!!! They are so fun to receive and always put a smile on your face :)

Posted By Crlyblu on August 18, 2008, 12:18 PM

I still send postcards, I love receiving them, & it's a quick & inexpensive way to let people know I was thinking about them on my travels.

Posted By Gretchen on August 18, 2008, 12:18 PM

I send them to neices and nephews for their enjoyment. I also send them to myself, so I have a memory with beautiful postage stamps when I return home. I rotate them in a clear napkin holder on my kitchen counter top, so that I can dream of past and future journeys as I go about my day.

Posted By Linda on August 18, 2008, 12:19 PM

Definitely. My two sisters and I just came back from a week long trip and we sent out about 20 postcards between us plus we all bought some as keepsakes. It's definitely more fun and personal to send and receive postcards!

Posted By Lisa on August 18, 2008, 12:19 PM

I do for longer trips, because I know many of my friends/family still like receiving real postcards. However, for trips less than a week long, I tend not to any more.

Posted By Diane on August 18, 2008, 12:19 PM

Absolutely! I love to receive postcards when friends are traveling and I enjoy sending cards when I am on vacation.

Posted By Diane on August 18, 2008, 12:21 PM

Of course, I do. I've also made it a high priority to send one to my young nephew from wherever I go. I started to do it when he was in utero as something that he might appreciate and cherish when he's older.

Posted By Casey on August 18, 2008, 12:21 PM

Yes, always. It's more personal and some of my older relatives don't use the internet.

Posted By Margie on August 18, 2008, 12:22 PM

No, and it must have been 20+ years since I have, but I do buy postcards to add to my pictures, because some of them are so beautiful and I would never get that perfect light.

Posted By Charlotte on August 18, 2008, 12:22 PM

Postcards are interesting and fun when you are travelling to a place that people could be interested in but might never get there. Ex., Australia , New Zealand are countries that many do not get to visit. I like to receive cards from my friends who visit India, CHina etc. The cards are attractive and are great to receive......non-travellers really like them too.

Posted By Joan on August 18, 2008, 12:23 PM

No Doubt!
I love receiving them, so I make sure I send them as well.
I also send them to my husband to let him know how much I enjoy traveling with him ;-)

Posted By Carrie on August 18, 2008, 12:24 PM

I actually adopt soldiers overseas and use post cards all the time to send a quick note to them.. Also when I travel I send them!

Posted By Shawn on August 18, 2008, 12:24 PM

I buy postcards for the photos. The professional photographers usually get the photo I wish I had snapped. I keep them with other photos of my trip. The postcard includes a description of the scene which is also helpful to the viewer.

Posted By schar on August 18, 2008, 12:24 PM

I stopped sending postcards years ago. It's time consumming and now it's become costly. I doubt if any of the recipients really care "Did they send me the postcard to make me feel envious"?

Posted By Jerry on August 18, 2008, 12:24 PM

Very much, yes. I send postcards because they are fun to receive in the mail, they are a tangible sign of your thoughts of someone, and they (let's hope) can serve as some sort of historic record.

An SMS or Facebook message are fun, but they do not last long -- and you cannot post them on the fridge ;)

Posted By Magdalena Rahn on August 18, 2008, 12:25 PM

Rarely. I prefer the cultural experience of an Internet cafe and the ease of email. But my daughters like to send cards to their pals back in the States--I think it feels more "real" to them and gives their young friends an "oh, that's where they are!" image.

Posted By Lisa Bergren on August 18, 2008, 12:25 PM

I love to send postcards, I always send one to myself as well. Its a fun surprise to receive when I return home from a great trip. They are much more personal than an e-mail or text message and lets someone know you were thinking of them in a particular location. FUN memories

Posted By jody on August 18, 2008, 12:26 PM

I send postcards from foreign countries where the price of stamps is not so ridiculous.

In the US, I send postcards in lieu of letters when emails or phone calls or not practical and my message is short. I try to use the US mail as little as possible, however.

Posted By Carolyn Simon on August 18, 2008, 12:26 PM

Sure do! And I make my friends who are going to interesting places send me one. I have a whole basket of postcards from all over the world...not really sure what to do with them, but they make me happy...and envious : )

Posted By Karen on August 18, 2008, 12:30 PM

All these affirmative responses surprise me. I haven't sent a post card in years, although I often buy some to supplement my photo album.

Posted By Nancy on August 18, 2008, 12:33 PM

I still enjoy receiving postcards from family and close friends on faraway trips, so I always send them too.

Posted By Lucy Molinaro on August 18, 2008, 12:34 PM

No text message could ever be as fun as getting a postcard!

Posted By CeCe on August 18, 2008, 12:34 PM

absolutely!

Posted By bobbie on August 18, 2008, 12:34 PM

Yes! My girlfriends and I send postcards to each other whenever we travel. So we have a little souvenir of each place we have been, and keep in touch.

Posted By Erin on August 18, 2008, 12:34 PM

I am sending postcards too! I think that finding a post office and/or country stamps is part of the experience! I wished all of them actually made it (a couple of cards from Tanzania are still lost in the African postal system :)

Posted By Foteini on August 18, 2008, 12:35 PM

I always have (and hope always to) sent cards esp to people who will never have the chance to see the places I've been fortunate to see. I pre write address labels before departure so I know if I've sent one to grandma yet...also keep a few for myself...sometimes a view just can't be captured by camera.

Posted By JoAnn on August 18, 2008, 12:36 PM

I always send postcards! The nieces and nephews take them to school and find the places I go on the map. I bring coins when I get back and they show those off, too! It personalizes places they've only heard of.

Posted By Faith on August 18, 2008, 12:39 PM

...I love the personal connection with friends and family when traveling...it's getting harder to find postcards, though...recently my daughter and i couldn't find any in West Palm Beach, Fl...we retrieved a couple from a box in a drugstore that was closing them out!...i hope this isn't a "sign of the times"

Posted By Kathy Diez on August 18, 2008, 12:40 PM

No. But entirely based on the cost. With the recent decline of the USD, it cost me about 2.50 US to send out each postcard based on 50-75 EU for each card and then another 75+ EU to mail it. Mind you, we were getting .61 for each of our dollars in mid-May; its probably an even worse exchange rate today.
In addition, many US folks are not traveling overseas due to the economy so why rub it in? But
I do send postcards when traveling within the US. But overseas, no longer.

Posted By Eileen on August 18, 2008, 12:41 PM

ABSOLUTELY! We enjoy sending post cards to nieces and nephews (and now to their children) from our travels -- especially overseas, as it exposes them to the wide world of adventure out there. I also paste cartoons to the back of US Postal post cards, adding humorous commentary. These go to relatives and friends whenever I can add appropriate humorous commentary. They enjoy it. Especially the kids, as they find that an adult really does think about them.

Posted By Walt Kilmanas on August 18, 2008, 12:42 PM

I always send postcards when I travel. I collect stamps and think it's a great way to get people interested in collecting. Other countries have some really cool stamps.

I don't mind the expense. If you can't afford to send a postcard you probably shouldn't be spending your money on travel.

Posted By Karin on August 18, 2008, 12:42 PM

Absolutely!
and I Love receiving them too.
I keep trying to set a good example and hope my children and nephew will continue the tradition!
Nancy Lee

Posted By Nancy Cidlowski on August 18, 2008, 12:43 PM

I love sending postcards! And I know that the people receiving them love them too! I definitely won't stop sending them from places I vacation...

Posted By Melissa on August 18, 2008, 12:44 PM

My husband, who moved to the U.S. from Wales, U.K., when he was 13, still has many relatives in Wales. One cousin, who has MS and lives alone, loves to write to him. My husband is not a writer, but every time we go somewhere he buys postcards, sends a short note ("We're here on vacation--hope you're well"), and sends it to him. He loves to receive them and has a large map of the U.S. where he searches the location of the postcard's picture. Those cards are worth every cent it takes to buy them and the overseas postage to be able to bring him a moment of joy.

Posted By Emily on August 18, 2008, 12:45 PM

Still nice to send from a vacation spot. People can post on fridge and have a hard copy to look at.

Posted By Rich on August 18, 2008, 12:46 PM

Yes! I still send postcards and I still love receiving them. I will continue to send them no matter what.

Posted By heidi on August 18, 2008, 12:50 PM

No -- sorry, I have given up on the postal mail after receiving so many cards from friends that arrive well after they have returned home. I prefer to send fresh photos as a .jpg file on a twice weekly basis. The "real time" aspect is much more present & satisfying to me.

Patrick Stansfield
Sherman Oaks, Cal.

Posted By Patrick Stansfield on August 18, 2008, 12:50 PM

Yes I love to send postcards! Sometimes its nice to get something we can hold on to and people get something fun in the mail instead of just bills

Posted By trish on August 18, 2008, 12:50 PM

Absolutely! It lets our grandkids know where we've been and hopefully
puts a smile on their faces when they hear from Grandpa and Grandma!

Posted By Lana on August 18, 2008, 12:52 PM

I always send post cards and I look forward to receiving them from friends who are traveling.

Posted By Gary Clark on August 18, 2008, 12:52 PM

I HAVE SENT POSTCARDS SINCE 1970 TO A DEAR, COMPUTER FREE, AUNT WHO HAS KEPT THEM. WHAT A TRAVEL STORY!

Posted By PAT on August 18, 2008, 12:53 PM

Definitely. Our grandkids love getting postcards whenever we travel. They also follow our trips on maps or the globe.

Posted By George on August 18, 2008, 12:54 PM

I always send postcards because I love to receive them. I also send one to myself as a souvenir of my travels.

Posted By Arlene on August 18, 2008, 12:54 PM

Yes, I do send postcards. I print up address labels to take with me, so I don't have to address each one by hand. Kids like to get them from foreign countries. I don't travel with a computer.

Posted By Paula on August 18, 2008, 12:54 PM

I used to send them. Sometimes my daughter still does when she wants to remember something special about a trip. She used to send them when she was younger to see if it would get home before we did. One time we learned that we should have put U.S.A. on one as there was another city in that country the same as ours. We never got it! The reason I've stopped sending postcards is that when I'm on vacation, I just want to enjoy my time without having to know I have to sit and write out postcards. I don't mind but sometimes I just want some time away.

Posted By Donna on August 18, 2008, 12:55 PM

When I go on vacation, I send my nephew (who always wants to go) a postcard from all the major places I visit so he feels like he is there.

Posted By blindedblonded on August 18, 2008, 12:55 PM

Yes. My daughters collect stamps, so we always send them postcards from foreign countries we visit. Plus, the girls send them to friends or their class at school. I also like to buy them to go in my scrapbook as they have beautiful photos of the monuments and famous sites.

Posted By Piper Madland on August 18, 2008, 12:57 PM

I LOVE postcards!! In fact; I belong to a post card list on a travel db that I belong to. I manage the postcard list (in a Word document to print out address-labels) and whenever someone from that list travels; they send out postcards to the list. We probably keep the post office in business.

Long live post cards! They are the highlight of the week when receiving them!

Posted By Christina on August 18, 2008, 12:58 PM

I send postcards all the time. When I was in Europe missing my boyfriend badly, I sent him one from every city I was in. It's a way to show I'm thinking of someone without having to check an extra bag full of snowglobes on the way home. My grandfather's assisted living apartment is decorated with postcards I sent him- it means a lot to him since I don't live in the same state and don't see him very often, and it means a lot to me to see them displayed because I know he enjoyed seeing them.
At home, I also send postcards for various reasons. When I moved states, I emailed all my friends my new address but then sent them all postcards so they could see where I was. This is especially true for my friends overseas- for them, a postcard of the Grand Canyon is as exotic as one of a Tasmanian devil is for me. I also collect funny art ones to send friends if they're having a bad few days, since on a student budget I can afford to send postcards far more often than flowers.

Posted By Juniper on August 18, 2008, 12:59 PM

Yes I still send them. I have several people that have collections of postcards that they keep in binders. I also send them to keep for scrapbooks.

Posted By laura on August 18, 2008, 12:59 PM

I've always sent post cards mostly to those interested in stamp collecting or those interested in historical and cultural themes; especially cards from places like Zanzibar, Nepal, Brazil,etc...and I'm always thrilled to receive them, too. I usually save the best ones for my 'collection' that I proudly diplay with refrigerator magnets...everyone is pleased to see I have saved their cards!

Posted By Benjamin Guibord on August 18, 2008, 1:00 PM

Not only do I send postcards but I buy many of them to supplement photos in our travel albums. Yes, I still do albums using pictures from a non-digital camera! I like to be able to sit and look at actual photos rather than doing everything on a computer.

Posted By Karen on August 18, 2008, 1:01 PM

I don't send post cards any more except to my young grandchildren. But I buy a lot of them because the pictures are wonderful, better than I could take myself. And they're great souvenirs. They're small and flat and fit into my suitcase.

Posted By Carol on August 18, 2008, 1:05 PM

Yes, if I'm traveling, I do still send postcards. On the other side of that, I collect postcards, too. I have them from all 50 states, and seven continents.

Posted By Nancy on August 18, 2008, 1:06 PM

Postcards might seem antiquated, but I love to give and receive them more than a simple text or phone photo because they are much more personalized. To save precious time on vacay though, I usually print out the names of all the people I wish to send postcards onto a sheet of labels before I go, then it's easy to just smack them on the postcard, place a stamp and write a few thoughtful words.

Posted By Jess W. on August 18, 2008, 1:10 PM

Yes I send postcards to my grandkids from every state or country that I visit. My daughter keeps a scrapbook for each child. If It is in the US then I take postcard stamps with me and also make address labels. Then all I have to do is write a short message and mail.

Posted By Sharon on August 18, 2008, 1:10 PM

I love sending post cards to myself and others who ask me to. When I receive the ones I send myself, it becomes a physical reminder of my trip rather than having to rely on the Gigs of digital memory that has lately been looked at. Furthermore, I'm making this big collage that is decorating my "Travel Room"!

Posted By Colin on August 18, 2008, 1:11 PM

Of course...many of our friends want to see where we travel and I'm not going to send a text message with photo. Many can't receive those anyway. Also it's a great way to send a few lines to keep in touch without feeling like I have to write a lot.

Posted By Traveller on August 18, 2008, 1:12 PM

I ALWAYS send post cards. My friends take it as bragging but I'm not stopping!

Posted By Lia Warde on August 18, 2008, 1:13 PM

I definitely still send postcards if I'm traveling. I also collect postcards. Whenever a family member is traveling, I ask if they can send me a postcard or buy me some postcards. Postcards bring you to another place or give you wonderful reminders of your trips.

Posted By Maria on August 18, 2008, 1:13 PM

i LOVE sending out postcards!!!!! i was recently in the UK & was in London, Edinburgh, Nottingham & Blackpool........i sent postcards from each destinations!!! all of my friends & family always know to expect postcards from me when i travel!!!!! i even sent postcards to myself as souvenirs!!!

Posted By Cynthia on August 18, 2008, 1:13 PM

Absolutely! We have lots of nieces and nephews who love to receive them. And they are so much more personal than e-mail. One nephew has every one I've sent tacked up on his wall. It makes me feel good to send them, too!

Posted By Megen on August 18, 2008, 1:14 PM

I send postcards to older friends and relatives who can no longer travel, to children (who love mail and can learn about the world from the pictures), and to good friends who appreciate receiving cards.

Posted By Gladys on August 18, 2008, 1:14 PM

Yes, I love to send and receive postcards. My friends laugh at me because no matter where I go I usually send no less than 5 cards! My grandma loves it, she doesn't get to travel so she says my postcards are the closest thing to being there! She keeps them in an album and looks through it when she's thinking of me.

Posted By Stina on August 18, 2008, 1:15 PM

Yes. I send postcards, and we buy some as a backup, in case the photos don't turn out. The picture postcards are especially good to send to older folks with declining eyesight. It helps them to "get out of the house" even if they can't, and is a tangible reminder that someone is thinking of them. Phone calls are nice, but fleeting.

Posted By Linda Mahoney, Silver Spring, MD on August 18, 2008, 1:17 PM

Yes, I send postcards, but not as many as I used to send. I even send one or two to myself to remind me of a special event of sight. Most of my friends and family still ove receiving something in the mail.

Posted By nette on August 18, 2008, 1:19 PM

Yes and no. To my parents and my grandkids I do, because they enjoy getting them so much. To my adult daughters, no...since they are so technology driven. For them, I take a cell phone photo of something neat that I am seeing and text it to their phones. It usually generates longer conversations about how my trip is going and they get to see something that isnt the canned touristy version of my destination.

Posted By Cathi on August 18, 2008, 1:20 PM

I send tons of postcards. Different themes for different folks. Landscape rock postcards for the geologist, local recipe cards to the cooks, state capitals/old forts for the history buffs.

Posted By Deb on August 18, 2008, 1:20 PM

I live in AZ. A year ago, the county sheriff outlawed letters to/from jail inmates. The rumor is he thought drugs were being smuggled into his jail inside envelopes and the glue on stamps. Anyway now the only mail inmates can send/receive is a post card and only those with metered or USPO imprinted postage. There are approximately 25,000 inmates in the county jail system.

Posted By Jason on August 18, 2008, 1:21 PM

Yes! And they are my favorite things to receive as well!

Posted By M Gallegos on August 18, 2008, 1:22 PM

Yes, strangely enough though only when I send them to our kids, relatives and friends from foreign countries. I will on occasion send a scenic postcard to some little friends whose daddy is in the Coast Guard and have recently moved to Florida.
I buy postcards from our foreign trips to put in our books that I make of each trip.

Posted By Helen Schaaf on August 18, 2008, 1:24 PM

I love sending myseld postcards from where I have been. It is like a diary of my trip and usually gets a better overall picture of the place then I can with my camera. However, I also like the stamp and postmark aspect of it and too many modernized areas no longer have a postmark to show the date and postal location. Too bad! It is fun to send to friends too as with all the technology today it is nice to get a piece of friendly snail mail once in a while to brigten your day!

Posted By Rebecca on August 18, 2008, 1:24 PM

Nothing will ever replace postcards!!! They are tangible, and always exciting to receive. I've saved every one I've ever gotten. I am a French teacher, and whenever I go to France I send postcards to my students (30-50 at a whack!) The kids cherish them so much. I also send postcards to my nieces every time I am in a region or city of France that is new to me. The postcards serve as a sort of record for where I've been. When they are older, we can travel to those places together. They will already know them, if only a little, because the sent photographs have been with them as long as they can remember. No electronic correspondence could work as much enduring magic as a postcard.

Posted By Julianna on August 18, 2008, 1:27 PM

Alway send 30 to 50 cards to friends and grandchildren. Hope the grandchildren will develop an interest in world travel and other cultures.

Posted By travelbugnana on August 18, 2008, 1:28 PM

Absolutely. I love sending postcards and I love receiving postcards. Snail mail can never be fully replaced by e-mail or IM or Twittering, etc. It's fun to get a postcard in the mail, read it, smile, and post it on the fridge for a while. Postcards are part and parcel of travel, IMHO!

Posted By Risamay on August 18, 2008, 1:28 PM

Yes, we still send postcards to family members when we are on vacations. Even though we often times get home before the postcard gets to them, they can see the wonderful places in the world we were fortunate to visit. This is a geography lesson for the grandchildren.

Posted By Ann on August 18, 2008, 1:32 PM

Yes! I love receiving postcards and I love writing them out to brag to family and friends about what I'm doing! The minimal space also is great because I don't go on and on and on, I just highlight the important bits and I'm done!

Posted By Jacki on August 18, 2008, 1:35 PM

I send post cards all the time. I love them! Everybody enjoys getting them, and it is more personal than an email, text message or an IM. Let's face it, there is nothing special about getting a text message from Rome, but getting a post card with a picture of the Coliseum on it is impressive! Plus, you can hang it on your refrigerator. It doesn't matter if it arrives the day after you send it or a month later, it still serves the same purpose: to tell people that you were thinking about them.
I send postcards to friends who have children to hopefully spark their interest in travel, in geography, and in different cultures. No email will ever do that.
The cost of sending a post card is nothing, really. I sent about five postcards a day from Italy to the US and everybody was so grateful to get them, and it only set me back a few dollars.

When you send an email out, you're lucky to get a 25% response rate. If you send a post card, almost everybody will thank you for it. I'll take those odds every day.

Posted By Dudley on August 18, 2008, 1:43 PM

I love postcards!
I do send them still, even though the other ways listed are easier... it's just that old-fashioned little girl in me that used to LOVE it when I'd get something addressed to ME... I felt "special."
So now I suppose it's my thinking that maybe when the person I send a postcard to gets it, I have done something to let that person know that they are special to me. Plus, it just feels good! :)

Posted By Rev/Mrs Diana Holliday on August 18, 2008, 1:43 PM

Absolutely! It's so fun to pick out the perfect postcard for each person - a cat in a windmill for the cat lover, a piece of art for the art lover etc. They're also educational for our niece and nephew to see what we're seeing and I always encourage them to go online and learn more about each place. I will never stop and I hope my friends and family never stop sending them to me! They're wonderful mementos.

Posted By Adrienne on August 18, 2008, 1:44 PM

Not only do I send postcards, I buy them for myself. The pictures I take are personal. Postcards are professional pictures and capture scenes I could never hope to get on my little camera.

Posted By Gay on August 18, 2008, 1:46 PM

Most certainly! I love to send postcards and I love to receive postcards, they are the quintessential part of traveling! :)

Posted By Jean on August 18, 2008, 1:47 PM

How else are your friends and family going to decorate their refrigerator doors unless you send them postcards?
Often postcards catch the essence of a travel spot in a view or time of day that I never can with my camera . . . and give me a way to show my dearest friends that I care enough about them to take the time to write a postcard and buy the local stamps to mail them. In many countries, the postage stamps are a special added attraction!

Posted By WaltzingDot on August 18, 2008, 1:48 PM

I send postcards to my 5-8 yr old grandchildren. They love getting them. Patrick has saved all the ones I've sent him and likes to show them at school. His favorite is one showing an "alien" that I sent from Roswell, NM. We all enjoy using them as starting points for conversations about the places I've been

Posted By Joyce on August 18, 2008, 1:48 PM

I do send postcard, but I now take address lables for the recipients and US postage stamps. When I arrive back at the first American airport I mail them.People get them sooner and no one seems to care about the foriegn stamps.

Posted By Faith Clark on August 18, 2008, 1:51 PM

Are you kidding? We spend a part of every day in each port looking for and buying post cards for friends and family...we really buy little else because we are not "shoppers". We also buy them for ourselves to put in the trip book...their pictures are far better than ours! And our friends always tell us how much they appreciate each and every one!

Posted By LuAnn Porter on August 18, 2008, 1:51 PM

No shortage of postcards here! We sell more and more each season.

Of course, by selling postcards in our gift shops, we don't know if the postcards are actually mailed out or simply purchased for the pretty pictures of Santa Claus and our roller coasters. :)

Great question!

Paula Werne, Holiday World Theme Park & Splashin' Safari Water Park in Santa Claus, Indiana

Posted By Paula Werne, Holiday World PR on August 18, 2008, 1:52 PM

I hadn't been sending post cards for a long time.
Then I went on a 16 day tour of China, took mailing labels with me and sent out a bunch of cards. The response from the recipients was wonderful. I will be sending cards from now on!

Posted By Marilyn on August 18, 2008, 1:55 PM

Absolutely! I can't think of a better souvenir for anyone.

Posted By Annie on August 18, 2008, 1:56 PM

Yes, I send post cards and I collect them. I've been collecting them since college! They are a great way to stay in touch, a good pick me up for those you have not been able to keep up with as often as you would like. And further more, when you do not have a cell tower or access to the Internet when you travel, it is a great way to express yourself. Who does not reach for mail with someone signature before a printed piece? May they never go away! :)

Posted By Shawna Williams on August 18, 2008, 1:59 PM

Postcards are an easy way to communicate with very young children (and older ones who don't have a computer). When traveling we send a postcard to a different grandchild every day. It is rewarding to have them bring the cards to us to hear about the places we have visited. I find it more difficult to locate cards on each trip, I hope the vendors realize that this is still an item of value!

Posted By Susan on August 18, 2008, 2:00 PM

I love sending postcards and recipients love receiving them. I don't think they will ever be replaced by electronic communication.

Posted By Toni on August 18, 2008, 2:01 PM

There is something thrilling about getting mail the old fashion way. It's a quick way to tell people you're thinking of them.
I even send myself postcards when I'm abroad so I can have a card to put into my scrapbook with the postmark and their stamp. Some postcard pictures are much better than what I can ever take.

Posted By Amy on August 18, 2008, 2:02 PM

Yes I still send cards and enjoy it.

Posted By Michael Howie on August 18, 2008, 2:02 PM

Yes, though if postage is expensive, I may not mail them 'til my return to U.S.

~ Linda

Posted By Linda Bowman on August 18, 2008, 2:04 PM

We always send postcards to many friends and relatives. My husband and I have a postcard mailing list and print labels before leaving. We also send postcards each day to our selves - summarizing our activities for that day. It's great to get them - usually after we return. I add them to the photo album.

Posted By Sue on August 18, 2008, 2:04 PM

LAX airport has no place to mail anything, including post cards. The xplanation (sic) is that mailboxes are opportunities to send anthrax or bxxbs. International departing passengers are xtremely (sic) frustrated by this and sometimes tip baggage cart workers to mail for them.
So far as I know, LAX is the only US airport to recognize this xtreme (sic) threat. SFO, for xample (sic) has postage machines and mailboxes.

Posted By Robert F Ewald on August 18, 2008, 2:04 PM

I love sending postcards--and receiving them!

Posted By Elaine on August 18, 2008, 2:05 PM

I always send post cards, as some of my friends that are less fortunate than some of my other friends, so I always send post cards.
I have one friend in Italy that has never been to the United States at all. So he loves getting psot cards from me from my travels.

Posted By Michael on August 18, 2008, 2:06 PM

I DO STILL SEND POSTCARDS, ALTHOUGH NOT NEARLY AS MUCH AS I USED TO.
I REALLY LIKE TO RECEIVE THEM TOO.

Posted By JACKIE on August 18, 2008, 2:06 PM

Yes, I definately still send postcards. Not everyone I know has a computer plus it's fun getting a postcard in the mail with a pretty picture on it from a friend or relative. I also make sure to put a local stamp from whereever we are on the postcard and send to our home address as well. Grandkids love getting these special postcards too!

Posted By Karen on August 18, 2008, 2:06 PM

I have always sent post cards but never again. In the last two trips--cruises to New Zealand/Australia and to South America--I faithfully sent out postcards to all my family and close friends as soon as I hit port. None of these cards arrived before I returned home. So now I will take with me email addresses and hope to find a terminal somewhere.

Posted By Daniel Fulmer on August 18, 2008, 2:07 PM

I travel 70% of the week to various cities around the US. My six nieces and nephews each get a postcard from wherever I happen to be, and they compiled their cards into one 3-ring binder. Every Christmas they get out the binder, and they ask for more details about the cities.

I keep a roll of postcard stamps in my carry-on bag!

Posted By Chantel on August 18, 2008, 2:08 PM

I send postcards because my family and friends like to receive them. Depending on the country, I get back home before the cards reach the recipients.

I also buy postcards for myself because the scene on the postcard cannot be duplicated by me.

Posted By Fannie on August 18, 2008, 2:09 PM

Yes, I still send postcards. My dad is still in the dark ages without a computer and my grandmother loves to get mail, especially if it's from one of our adventures.

Posted By Coleen on August 18, 2008, 2:10 PM

I teach 6th graders in a very small town in far northern California. I try to send every student a postcard when I travel out of town. They love the mail and seeing new places. It is lots of fun!

Posted By Roger on August 18, 2008, 2:12 PM

Yes, I still send postcards to my family and closest friends when I am traveling. It's a nice way to show them that you were thinking of them on the trip, and it gives them a nice souvenir that doesn't take up too much space.

Posted By Brian on August 18, 2008, 2:13 PM

Without a doubt! There is nothing like receiving a good old fashion postcard from someone on their travels. And part of the joy of traveling for me is choosing the right post card for my many recipients who never fail to thank me. Let's not let another tradition become a "lost art".

Posted By jamie nimmo on August 18, 2008, 2:14 PM

Sure do! Nothing makes me smile more than getting a postcard in the mail from family and friends. It makes me feel happy because it says that this person thought well enough of me to send something that requires a bit more effort then clicking the Send button.

Posted By Anna on August 18, 2008, 2:15 PM

Every time we vacation we send postcards to grandparents and good friends. Who doesn't love to get a postcard with a great photo and a personal note?

Posted By Jody Halsted on August 18, 2008, 2:15 PM

we send postcards to grand children especially when we travel but also when we are at home as a way to let them know we are thinking about the. we do not live close and do not see the children often.

Posted By art on August 18, 2008, 2:16 PM

I love to send postcards almost as much as I love to get them! There is something so magical about a postcard from a distant land!

Posted By Colleen on August 18, 2008, 2:20 PM

When I was working, I always sent MYSELF a postcard at work. Because we invariably returned way before the postcard, about a week after going back to the grind I would receive a beautiful picture postcard at work which read : "Bet you wish you were still here..."

Posted By Chris on August 18, 2008, 2:22 PM

We do still send postcards! Especially to our friends two daughters, My husband sends them cards from his business and personal travel, they love to get cards from Uncle Greg. The girls recently went on their 1st big trip and send US a card, we loved it!

Posted By Jane on August 18, 2008, 2:25 PM

I like to send/receive post cards from folks I seldom see or hear from. Other than that, I use my blackberry to send emails, often with a photo attachment. I gets comments on the photos, never on a postcard. There is never enough room on a post card to write all I want to say. As for sending a card to myself, I am not senile and have trip memories with out self postcard jolt.

Posted By lawthomas on August 18, 2008, 2:29 PM

YES! A picture is worth a thousand words. I send them to family and friends tagging the images to their areas of interest such as history, nature, geography, technology or simply funny pics. I also send one home to my sweetie to remind him of the fun we had on our trip. Postcards received line the inside of my kitchen cabinets. It makes it fun to put the dishes away. And, my houseguests smile when they open the cuboards and find their treasured memories inside!

Posted By JM in Maryland on August 18, 2008, 2:46 PM

I always send at least 2 postcards wherever I go - one to my dad and one to my nephew.

Posted By Eve on August 18, 2008, 2:49 PM

I send postcards every trip and always send at least one to me. It's one of my favorite souvenirs. I send to family and usually send 10 to friends from the primary destination, rotating through my address book. But I sent 56 postcards from Port Lockroy, Antarctica!

Posted By PAULA PETRUSO on August 18, 2008, 2:49 PM

You bet I still send postcards. We have just returned from a trip to London, Paris and Switzerland introducing our grandchildren who are
10 and 12 to Europe. THEY could not wait to send their own postcards to their friends in the States.
Long live the postcards! They are usually better photos than an amateur could take.

Posted By Trudi on August 18, 2008, 2:51 PM

Grandchildren and family/friends not into technology still love to receive post cards and I try to provide a glimpse of the world I have been forutnate enought to see to them.

Posted By daDA on August 18, 2008, 2:52 PM

I always send postcards when I take a trip - long or short! My nieces love to get cards from "Aunt Mel" and my friends always send me cards when they go on vacation too!

Posted By TravellerMel on August 18, 2008, 2:53 PM

Yes I do. Older people, children and family members like to post the postcards on refrig. Can't do that with e-mails. I also e-mail my adult children where I am so that they can rest easy.

Posted By Rosalie Greer on August 18, 2008, 2:53 PM

you bet! it's quick and easy and there's such variety. email's easy but the pleasant surprise of a postcard in the mailbox is so much more fun!

Posted By deborrah on August 18, 2008, 2:54 PM

I love sending postacards. My nephew keeps every card that I send him. It's a nice way to put a smile on someone's face.

Posted By Bernie on August 18, 2008, 2:56 PM

YES! My husband and I only send postcards to those who like the receive them -- so we're very selective when it comes to the recipient list. The last thing you want to worry about during a (domestic/international) vacay/biz trip is writing postcards at the very last minute before they close your gate, finding the damn mailbox (hopefully inside the airport) and of course getting the right stamp! I wrote some 30+ postcards during my honeymoon in Buenos Aires back in Oct 04 and none of my friend has gotten them yet (it's 08/18/08 today). Then we went back to BA in Nov 07, mailed the postcards through the concierge this time and they arrived in Feb 08, ha!

Just got back from a trip to Medellin, Colombia, we left our postcards (only 13 this time, we've cut our list significanly) with our trusted driver. Apparently postcards are not so common there, neither is the post office. We had NO luck finding a post office anywhere within the central area. Our driver's girlfriend suggested that we hand deliver the postcards once we're back home and both my husband and I (rolled our eyes) politely objected the suggestion.

Don't know if you realize that a lot of people don't understand the importance of sending postcard from the LOCAL post office. My husband went to London for the very first time eons ago for a biz trip, met up with my side of the family and wrote me a postcard. Before he left, he asked my cousin to get a stamp and drop it off in a mailbox for him. Then my aunt came over to visit a month later, and she HANDED me the postcard MINUS the stamp!! She wondered out loud: Why waste money on postage!?!

We'll keep on sending these darn postcards, regardless of how complex the process can be, to those who appreciate receiving them, admiring the postmark and ogling over the local stamp!

Posted By Yvonne on August 18, 2008, 2:57 PM

I love to send and receive postcards. They make inexpensive souvenirs. I use them to supplement photos from my non-digital camera. I also use them in my child care classes when we have travel themes. They are a personal touch instead of everything being computerized.

Posted By Brenda Kropp on August 18, 2008, 2:57 PM

always. i usually pre-print the address labels.

Posted By hillary on August 18, 2008, 3:01 PM

I haven't sent a postcard in years, but I continue purchasing them for inclusion in my scrapbooks.

Posted By Jesica on August 18, 2008, 3:02 PM

I do sent postcards and I love receiving them. I buy extras and use them as bookmarks - it's a great way to remember a trip.

Posted By M. L. Smith on August 18, 2008, 3:07 PM

I'm 76 and still send postcards (including one to myself to remind me what I wonderful time I had). When away, I also find an internet cafe and send e-cards to relatives and internet friends. Foreign hard-copy postcards & postage fees are expensive though...so I keep sending just a minimum amount.

Posted By Dee on August 18, 2008, 3:08 PM

I always send postcards when traveling. It is a fun and inexpensive way to let others know you are thinking about them.

My husband and I are scuba divers and we travel with friends to fun and exciting places to dive. I always buy postcards for the family and for the friends on the trip with us. I thank them for sharing the vacation with us and for creating such wonderful memories. They are surprised when they receive the card (sometimes 2 months later).

Posted By Lynda J. on August 18, 2008, 3:10 PM

Yes, I send postcards. It allows me to write details that the reader sees at their leisure. When I return home, the postcard receiver already knows certain things about the trip.--JD

Posted By JD on August 18, 2008, 3:14 PM

Yes! It's fun to send postcards. On a recent trip to Alaska my husband and I had fun finding a postoffice in each town, or mailing center. My dad had requested a postcard from each town to see if there were any cool postmarks. We try not to lug our laptop on trips with us anymore, so a postcard can be quick and easy. And fun to receive as well. I love getting them from friends and family. I also buy them to supplement photos I took.
SUGGESTION: They should make a ''postcard stamp". You could buy before you left, and that would make it easier and cheaper.

Posted By Kelly on August 18, 2008, 3:17 PM

Yes, I have many older relatives who do not have email that I regularly send cards when abroad and and at home. Older people especially like to be remembered by anyone and esecially from others they don't expect to hear from.

Posted By Sa;ly AK on August 18, 2008, 3:20 PM

I have always sent postcards to family and friends when I traveled. Just finished a trip to Australia and for the first time didn't send any postcards but did do a blog that everyone loved. NO MORE POSTCARDS! No one even asked why I didn't send them...

Posted By Martha on August 18, 2008, 3:24 PM

Of course I send postcards. Everytime I go on a trip, and even just to say hey to someone I haven't connected with in awhile. much more meaningful than text.

Posted By rhoda on August 18, 2008, 3:24 PM

I used to be a postcard fanatic, even sending them to myself. Regretfully, I've cut back on postcards and I'm about to stop altogether, but not for any of the reasons you cited. The reason I'm stopping is that the postal service ruins the cards by the time they deliver them, if they deliver them at all. Postcards arrive torn or with the picture or message scraped and defaced and the edge curled up. Particularly disappointing is when the stamp on a foreign postcard is ripped off by the machinery. Now I send e-mails with photos attached--not as much fun, but at least they arrive intact.

Posted By Glenn on August 18, 2008, 3:30 PM

We BUY postcards with the intention of sending them. Many times we end up not writing them or not finding a post office in time so they are never SENT. They then become souvenirs of our trip.

Posted By ann on August 18, 2008, 3:31 PM

I wouldn't dream of traveling and not sending postcards. Even if the postage becomes cost prohibitive I will at least send a postcard to myself! I have been doing this for 20 years and always include the same message."I am having the time of my life...wish you were here!! Love, J". Part of the fun is seeing how long it takes for the postcard to arrive. So far the record for the longest time from drop off to delivery was 11 weeks from Antartica!

Posted By J Mack on August 18, 2008, 3:32 PM

I send dozens of cards...and not just when I'm on a trip. I make cards out of my photos and send them for an anniversary, birthday, thank-you, get-well, thinking of you, and all the rest. And people save them!

MUCH FUN

Posted By Edy on August 18, 2008, 3:36 PM

Why not? It's a great way to send a nice pic of the city you're in w/ a native stamp, too. I prefer to recive them. I just love pics of places I have traveled or my friends. It's also nice to get something in the mail that's not junk mail or a bill (if you still get them that way=)

Posted By Mandi on August 18, 2008, 3:39 PM

Yes indeed! Most friends are delighted to receive something in the mail besides catalogs and bills. It is a "good for the heart" thing to do!

Posted By Marie Mitchell on August 18, 2008, 3:40 PM

I always send postcards. Even to myself. That way i can note the weather, special happenings, and get the foreign postage mark when overseas. From Austria card arrived stateside in 3 days.

Posted By Alice on August 18, 2008, 3:41 PM

Absolutely. But only for large international trips. I couldn't pass up the kangaroo and koala postcards from Australia recently and my family and friends loved them. But emails and phone calls from places closer to home are fine.

Posted By Stephanie on August 18, 2008, 3:42 PM

I absolutely send postcards!! I know they are appreciated and its a nice way in this email age to let someone know you're *really* taking the time to tell them you *really* wish they were there with you. Plus, I love to receive them, so I can't expect them if I don't send them myself, right? In fact, I love postcards so much that I'm a member of postcrossing.com - I send and receive postcards from perfect strangers all over the world!

Posted By natalie on August 18, 2008, 3:44 PM

I still enjoy sending post cards and keeping some for myself of places I can't capture with a camera as well as a professional photographer. There are many places that you aren't allowed to take pictures of so buying a post card is the only way to hold onto a cherished vacation memory.

Posted By Denise on August 18, 2008, 3:54 PM

ABSOLUTELY! I still send cards too!

Posted By Sandy Robbins on August 18, 2008, 4:03 PM

I love sending postcards and receiving postcards. I send postcards because no matter how far I am, my loved ones know I am thinking of them.

Posted By April Coleman on August 18, 2008, 4:04 PM

Do I send postcards....absolutely. When traveling in the winter in the Southwest I have often sent at least 75 to 100 cards. Friends look for them and I send to folks who are homebound and unable to travel around. I love to write and buy the cards and postage, so I love to send them and I love to receive them in return for those able to travel.

Posted By SKIP on August 18, 2008, 4:07 PM

yes, I send one to myself on every trip. It's like a souvenior of where you have been. I put on the fridge door for a while then use as a book mark for a book and they eventually get stored away in a photo album book for when I get old and can't remember where I have been.

Posted By Rachel on August 18, 2008, 4:08 PM

I always send postcards, it's just not the same over the internet. Everyone loves mail, plus you can see the stamps from different countries, when on international trips. I also have friends that don't travel overseas much so it's fun to send them snapshots of where I had been. I also like receiving them when my friends and family go on vacation just to see what they are up to.

Posted By Niki on August 18, 2008, 4:08 PM

I always send postcards- in addition to text messaging- with pictures of the locale to my adult children when we travel. I think it adds a nice little touch and way of reminding them that even though we are traveling, we are thinking about them and missing them.

Posted By maria on August 18, 2008, 4:14 PM

I've been sending postcards for years. It's an easy way to stay in touch and everyone loves getting them. I've had many people tell me that my postcards are on their fridge doors.

Dorothy L.

Posted By Dorothy on August 18, 2008, 4:15 PM

I used to print labels before leaving on a trip and ended up sending many cards each trip. I have not sent a post card in about six years

Posted By Don K on August 18, 2008, 4:21 PM

I buy post cards, but I don't mail as many as I used to b/c I'm usually too busy while on a trip, but my grandkids are to the age they enjoy them, so I'm going to try to better from now on. We did just mail over 180 post cards to announce my husband's retirement from the USPS, although they were not the "wish you were here" cards. We'll do those when we take our first trip in 2 weeks as "retirees".

Posted By Lany on August 18, 2008, 4:27 PM

I still send postcards all the time, especially to my parents and grandparents who would not have access to the cell phone pictures or online anything. Plus I love getting postcards in the mail.

Posted By spanishholly on August 18, 2008, 4:43 PM

Absolutely! When I was a kid and my dad was a traveling salesman he would bring home little treats but what I really looked forward to was getting a postcard in the mail from someplace he was staying along the road. To this day whenever I travel, even if it's just for a quickie vacation, I send postcards to my family and friends. In fact, postcards are what we are using for the RSVP cards for our reception!

Posted By Cat on August 18, 2008, 4:51 PM

Yes, I send postcards and like receiving them. You can read the actual words written by the actual pen of the writer and keep it forever without fear of using too much computer storage. I can look at it whenever I want, even in a power outage. Further, as a stamp collector I have interesting stamps and their postmarks. The picture is directly in front of me without the need to print it. Printing computer images is very expensive, about 30 cents per photographic print.

Posted By Daniel J. Vandeberg on August 18, 2008, 4:54 PM

I love postcards. I do not carry a camera (other then in my cell phone) so I buy and send post card to document my trip. I don't have to carry the camera, and the pictures are much better quality then I could ever take. I mark the cards "keep this" and when I get home I collect the post cards from the recipients and they become the photo album of my trip.

Posted By Paul on August 18, 2008, 4:56 PM

I always send postcards. I think it's a female-thing, because my husband would never buy a postcard and send to anyone (except to me). He said that's one of the reasons he married me...to send out postcards to relatives!

Posted By Dee W. on August 18, 2008, 5:00 PM

Definitely! My husband ALWAYS takes our address book on vacation - even on weekend trips - to send postcards.

Posted By Carolyn on August 18, 2008, 5:01 PM

In the past, I sent postcards to my daughter when I traveled. Now that she is grown, I send postcards to my 3 year old grandson, who loves the idea of getting real mail. It's also an interesting sidelight to find a local post office and buy interesting commemorative stamps. Only the Netherlands was a bummer, offering only an electronic cancellation instead of colorful stamps.

Posted By Bluevoter on August 18, 2008, 5:03 PM

I ALWAYS send post cards, but with a twist. I draw and paint my own. It is easy and people love receiving them. Especially kids. If you wish to see one, drop me a line at ednasboy@hotmail.com and put post card in the subject line. I will be happy to share ideas for materials, how-to, etc. No charge, of course.
Lee Kline

Posted By Lee Kline on August 18, 2008, 5:20 PM

We have a rule at work that you must bring a postcard back from your vacation spot and put it on our "Wall Of Travel".

Posted By janet sennott on August 18, 2008, 5:26 PM

I don't mail postcards back home these days but I do still buy them to be included in my trip album. They always have the correct spelling of the places you visit and help divide the trip into understandable sections.
Years ago I printed mailing labels for people I wished to send cards to. Then when I found an appropriate card, I mailed it (left it with the concierge) and when I looked at the labels remaining, I knew who hadn't been sent one yet.

Posted By Lloyd on August 18, 2008, 5:27 PM

Sending postcards is the last thing I want to do when traveling...I also rarely e-mail and never phone. I always thought the point was to get away??

Posted By Karen on August 18, 2008, 5:29 PM

Yes, I still do. I'd also send one to myself so that it has the postmark of where it was sent from and I would add that to my scrapbook.

Posted By jbear9994587 on August 18, 2008, 5:35 PM

My wife and I always send postcards from distant lands to our grandchildren and to some very elderly friends (no longer able to travel)now living in retirement homes. The latter always enjoy seeing where we are. The grandkids like to receive postcards, especially if they are photos of animals. They expect postcards to arrive the day after we leave on our next trip.

Posted By Mark Beales on August 18, 2008, 5:42 PM

I collect postcards, so I both send them and demand that others send them (to me) as well! I have old and new, ugly and beautiful and quirky.

Posted By Barbara on August 18, 2008, 5:52 PM

I love receiving postcards from friends and relatives that travel to far away places. I do the same when I'm on trips to exotic places. They usually keep them on their refrigerator for awhile.

Posted By Shauna on August 18, 2008, 5:54 PM

In Australia I had special stamps made with my picture and a koala! This is legal postage there and you can have your photo on a stamp BEFORE you die! I mailed postcards to relatives and since I had post cards and stamps left over when I got home, I wrote cards to the members of our tour group and had them mailed by a friend who took them on his trip to Australia.
A good way to send cards is with www.amazingmail.com.

Posted By Lloyd on August 18, 2008, 5:59 PM

i send hundreds if not thousands of postcards a year from all of my travels

Posted By kathleen newlove on August 18, 2008, 6:04 PM

I always send postcards to friends and family who don't live near me -- especially those with kids. It's a simple way to let them know I remembered them while I was traveling. Plus, one of my favorite ways to relax on a trip is to sip espresso at a sidewalk cafe and write postcards.

Posted By LP Spuck on August 18, 2008, 6:07 PM

I absolutely love postcards. I LOVE the internet but when I am on vacation, I send many many of the people I know a postcard. It's actually a little obsessive. I just got back from Iceland and sent at least 30+ postcards. I have a huge collection of incredibly exotic postcards all over my fridge from friends who have travelled.

Posted By Melissa M on August 18, 2008, 6:10 PM

Yes, I still send postcards when we've on a week or longer trip. I also buy a few extra to use for notes about our vacation (special restaurant or a neat sight-seeing experience) which means I have lovely photos with vacation notes and also the brief commercial description of the card. My family, friends, and office mates enjoy receiving the cards - and the postcard photography is so much better than anything I could take that I no longer bother bringing a camera on our vacations.

Posted By Maggie on August 18, 2008, 6:11 PM

Years and 50 countries ago, I used to prepare address labels so I could write postcards galore more easily. When I ran out of labels, I was done. Now most people have to wait for my albums (photos and logs) but a few people I know still collect cards receive them. Now I need fewer labels!

Posted By Helen Dunn Frame on August 18, 2008, 6:21 PM

yes i do send two postcards from everywhere we go - one to the cancer doctor and one to our stock broker. without each of these gentlemen we would never be able to go there. it is our way of saying just that and thanking them.

Posted By andrea holmes on August 18, 2008, 6:22 PM

Absolutely, I just love to send postcards and also love to receive them especially from far away places. The stamps are so different. I also send postcards to myself from each place when traveling and date them as well along with a journal entry and outline of what I saw on a particular day. That way I can match them to my email travel logs, handwritten journal and the photos of each place. It is a great way to organize the photos. My friends list has grown quite a bit over the years and the addresses are a permanent part of my journal. Never had any complaints from friends who get a card. Usually they would like more than one.
Diane - Annandale, VA

Posted By Diane McLaughlin on August 18, 2008, 6:34 PM

Absolutely do I send postcards -- I send them home addressed to my cats and will seek out cards with cats on them during my adventures. I've found some clever ones (a cat posed like the Eiffel Tower) and some artistic ones (Toulous Latrec) and some touristy ones (Tigger from Disney World) and some stretches (the lions in front of the NY Public Library). They have to have a cat on them -- it has become a game. Once they arrive I show them to my beasts -- they sniff and run their gums across them and then I post them on the bulletin board over their food bowls. They hang at cat eye level. And yes, they can read them!

Posted By Stephanie Marchant on August 18, 2008, 6:40 PM

Yes, but I avoid the "wish you were here" scenario. I always look for a "special" card for a "fun" message e.g. Alcatraz jail cell, writing that our rooms were only 8x10 but the view was spectacular OR a view of the Acropolis and write that "we bought a nice little piece of property on a hillside but it needs a little work".

Posted By F. Webb on August 18, 2008, 6:42 PM

i send postcards whenever i travel. i sent several this past spring when we were in europe. i also send post cards as encouragement cards to friends who need an emotional lift. i hope handwritten messages never lose their appeal!

Posted By Elizabeth on August 18, 2008, 6:45 PM

My much younger sister has a bulletin board filled with postcards that I've sent her from all around the world. It reminds her to save her money so that she can go with me someday. I love writing them just as much as she loves looking at them.

Posted By sarahashley on August 18, 2008, 6:48 PM

Sure, I do. Including always one to myself. It's fun to relive a special memory when "my" postcard arrives, and it's also interesting to see how long it takes to get there from various points on the globe. The friends & family I send postcards to tell me they love receiving them -- and I love getting theirs!

Posted By Tammy on August 18, 2008, 6:58 PM

Sure I do, some of my colleagues actually get upset if do not send them personal one. I travel around the world- EU, AUS, NZ, Russia, ect. on every vacation and send postcard with the most identifying landmarks for that particular country. My friends and family love it (sometimes nicely jealous)

Posted By Donka on August 18, 2008, 7:01 PM

No. Stopped quite awhile ago, and it had nothing to do with technology. Most of my travel is foreign, and postal rates outside the U.S. are usually very high. And half the time, the cards never reached their destinations anyway.

Posted By Al Vollbrecht on August 18, 2008, 7:06 PM

Absolutely!! There's nothing like a beautiful picture postcard with a personal note. My family usually saves the postcard for me to add to my album!

Posted By Betsy on August 18, 2008, 7:06 PM

When I travel, I send myself a post card each day, summarizing the day's events and sights. It's easier than keeping a diary, and when I get home, I have fun reliving my trip day by day. I also send post cards to family and friends, and they always appreciate it.

Posted By Kathy on August 18, 2008, 7:56 PM

I don't send postcards, but I buy stacks of them. I collect and trade postcards with other postcard collectors all over the world.
However, if a place I visit has a special cancellation stamp they use, I usually mail one card to myself with the date I visited there written on it.

Posted By Anne on August 18, 2008, 8:03 PM

I occassionally use them when I go on vacation. The problem is, I usually get home before they are even delivered.

Posted By Kelly on August 18, 2008, 8:07 PM

In addition to my own large postacard collection, I send several to family and friends while away. They are a fun keepsake to look at over time.

Posted By Janna on August 18, 2008, 8:12 PM

Absolutely! Thin stack, doesn't take up much room, and easy to jot a quick note and send it off.

Hmmm...I used the word "jot".....maybe it's an generational thing.....represent!

Posted By Jeff G on August 18, 2008, 8:19 PM

i send postcards and tell my friends how much i like getting them too. i keep them all.

Posted By kara on August 18, 2008, 8:19 PM

Yes and always will. I collect all the postcards my friends sent me from all over the world.

Posted By swas on August 18, 2008, 8:27 PM

Absolutely - they say "I'm thinking of you, just you" - the way a facebook posted picture never could. My college aged children love getting "real mail", and have actually asked me to send postcards to some of their friends. I probably send 100+ postcards a year, and receive maybe 30.

Posted By Judy Mehravari on August 18, 2008, 8:34 PM

Absolutely. I have been sending postcards to my niece and nephew since they were toddlers. They both have an index box full of them. They love the cards and I love showing them the world. As they have gotten older, they have started sending them to me. They are gifts and I love them.

Posted By Laura on August 18, 2008, 8:38 PM

No, but I recently received three from my e-mail pen pal when she was on her vacation!

Posted By Sue on August 18, 2008, 8:39 PM

I always send at least 10 postcards while taking an hour of rest on my trips. It helps me to appreciate all that I have been able to enjoy, and to share it by letting loved ones know I am thinking of them while doing so!

Posted By Tara on August 18, 2008, 8:42 PM

Sure! I even send postcards to myself, especially if it's a photo of a famous site or work of art that's hard to photograph. It's a great souvenir to be waiting for you when you get home, with a note about what you did that day. I spent quality time in sidewalk cafes in Paris, people-watching and writing postcards to friends and family. And I ask friends to send me postcards from places I've never been. I've got quite a collection.

Posted By Judy on August 18, 2008, 8:50 PM

You bet! I just went to Italy and sent all my friends and family postcards. Even though they arrived a week after I returned, no one cared and loved the card anyway.

Posted By Julia on August 18, 2008, 8:55 PM

Wherever I am, I send postcards to myself and/or my kids for the memory with date, time and place. I send postcards often -- don't even know the postage -- so I use same as a letter.

Posted By pat on August 18, 2008, 9:10 PM

Yes. I send them to my 90 year old mother and my 6 year old grandson. They both like to get mail and neither of them knows how to text.

Posted By Robin on August 18, 2008, 9:41 PM

My work requires worldwide traveling and I send postcards whenever possible to my nieces and nephews to show them different parts of the US and countries of the world in an effort to educate them to what is "outside" their community!

Posted By Napunani on August 18, 2008, 9:48 PM

Definitely! It is a simple gesture that thrills me! To know while in a faraway land a friend has thought enough to put pen to paper and actually send a postcard to moi! & they thought about what postcard to send me! (I love the photos and sayings & the unique stamps!) One friend of mine sends one for every destination he travels to while on buisness so I can actually have a map of the world in postcards someday! It is really fun and as others have said, more personal than an email. I send them to myself for the postmarks and stamps. as well.......

Posted By Linda on August 18, 2008, 10:07 PM

I always send postcards, domestic or international travel. Last time I went to Ireland, I sent them to a coworkers son's 1st grade class and they tracked my adventure! Great geography lesson for the kids. And it's a lot of fun searching for the post office and picking the stamps out as well as talking to the postal workers; most are much friendlier than here!

Posted By Susan on August 18, 2008, 10:14 PM

We just returned from Europe two weeks ago. It cost almost $3.00 to send one postcard to the US (with the lousy exchange rate and the commission rate factored in). I bought two and used two from my river cruise. But instead of mailing them there, I wrote them and mailed them when I returned home. Much cheaper, and they arrived more quickly. Will probably still be a postcard sender, but will post many less than I used to send.

Posted By mj heiner on August 18, 2008, 10:31 PM

I do still send postcards. I make out address labels before I leave home. I diligently pick out cards and send them to the labels I've created. Folks back home always appreciate being thought of while I was away.

Posted By Nancy Judkins on August 18, 2008, 10:33 PM

I know its kitschy, but it's fun and the kids enjoy them no matter what generation they are. and admit it, it's fun to lord it over your coworkers that you're someone fun, beautiful and relaxing that they are NOT!!! emails just don't have the same impact of a postcard in the mail!

Posted By nicole on August 18, 2008, 11:11 PM

I enjoy sending post cards almost as much as I like to receive them. My now 15 year old nephew has saved every postcard he has received. Reviewing my nephew's postcard collection has been a great way to revisit the memories of places we've visited, as well as help plan trips we can take together.

Posted By Shellee on August 18, 2008, 11:18 PM

My entire family sends postcards!!! It's a fun, easy way to keep a travel log. We enjoy this penchant for postcards immensely!!!

Posted By Janis Yellott on August 18, 2008, 11:31 PM

At work, we've printed labels so anyone traveling, for any length of time, can send one back for the rest of us. We keep a huge board for a year's worth of cards, even having contests for who sends the most. Then we take them down after Christmas and archive them in a notebook. Even students who work during the summer, then go back to college get involved. It's a great way to let the rest of us know we are important!

Personally, I send postcards, generally one a day, when I travel, as a trip journal; to family, friends, myself. I collect them in a notebook. My great aunt used to collect postcards, from a long time ago, so I know how much fun having a collection is.

Posted By KC on August 19, 2008, 12:09 AM

Postcards are some of the best photos taken by professional photographers of the most popular sites. There's nothing like receiving a card with a postmark and stamp from a faraway place with a hand written message. Then to see the beautiful photo of a famous or popular destination is a way to share the story of your visit there and compare the picture taken on your camera to the one in the postcard. Sometimes when people say that looks as nice as a postcard, you can have a tangible souvenir to agree or disagree, but you'll have the memories for sure.

Posted By Kerry on August 19, 2008, 12:54 AM

I absolutely still send them, and sometimes collect a few to augment my scrapbook pictures if the postcard includes something unique I didn't shoot myself.

I also can't tell you how thrilled I was that I discovered that my parents saved ones my dad sent from his world travels with the U.S. Navy in the early 50s of the Mediterranean, the Orient, etc.

I have asked my daughter to save the ones I have sent to my grandson for the same reason - special memories in a far distant time.

Posted By Kathy Dore on August 19, 2008, 1:05 AM

Absolutely! What better way to compose just a few words/thoughts and spread cheer at the same time!

Posted By Cherry Vanilla on August 19, 2008, 2:06 AM

I usually take postcard stamps with me with the intention to send postcards home but usually get too busy to send them. I do pick up postcards everywhere I go & scrapbook them with my pictures.

Posted By Becky Lee on August 19, 2008, 2:18 AM

Not only do I send post cards from vacations, but I also send them from home as nice, surprising "thinking of you" notes. I still find post cards from years gone by on my friends' and family's refrigerators and bulletin boards.

Posted By Martrese on August 19, 2008, 2:33 AM

I take care of up to 20 developmentally disabled people in a residential home. When I went to Disney World in 2004 I sent each of them a post card. It really meant a lot to them. Evey vacation since then they always ask me if I am going to send them a post card and I do.

Posted By Bob Nordmark on August 19, 2008, 3:29 AM

I seldom send postcards but I buy them for my photo album. I put the postcard side by side with a similar picture that I have taken to show that "I was there!".

Posted By Estela on August 19, 2008, 5:57 AM

Yes, especially to the grandkids.

Posted By Judy on August 19, 2008, 6:35 AM

Certainly do...even if I do get home two weeks before they arrive from the Cayman Islands!

Posted By krispe on August 19, 2008, 6:50 AM

Yes, I still send postcards from everywhere. I send them to my parents, sisters, nieces, and nephews. I get excited when I receive one. I love getting them and I hope they do too.

Posted By Michele on August 19, 2008, 7:50 AM

I still enjoy receiving a postcard so I do still send postcards.

Posted By Linda on August 19, 2008, 9:43 AM

I just started sending postcards last year!

Before, I could never be bothered with the hassle of finding stamps and post boxes. However, I work on a very international project with a team of travel buffs, and last year we decided to start a tradition of sending a postcard back to the office every time we travel (for work or pleasure). After just a year, our walls are plastered with postcards from all over the world - from the fairly usual Paris and London to the fairly unusual Western Australia and Arctic Svalbard.

Posted By Meg on August 19, 2008, 9:52 AM

All of my friends enjoy getting my cards when I am off to some far off place each year. I make address labels and take instead of taking a book of addresses with me. As I send cards along it is easy to know whom I still need to write if a label is left. Some people get more than one label. Just got back from a month in Gabon and discovered that mail to USA took 3 weeks to a month. No cards sent this trip. Plus there was no place to mail.

Posted By pat van bergh on August 19, 2008, 10:18 AM

Every Monday I send a post card to my 4-year-old Grandchild Brianna. I travel as a fulltime RVer in my Prevost coach...since April 4, 2008 I have traveled 6,707 miles through the US & Canada. I hope the cards inspire Brianna begin traveling when she's an young adult. This new family tradition is my way of staying connected with a child who is very important to me and teaching her there are exciting places to visit beyond the radius of home.

Posted By Patty Lonsbary on August 19, 2008, 10:40 AM

Yes, Its still the old fashion way, and family and friends enjoy receiving the crazy yet colorful cards.

Posted By Tee on August 19, 2008, 10:42 AM

Yes, I still send postcards and enjoy receiving them. Nothing replaces the thrill of mail in your hands and knowing someone cared enought to send it.

Posted By Nancy on August 19, 2008, 10:57 AM

Of course I always send postcards to my family & friends. Before I leave I print a sheet of address labels & buy postage (if not traveling outside the country) so most of the work is done.
The labels also help me know who has already been mailed a card. My niece gets several as she collects them.

I also send them to myself so I have a memory waiting when I get home & I can use them in my scrapbook of the trip.

When I did consulting for a firm that hired private consultants to travel around the world, I always sent a postcard to the person responsible for sending me to whatever place I was working.

Posted By Annette on August 19, 2008, 1:14 PM

Yes! Grandmothers, mothers and aunts appreciate them very much and I often send one to myself as a fun "surprise" when I arrive home after I travel. I also love collecting postmarks from different countries as an alternative to passport stamps since some countries don't stamp passports any more.

Posted By Laura on August 19, 2008, 1:19 PM

YES! On my last trip I event set a personal best -sending out 45 postcards! (all personalized, small writing and lots of stories). I even send postcards to my best friend who lives in the same city as me. . . My favorite postcards to send are the free ones you can pick up in restaurants around the world.
Anne

Posted By Prêt à Voyager on August 19, 2008, 1:20 PM

Some of my friends request snail mail when we travel so postcards still get sent along with the internet updates and Skype calls.

Posted By Sandra on August 19, 2008, 1:22 PM

I still send postcards, but I send 3 or 4 thru out the trip but I address a few envelopes from home and I put a stamp on each one that way it gets there faster and don't have to worry that it will get lost and besides some of my friends don't have e-mail and it's easy.

Posted By Norma Blanchard on August 19, 2008, 1:26 PM

Post cards are almost my favorite part of travel! I send as many as 20 per day. They give me a chance to relive the day's sights and events. Friends give me the cards I've sent them, leaving me with a diary of my trip. Love 'em!

Posted By elaine on August 19, 2008, 1:50 PM

When I was in Antarctica last year, I sent post cards to friends' children under the age of 5; they'll have mementoes to share some day.

Posted By kayowe on August 19, 2008, 2:25 PM

I LOVE POSTCARDS. I still send them as often as possible.
I just got back from Europe. We went to 6 different countries, and I sent postcards from each one to friends and family back home. With the exchange rate, it was expensive. But what better way to send home a little piece of your vacation!
I have also started printing address labels- so handy and easy to send. A lot easier than bringing my whole address book!
I also buy postcards for myself- souvenirs, scrapbooks, etc. Many times they are better pictures than what I am able to take due to lighting, etc.

Posted By Brenda on August 19, 2008, 2:44 PM

Who doesn't love a postcard? I get to envy someone's great destination and appreciate the fact that they took the time to think of me. It's even better to do the same to someone else!

Posted By Emily on August 19, 2008, 2:47 PM

I recieved my first postcard in 1954 from Mt.Fugi, Japan. I was 2 years old! I have collected them since and always send postcards back home to all my friends and relatives. I recently sent a postcard to my 1 month old grandaughter. I will send her one from Mongolia next month and hope when she grows older, it will excite a desire in her to travel and see the world like my first postcard did for me.

Posted By Soni Vigh on August 19, 2008, 2:47 PM

I definitely send post cards. I work at a gym and always joke with clients about sending a post card when they go on vacation so I always send one to the gym when I go away.

Posted By Skip Cadigan on August 19, 2008, 2:48 PM

We absolutely send postcards! And postal cards. And, occassionally, letters. On a typical trip, we send between 35 and 50 postcards. We also buy & save stamps from foreign post offices as souvenirs.

Posted By Mary on August 19, 2008, 2:57 PM

Yes, yes, yes! I'm actually an English bulldog postcard collector but I do have 2 postcard boxes with cards for other occasions. My Yahoo alerts me when someone has a birthday or some other anniversary.
Most of the cards go to Hungary to my family and friends but I also send some to friends in other countries.
Love it!

Posted By eva on August 19, 2008, 3:38 PM

Yes, I do send postcards - is there anything more exciting than taking the usual pile of bills out of the mailbox, and finding, quite by surprise a postcard from a friend visiting a faraway land? But, increasingly friends want to email me photos from a trip - not the same at all - no foreign stamp to admire!

Posted By Nancy on August 19, 2008, 3:47 PM

YES! I love sending postcards and LOVE receiving them. Thank goodness my friends and family still do too!

Posted By Luv2travel on August 19, 2008, 4:01 PM

Of course. But sometimes the stamps are hard to find.

Posted By Elena on August 19, 2008, 4:20 PM

Yes I still send postcards. Even to myself - the pictures are better than those I can take. I travel, a lot. . . friends tell me they love to see where I've gone now! I just returned from Russia & Siberia. I forgot my address book, so I sent the cards with my friend's names, but addressed to myself. Now I'll re-mail them in an envelope so my friends can still have the Russian stamp and postmark! (It's taken 3 weeks for them to start arriving!!!)

Posted By R. Bergeron on August 19, 2008, 4:38 PM

We still send cards to our grandchildren. Unfortunately, we return home much sooner than the cards arrive, so the cards become an afterthought.

Posted By Bob on August 19, 2008, 4:42 PM

I absolutely send postcards for LOTS of reasons! 1) none of the international calling fees from my cell phone. 2) It's a great way to show people back home the cool place I just visited 3) There's something special about opening the mailbox & finding someone thought of you on their vacation

I'm a flight attendant & I send a postcard to family members from every overnight layover I go on!

Posted By Travel_girl on August 19, 2008, 4:47 PM

I still use post cards, even though email is easy and free. I love the feeling that I associate with them, and I love to send and receive them! Also, as a full-time student, post cards are cheap souvenirs for my friends and family, since I can't afford anything else!

Posted By Anja on August 19, 2008, 4:48 PM

I love to take my laptop and digital camera away with me, and send the days photos home at the end of the day....postcards sometimes never arrive

Posted By gale on August 19, 2008, 5:27 PM

Yes, I still send postcards!! I have grown children and they still love seeing where Mom and Dad have been. They are great conversation starters, when people see them on the fridge.

Posted By D.K. Cherrix on August 19, 2008, 5:49 PM

I still send postcards. I love to send mail. It lets people know that even though I am far away that I am still thinking about them. The cool part is most everyone that I have sent postcards to over the years still have them!!

Posted By Jessica Leach on August 19, 2008, 7:15 PM

Yes I send postcards home...I send them to my son and his friends who are mildly mentally handicapped....part of the fun of getting them are the stamps!! I think my son has received about 50 or so and we keep them in a scrapbook........

Posted By Foxy Lane on August 19, 2008, 7:19 PM

Yes. I still send postcards.. I just returned from Yukon, Alaska... I sent approx. 150 postcards ... many seemed appreciative -- Others wondered why they were not on my mailing list.. HH AA

Posted By Homer Adams on August 19, 2008, 7:35 PM

Of course. It's an easy way to keep in touch with Grandma and others who don't use the internet. And it's more fun to receive real mail even if you are in internet user. A postcard says I'm thinking of you way more than an email ever will.

Posted By STELLA on August 19, 2008, 7:39 PM

I just sent a post card to a friend yesterday. Bought it at the White Gull Inn in Door County. Hope b y seeing how awesome it is she will decide to do a Girlfriends weekend up there sometime soon.
As a teacher for second graders, I use them for bulletin boards and geography lessons.

Posted By Rhea on August 19, 2008, 8:00 PM

Yes, When I am on vacation I love to send postcards and also to get them from others on vacation! I have many 'travel friends' that I have met on vacation, and we exchange postcards. It is interesting to learn of the places they are visiting.

Posted By Joan on August 19, 2008, 8:22 PM

My spouse and I make address labels before we leave for those we know who love receiving our cards. There are a few who really appreciate (and request) the stamps from other countries. It's fun, too, to send cards appropriate to the recipient--scenic,historic,humorous, funky, weird, etc.
Viva the post card!!

Posted By Rick on August 19, 2008, 8:24 PM

I do, but I'm thinking of quitting, because no one ever mentions that they even got my postcard, let alone appreciated it.

Posted By DianaB on August 19, 2008, 8:31 PM

Postcards aren't outdated... they are classic.
The internet is a great way to share photos, but a postcard reveals your thoughts at that moment and carries the stamp and postmark of the country you are in. The internet provides no such cultural insight.

Whenever I travel I send my friends and family images of my favorite sights or things that remind me of them. Some of the postcards are treasures to them and hang in their kitchens more than a year later.

When the internet is shrinking the world more every day, long live these friendly little reminders that the world is still large and in need of exploring!!!

Posted By Kate Ley on August 19, 2008, 9:27 PM

I pick up postcards from spots that I visit. Then I send a postcard every Monday to my two college age students. They enjoy getting mail in their box at school and look forward to seeing what is on the front of the postcard

Posted By B Ramsland on August 19, 2008, 10:31 PM

Love to sen them and love to receive them. I have a girlfriend who lives in London and whenever she travels on holiday she sends one to me so I can "see" where she's been (and places I've never been). Conversely, I do the same to her. She's never been to the States, so I send her cards from places I visit -- sometimes even when I do something as simple as a one-day motorcycle ride out of state, I'll send a postcard so she can see what Vermont or New Hampshire or wherever looks like.

Posted By Elizabeth on August 19, 2008, 10:58 PM

Yes. I still send. I also take with me to show others where I am from. My family still sends cards and letters, too. They are great keepsakes from other countries. I also send and receive balloon mail from hot air balloon events and I frequent special post offices that have special postmarks (i.e., holidays, town/city name, etc.) My friends participate in all of these, too.
These can become family heirlooms.

Posted By Rae on August 19, 2008, 11:07 PM

Yep, I send postcards to family, friends, myself, and my travelling companions. The great photos and exotic stamps, plus my thoughts of the moment, are like another mini-vacation. You can put them into a REAL album (who, really, likes looking at other people's teeny beeny "digital camera slide shows"?) And, unlike coconut bras, shot glasses, mini Stonehenges and other tacky junk, postcards take up very little room, and your friends don't have to wonder how to dump them without offending you. The smart ones recycle them, or offer them back to you for your albums.

Posted By Rick on August 19, 2008, 11:25 PM

With great pleasure! to my non-computer using father right through his 80s, to my stepgrandchildren who love mail addressed just to them, to my Japanese graduate student lodger who thought the postcard with a Maine mosquito (the state bird!) on it saying "Send more tourists, the last ones were delicious!" was hilarious. I once sent a postcard as a thank you note after a job interview because I left on vacation the next day--for the job I still have. There are some things that a cameraphone or email or IMing just can't do as well as a physical card, not to mention being in places with no internet access.

Posted By Carol on August 20, 2008, 6:42 AM

I just got back from a 10-day cruise (plus a day or two either side) that had me seeing eight countries and ten cities in Northern Europe. I sent one or more postcards from each stop. Buying a postcard is a great way to help you reflect on what you found most representative of your visit, and I've found that sitting down writing the postcard -- which can be done anywhere you have a pen, even if you don't get free wifi! -- gives that moment's break so gather your thoughts and impressions. Finding a place to mail it in small towns in Poland -- now THAT'S the tricky part!

Posted By Judy on August 20, 2008, 9:37 AM

Yes, I send postcards: it is a way to let someone share in the experience of a trip, let them know I'm thinking of them, both to those with email and those without.
And I sometimes get some for myself --an easier way to get a photo, or perhaps a better one, from a viewpoint I couldn't get to, or inside a special place where photography might not be allowed. I can then add it to my album along with my own photos.

Posted By Sallie on August 20, 2008, 10:38 AM

Yes, I do still send post cards. Before leaving home I print address labels for everyone I'd like to send a card to. This is usually just one page and tucks into my carry on. As I find 'just the right one' I put the label on; when the labels are gone, my task is done!

Posted By Faith Unger on August 20, 2008, 11:48 AM

I still send postcards. My godson loves the pictures (he's 5), my grandmother doesn't use the internet, and I have a friend who collects them. I have pretty much stopped with everyone else unless I see something that really makes me think of that person specifically.

Posted By Eve Sorenson on August 20, 2008, 12:23 PM

I always send postcards - trying to use the internet on vacation is a hassle and everyone loves to get "real" mail. :)

Posted By Robin B on August 20, 2008, 12:49 PM

Not as many as before but if I am somewhere that I know a friend or relative would like a view of, I do. Have lived and traveled all over the world for work and fun and for many years sent cards to my mom and dad. When they passed on I found all the card I had sent in a drawer and relived all my travels by going through them. Also had a chance to see what I had written to them.

Posted By Omad the Nomad on August 20, 2008, 12:54 PM

Of course! My grandmother was the avid writer in my family and I knew she liked getting mail in return, no matter the size. I sent her a postcard every week until she died and she loved the fact that I would make them out of old cereal or cracker boxes...

Posted By Krista on August 20, 2008, 1:14 PM

My nephew's teacher asked her student's families to send postcards to her class. I spent a year sending postcards and loved sharing tidbits about the places I visited. The kids learned about surfing history in Hawaii, Native American ruins in New Mexico, and bull fights in Spain. As a retired English teacher, I loved writing these postcards, and the children's teacher said my nephew's family of world travellers were the students' favorites.

Posted By Jane Gillespie on August 20, 2008, 1:41 PM

Yes, I still send postcards. Especially when I'm remembering family and friends who could'nt make that trip. I send them a postcard and the postage here in Georgia is cheaper than a stamp.

Posted By Ida on August 20, 2008, 1:49 PM

Yes I do. The grandkids love getting them and when my kids were in college I'd sometimes send a leftover postcard from months earlier to them at school just to keep them guessing. It became a little joke with their college friends - they thought we traveled all the time.

Posted By Anne Sharkey on August 20, 2008, 2:39 PM

We absolutely send post cards. The nieces and nephews rarely get real snail mail and get a real kick out of getting postcards. We just have to send them quickly to make sure that they get them before we get home.
We also sent emails to keep up to date.

Posted By ken kugler on August 20, 2008, 5:10 PM

Postcards are costing more with the declining dollar yet it's so much fun to be home for several weeks and get a call that a postcard finally arrived. I email my more email savvy friends along the way and actually dialogue with them, but still send a postcard. Handwritten communication is a dying mode-
kids, in particular love postcards--and my dentist has saved 20 year's worth in my file!!!

Posted By mariacr on August 20, 2008, 5:47 PM

Absolutely! I do send postcards! And not just when I'm on vacation (when I'm trying to impress people, of course!). But they're also a nice way to keep in touch!

People still want mail they can hold in their hands--even if my handwriting is atrocious and getting worse!

Posted By Michele on August 20, 2008, 6:48 PM

Since I love to receive them, and get many ideas for future trips from the ones I receive, I still send postcards, hoping that those people will also send some to me!

Posted By Audre Morrison on August 20, 2008, 9:04 PM

I adore postcards - the hunt for the perfect card for each recipient, the sitting in a sidewalk cafe with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and writing, the purchase of the exotic stamps and airmail labels, and the dropping in a postbox that doesn't look like the ones at home. Knowing that the card carries a stamp and postmark of a foreign place makes each card a little gift.

I don't care if the postcards do not precede me home; they are almost more fun if I have been back for some time. My recipients love them and always comment on how much they like to find my cards in the mailbox. Like many other posters, I may send a card to myself, or to my travel companion, posted on the last day to arrive well after the trip. I send a card to work, too, to tease my colleagues - and they do the same.

When I take pictures on my trip, the photos always include someone I love or someone I've met. It's not just another photo of the Colliseum - it's my friend at the Colliseum! If I want a nice clear shot of a particular pile, or if I find a card that is humorous or especially charming, I buy a postcard for my album.

Receiving a postcard is like a whiff of an exotic bazaar or a glimpse into a passageway to a hidden garden. There are so many places to go! I'm starting to email and do the digital photo thing on my travels, but it serves another purpose. The genuine postcard is a whole 'nother creature. Long live the postcard!

Posted By Voyageur on August 20, 2008, 11:18 PM

YES!!!! And better yet, I receive them.

Posted By Ellen on August 20, 2008, 11:30 PM

I love getting postcards you know that the person who sends it thought of you and put effort into picking and writing the right note. I also collect them to show everywhere i've travelled.......it's something that you can treasure way more than an e-mail you know that its something that the sender has touched and you can physically hold it and keep it......

Posted By Ruth McMillan on August 21, 2008, 7:48 AM

I loved getting postcards when I was growing up. I always send one to each of the grandkids and young nieces and nephews.

I think it helps them to keep track of where in the world you are and lets them know. "I miss you and love you"

Posted By Carol on August 21, 2008, 9:00 AM

I love postcards! I send them to people but also save them myself since they have excellent pictures of where I am.

Posted By Betsy on August 21, 2008, 9:21 AM

We ALWAYS send postcards, and love to receive them from friends. We also always mail one to ourselves, so that when we return home and go through the mail, there's a wonderful remainder of our vacation in there (and not just bills & credit card offers).
Postcards are a wonderful and non-obnoxious means of telling our friends that we're thinking of them (as opposed to telling them that via cell phone and annoying everyone around us!).
Also, what kid doesn't love to receive something in the mail...

Posted By Carol on August 21, 2008, 2:16 PM

My brother called me last night just to thank me for the great postcard I sent him while on vacation last week!

Posted By Cande on August 21, 2008, 3:03 PM

I love sending and collecting post cards! Sometimes it is hard to get a good picture of sites and things on a trip, and postcards do a good job of standing in as trip photos.

Posted By William Miller on August 21, 2008, 3:08 PM

I always send them in addition to text with pictures. There something special about being thought of enough for someone to send a postcard. I even send one to my dog so I have one to put on the refrig. Some old traditions are still worth the time!

Posted By John, Berwyn, PA on August 21, 2008, 3:09 PM

love to send them, love to get them. i am queen of the post cards when on a trip. i always buy some extras for myself in case my photos are not so good. they look great in my many albums

Posted By marilyn on August 21, 2008, 3:40 PM

Of course! In this day and age of speed and impersonal communication via email and texting, I'd much rather send and receive postcards. I have pals worldwide who send me cards on their travels from places I may have never thought of traveling to otherwise. I usually wait until I get home to send them, as I'll sometimes buy several postcards for friends, family, and pals who collect them.

Plus, a postcard is one of the cheapest souvenirs you can take home from your travels. Long after you're gone, future generations can look through them and see what a city or location looked like in the past, whereas with digital photos, unless you print them out and archive them, they won't be able to.

Posted By Christina on August 21, 2008, 3:54 PM

YES,,,,, love choosing and sending post cards. Usually about 40 post cards, more or less. Lots of people are so very thrilled to receive an unexpected post card and cannot wait to say thank you. Many friends and family look for a post card from us, knowing we will be traveling Others, not so much, so must make note not to bother them again with such sentiment. Also, enjoy taking a picture of a particulary lovely place, then if a post card shows the same area, I enjoy displaying my photo, with the post card beside it in our travel albumn.

I remember sending my first post card from New York City at the age of 5 yrs. and have been hooked ever since. Most recently from China, Okinawa and all points in between, including all 50 states.

Posted By Mary on August 21, 2008, 4:06 PM

always...much better than schlepping around souveniers!

Posted By pinky on August 21, 2008, 4:13 PM

I love sending post cards! It fun to see what your friends do with them and how long some are kept.

Posted By Queenpsg on August 21, 2008, 4:37 PM

YES - of course I send postcards --- how else would my grandchildren know where I am, what I'm doing and that I'm thinking of them --- they aren't on the net and these are SOOOOO much more personal than a cold PC screen.

Posted By Patricia on August 21, 2008, 7:09 PM

I love sending postcards from within the USA. They actually arrive before my trip is over. Try sending cards from south america, mexico or eastern europe and maybe they arrive before the next year and maybe not. My grandkids love getting our cards send from around the USA and Canada.

Posted By Steve b on August 21, 2008, 7:48 PM

I always send postcards and on my upcoming trip to Europe, I have preprinted address labels since I'll be sending them out often from each destination so I can save time.

Posted By Tiffany on August 21, 2008, 7:56 PM

My mom always sent postcards. I love receiving postcards. After she died 7 years ago, I stopped sending them. But recently, I have started to send them again. I love them, part brag, part sincere wish you were here, part tour guide info. Now I just send to a select few nearest and dearest. I now also send one to myself. I love remembering the trip a week or so later when it arrives.

Posted By gloria on August 21, 2008, 8:09 PM

Use the postcards as a diary of my travels. Since I collect stamps it is another way to have a colorful reminder of the trip - picture on the card, notes of how the day was spent and a great stamp and cancellation.

Friends will save the cards for me so I have additional ones to savor upon my return home.

Posted By Fran on August 21, 2008, 8:46 PM

Wow!!!

I for one am so pleased to see all these fantastic comments on postcards!

I'm a huge fan of postcards myself, but as a busy professional travel writer, I find I have less time to send them these days than I used to. They still mean a lot to me though.

Way back in February, I wrote a series about postcards on my Cool Travel Guide blog, starting with Postcards: does anyone still send them? I'm gathering comments for an article I'm writing for publication. I'm trying to inspire people to think more deeply about why they send them and what they mean. If you'd like to comment further and be quoted (or not), please see this post 'Postcard stories: share your passion' and leave a comment:
http://cooltravelguide.blogspot.com/2008/08/postcard-stories-share-your-passion.html
Or feel free to email me if you prefer.

Thanks!
Lara Dunston
Cool Travel Guide
http://cooltravelguide.blogspot.com/

Posted By lara_dunston on August 21, 2008, 10:49 PM

I guess I am a little bit old school, because I do send postcards. But I send them home! Since the kids were small, they would pick out postcards and evry few days they would fill them out to themselves. The purpose would be like a short journal entry about their experiences or highlights of the trip. There would often be a funny incident and that would be included in the postcard. So, years later we look thru our photo albums and find these gems and remember and recall many of the events that happened. I have continued this when my husband and I go away, since it sort of extends the vacation as the cards make there way to our mailbox after we return.

Posted By Gwenn on August 22, 2008, 8:07 AM

DEFINITELY!

Posted By D on August 22, 2008, 10:25 AM

Who doesn't love to receive a post card? It is so much fun to open the mailbox and have a beautiful postcard in my hand! I think they're a thoughtful touch. Since most business transactions now take place over the internet...A handwritten note or "fun" piece of mail really make my day! I'll continue sending a few each trip I take.

Posted By Dayla on August 22, 2008, 10:51 AM

I love receiving postcards. I have two large volumes of cards from all over the world. I ask the international graduate students in my department at the University of Illinois at Chicago not to bring me gifts from their home countries but to send me a postcard from their hometown. When I retire I will be able to remember them fondly!

Posted By Carol Martell on August 22, 2008, 11:30 AM

Absolutely! Not only do I send them, but when a friends asks if I'd like anything from their travels I usually request a postcard. I often send really ugly older (or older looking) postcards in hopes that the recipient(s) will get a laugh out of them and realize that I'm not trying to make them jealous. I also mail postcards to myself. It's fun to receive them after I get home and take the time to relive the trip.

Posted By Sanz Lashley on August 22, 2008, 2:19 PM

Postcards are great "Thinking of you" notes. We send cards our family and to ourselves for keeping memories alive. The biggest problem is we often forget to mail them and mail them after we get back home. DUH!

Posted By Joseph McCormick on August 22, 2008, 8:27 PM

I am an avid postcard sender/receiver. In fact, I have collected vintage/antique turn-of-the-century postcards for many, many years and am a member of my local Postcard Club. We have bi-annual Postcard Shows where thousands of cards are grouped by topic and fun to go through and find ones of your hometown showing how it used to look in its early days. Others celebrate events such as the anniversary of the end of the Civil War or the opening of the first airports. You may want to explore whether there is a show in your area in the near future. Have fun and keep sending postcards!

Posted By Postcard collector Janet on August 23, 2008, 12:24 AM

I try to always send postcards when I travel internationally. I have a set of address labels kept in my computer, so that I can quickly and easily print a set to take with me each time. It saves time, not having to address the cards, and keeps me from forgetting someone. I set aside an hour or so sometime during the trip, to take the time to jot a quick short personal note on the cards, and everyone seems to appreciate being thought of. I have many friends and relatives who do not travel, and who tell me they enjoy feeling like they are along with me, when they see the cards. I have one friend in particular to whom I promised 30 years ago a postcard from anywhere I ever went. I have kept my promise and send her one, even if it is a short, domestic trip....when I don't normally send anybody else a card. Likewise, I enjoy receiving cards from others, and always display them on our refrigerator. It is fun, imagining being in those places.

Posted By Nicki Somers-Bashor on August 23, 2008, 3:01 PM

I send postcards to my young nephews who love to get anything in the mail! By the way, what is up with the strange postcard stamps - fruit? The stamps look fake!

Posted By Laura on August 24, 2008, 2:05 PM

You bet. What a great way to practice those writing skills and what fun to physically share the card.
I save all of the postcards I receive and have made a piece of artwork out of the collection that hangs in my kitchen. When people come to visit me, they check to see that I have added their cards to the collection.
Debbie D

Posted By Debbie Dooling on August 24, 2008, 4:37 PM

Of course....its fun to pick out "the postcard" the best suites what you are experiencing, with a stamp (if international). And I agree...it is fun to receive real mail sometimes.

Posted By Jamie on August 24, 2008, 8:59 PM

Sending postcards is really one of the most fun things about going on a trip. I also always send one to myself so I have a souvenir. Some tips: It's good to bring your own stamps (if traveling in the U.S.) because then you don't need to worry about finding a post office that's open. And don't mail cards from your hotel. I always find post boxes myself - postcards I've given to the hotel desk have often never made it to their destinations. Sometimes I even bring my own cards!

Posted By J.J. on August 24, 2008, 11:17 PM

YES, OF COURSE!! I love to receive them, and family members who no longer travel, or who do not have Internet, LOVE to receive them, too. This summer in Rouen, France, we found a shop filled with vintage postcards; I picked out one that had never been mailed and sent it that day to my dad who served in the US Army 179th General Hospital in Rouen during WWII. He was thrilled with it. Yes, I will always send postcards.

Posted By SR on August 25, 2008, 1:50 PM

Yes, of course I do! They're fun and easy to send. I even send one to myself from every city I travel to because they're fun to read when I get home and I put them in my scrapbook too.

Posted By MickeyMouse on August 25, 2008, 3:15 PM

I just love sending out postcards...it's more personal than posting a blog or sending an email or text message that says, "Wish You Were Here." I love receiving postcards too!

Posted By Corazon on August 25, 2008, 7:14 PM

Yes, I still send post cards as they are a fun thing and provide contact which requires no action on the part of the receivers!

B

Posted By Bonnie on August 25, 2008, 7:47 PM

Of course, its the only way to keep my family in the loop and let friends from around the country know we are still adventurous. I also enjoy finding the post office and checking out stamps from the places we visit. Really makes you feel at home.

Posted By Aimee on August 25, 2008, 11:49 PM

Yes, I still buy and send postcards. My camera
broke many years ago after I dropped it, and a
repair would have been quite expensive, so I
decided to not replace it. Instead, I buy post-
cards wherever I go of things I've seen & done.

Posted By Jean Walsh on August 26, 2008, 12:44 PM

Just got back from Baltic Sea cruise. Spent $100 on postcards and stamps. No souvenirs, too expensive. Found some free postcards at restaurant we ate at and opera house we toured.

Posted By Kathy on August 27, 2008, 4:24 PM

I always send postcards! And I always get a few extra ones . I like to put them in with little gifts I bring back to the family and friends.
Everyone seems to love them.

Posted By Alma on August 28, 2008, 7:42 AM

Updates: Our postcards from Medellin arrived safely on Monday, Aug 25, yay! We owe our driver some money on the postage -- expensive but worth it! However, still no sight of postcards mailed from Buenos Aires in November 2004... (See my old post on August 18, 2008, 2:57 PM)

Posted By Yvonne on August 28, 2008, 12:55 PM

Absolutely! I love snail mail and I love mailing people letters and postcards. Although it's hilarious when I get back home from vacation before my postcard reaches my friends and family! This happened to me when I mailed postcards to New York from St. Thomas :)

Posted By Linna on August 28, 2008, 3:09 PM

Of course I do. There are certain folks that look forward to my postcards (especially the grandkids and elderly uncle).

Posted By Beverly on August 28, 2008, 5:50 PM

Whenever we travel, my husband knows that I've got to get my postcards. I love to send them and my family and friends love receiving them, but when traveling - getting to a post office to buy stamps is not always an easy thing. So when traveling in the USA, I always bring postage stamps with me. When traveling overseas, I buy cards and then mail them when I get back home to the US. (I have not had much luck in having postcards get to their destination from overseas). I also have my "travel labels". I take a set of labels with the addresses already printed on them. If I am mailing a postcard from overseas and I have found a post office, I will put the postcard in an envelope and mail it. I really appreciate places that sell several postcards for a dollar.

Posted By Jay on August 28, 2008, 10:08 PM

Yes, yes, yes - my grandkids, nieces and nephews all ove fetting postcards from where ever. When I travel w/my grandson he sends cards to his mom and Nana, and one to his dad, so they can see some of the things he is seeing. When he gets home, he has several pictures to add to his scrapebook.
I just wish mail were more reliable in other countries, because I have sent postcards from "exotic" places, that never reached home, or the people I sent them to.
MA

Posted By Marilyn on August 29, 2008, 2:45 PM

Yes, I always send one to my boyfriend (who is always traveling with me) to tell him thanks for another great trip. Then right about the time we get home and back to our normal routines, he gets a nice little reminder of our trip. Granted, when we travel internationally, it takes a little longer.

Posted By Denise on August 29, 2008, 5:12 PM

In this chocking world of high tech and gadgets a postcard is a welcome find in the mailbox. I send many cards especially to those who also send to me. I will not give up this personal touch.

Posted By Brigitte on August 29, 2008, 11:30 PM

Yes, everyone loves to see the postage and cancellation stamps from other countries. And, the kids get excited that someone actually sent them mail.

Posted By Cheryl on August 30, 2008, 8:04 PM

Yes, our friends and family still enjoy postcards. And we enjoy receiving them from others. It's so much more personal than an email.

Posted By Karlette on August 31, 2008, 12:32 AM

We still send post cards to grandma and sometimes others. We also buy post cards to frame for the kids' room of places we visited. IKEA sells colorful inexpensive frames. The post cards not only add colorful artwork to their walls, but remind them of the fun we had as a family.

Posted By Carol on August 31, 2008, 7:10 PM

Always! It's a souveneir that you don't have to carry back. My friends and family travel vicariously through my grand adventures.

Posted By Mary on September 1, 2008, 11:08 AM

I absolutely send postcards during every trip -- my family and friends look forward to them (many of them travel vicariously through me).

T.

Posted By Toni Smith on September 1, 2008, 2:40 PM

I haven't sent a postcard in about 10 years. All of my family and friends are internet users, so I have a very lengthy distribution list, named, epostcard. There are about 50 addresses and I send them about once a week when traveling. Lots of people comment that they love to hear of my travels...Alaska, Turkey, Greece, Jordan, Eygpt, China, Hawaii, Italy, etc. There are many free internet opportunities all over the world!

Posted By Roxana on September 2, 2008, 1:15 PM

of course i do ! my favorite greeting - "having a great time-glad you're not here!!"

Posted By Andrea on September 2, 2008, 7:59 PM

of course I send postcards. They are fun to receive and my friends and relatives always thank me. The beautiful pictures are worth a thousand words.

Posted By jackie on September 2, 2008, 9:34 PM

Yes, I send at least four postcards and sometimes as many as 20, depending on the length of the trip. Sometimes I send postcards from home, especially to keep in touch with elderly friends who live alone.

Posted By Toni Armstrong Jr. on September 2, 2008, 10:00 PM

I like to send and receive postcards, particularly from my 2 snail mail writers in England and Australia.

Posted By mary on September 3, 2008, 4:15 PM

We always send postcards to friends and family, and from different areas as we go. Everyone loves to get them from us, and as long as they do we will continue. Some are really special, especially those posted from the Vatican.

Posted By Alice on September 3, 2008, 8:06 PM

I am an independent tour guide and travel consultant and I still send friends and family post cards. I pre-print labels and take those on trip, as it is easy to put label on post card. I also ask the recipient to save post card for me so I can use as a picture journal of sorts. I usually describe the picture on front of card and that way I know where I was on what date and have additional details written in the message.
Cool way to journal!

Posted By Charlotte Blume on September 4, 2008, 8:20 AM

Yes I still send them and like most of the comments here, I will continue to do so. It's a wonderful way of teaching children where places are and encourages them to gain knowledge on an area that they may not know anything about. It's fun to receive a call, e-mail or note from someone saying how thoughtful the post card was or how excited their child was to receive a piece of mail in their name.

For those people that pack so much into their vacation that they are to busy to a card out, why not cut your effort in half by bringing pre-printed labels. Writing the address is half the work and pre-printed ones almost guarantee there will not be an issue being able to read the address.

Posted By Pat Trovato on September 4, 2008, 10:03 AM

We always send postcards when on vacation. I will write out address labels before we go for everyone we usually send cards to. It's easier to pack than the address book & makes it easy to remember who still needs a card sent. Our son usually stays at our house to care for our pets, & even though we will contact him by email periodically he still gets a few postcards. We also will buy a few for us to go in the photo album.

Posted By Phyllis on September 4, 2008, 1:22 PM

I don't send them anymore, but i do buy them. i find it is easier to get that "great shot" by buying the professional shot for a quarter!

Posted By jen on September 4, 2008, 1:29 PM

For sure !!! from one Special friend.They put a smile on my face:-)

Posted By Effie mou on September 5, 2008, 2:01 AM

Absolutely! Often send them to my parents when my sisters and I go away for a wknd together.

Posted By ruf3535 on September 5, 2008, 1:26 PM

I don't send postcards, but when I'm vacationing, I'll find postcards of the area, then try to find the exact shot and take it myself. It makes for an interesting photo keepsake, with the postcard and my own picture next to it!

Posted By Windy on September 8, 2008, 2:37 PM

I love sending and receiving post cards. I also use them as souvenirs.

Posted By Marlene on September 8, 2008, 9:41 PM

Absolutely! It lets people know I am thinking of them, and it lets me share interesting stamps. Sometimes I send postcards to myself as sort of a diary and reminder of what I was doing on a certain day. It's fun to relive the moments when I get home.

Posted By Gilda on September 8, 2008, 9:48 PM

I look forward to sending postcards on every vacation. It really says a lot to my friends and family when I pause to share the journey in the middle of an adventure-filled vacation through the legacy of language.

Posted By Julie C. on September 9, 2008, 8:26 PM

I don't travel with a computer, but do frequently try to find an internet cafe to stay in touch when traveling. However, I LOVE postcards.

I take huge amounts of photos wherever I go, frequently with my travel companions as the focus. I frequently ask fellow travelers to take my/our photos with my camera, and offer to do the same for them. For great scenic shots, I buy postcards since they are taken by professionals. And sometimes you visit places where photos are not allowed, so I specifically look for postcards of those locations.

Postcards are my favorite souvenirs. I send lots of postcards to my family and friends - they enjoy receiving them - and I buy lots for myself. (I take along preprinted labels to use.) My rule of souvenirs when I travel is that whatever it is must fit in a scrapbook - the old fashioned kind with things pasted in - menus, ticket stubs, travel schedules, photos, postcards, samples of foreign money, etc. I have a scrapbook for almost every major trip. Putting them together later is like reliving the vacation again (the fuzzy photo of us with Big Ben in the background pasted next to a beautiful postcard of the same location). I enjoy looking back at them over the years and remembering the highlights of trips - and I've found that family and friends like to look thru them too!

Posted By Dixie London on September 11, 2008, 1:48 PM

I think postcards are great, I am about to embark on a 1 month adventure, and I am getting my postcard address list together. I like sharing my experience with friends and family. Years ago a friend sent me a card from Jamaica that had Dunn's River Falls on it. When I traveled to Jamaica a few years after that I made sure that I experienced it for myself.

Posted By Marcia on September 11, 2008, 6:15 PM

I love sending postcards. I've been on the road for 5 months now and have sent my daughter a card from every city and tourist spot we've been to. That's a lot of cards. It helps her keep track of me when there is no internet or cell service available.

A happy traveler...

Posted By Sandy on September 11, 2008, 8:03 PM

I send to my father, who is 93. He cannot view a computer screen, much less type.

Otherwise, it is Flickr for us, and we point people to the photos. Of course our photos are as good as those on postcards ;-) ;-)

Posted By Bob on September 12, 2008, 8:44 PM

I love receiving post cards and when I travel I always purchase them. But from there, I seem to get too caught up on my trip before sending most likely because in the back of my head I know I can post my pictures on the internet.

Posted By Susan on September 13, 2008, 11:28 AM

I enjoy writing and sending (& receiving) postcards.

Unfortunately this trip I forgot to pack my address book, so I had to login to my email to find the addresses that I have not memorized...

Posted By Tasha on September 15, 2008, 12:34 AM

I love sending postcards! I send them to my co-workers and my family every time I travel for more than 3 days! I also have albums of postcards that friends and family have sent me!

Posted By Stephanie Aube on September 16, 2008, 9:06 PM

Sure I send postcards, lots of them. Nothing beats a pretty picture with a foreign stamp and with handwritten greetings, ready to be shared around the household go up on the fridge and stay there.

Posted By Michael Quartz on September 18, 2008, 12:59 PM

Of course I still send post cards! All my friends expect to get them.

Posted By Tom on September 18, 2008, 3:19 PM

I travel a few times a year and I always make time to send about 30-35 postcards to my family and close friends. I'm in my 20s and definitely in the iPhone generation of relatively constant and immediate contact, but postcards are invaluable to me. They allow me to purposefully reflect on my travel experience and share those thoughts with the people I love. I find a bench or small cafe table to take in the local scene around me and share the experience with someone else. And at the end of the day, you can hold a postcard and see so much more in the card's image and the writer's words than an email could ever convey!

Posted By M in Manila on September 20, 2008, 11:15 AM

I've never been good at this; too busy having fun! If I go to a destination with educational value (i.e.Europe) I would send them to my nieces/nephews etc so they could see pictures, postmark and postage stamps from that country. But I don't do it on beach vacations where there is not much to report or educate about laying on the beach!

Posted By mary on September 22, 2008, 12:55 PM

Yes I do still send postcards. Earlier this year my husband and I drove from SC to NE to visit Family. We were gone nearly 2wks and I mailed about 20 postcards along the route. I lost count.

s

Posted By Sallie on September 22, 2008, 1:54 PM

Yes! and I love to get them, too.

Posted By . Andre on September 22, 2008, 1:55 PM

I am doing a school project where we travel all around North America. Mexico, Canada and United States. We are doing this to study places on the map. And the person with the most cards Will get to have the message read out loud. I am also trying to get some from all over the world I am 8 I live in Bloomington Illinois. My school address is
Towanda Elemaentary
304 South East Street. Box 260
Towanda, Illinois.61776
If i can send some back to you and help you with a project my Mom said I can.
Thank yopu
Jade Carlock

Posted By Jade Carlock on October 5, 2008, 4:40 PM

I really enjoy sending PCs because I enjoy receiving them also! Call me old fashioned, but there's something about holding a piece of mail that someone has actually written with a pen or pencil to you. That person took the time out of their vacation or trip to sit down and write to me, if only a brief note. It warms my heart.

Posted By su kobbe on December 11, 2008, 4:59 PM

Yes, of course I do! Not only do I send them to family and friends, but I also send them to myself then include them in my scrapbook along with my photos!

Posted By Michele P. on December 11, 2008, 6:38 PM

I love sending postcards to people. It's just more personal to receive a tangible card in the mail than getting an email that someone can send in two seconds. It really shows that the person cared enough to actually buy a stamp and drop the card in the mail.

Actually, I just started a website called The Smile Site where peopl can go to have a Smile Card (postcard) sent to anyone in the U.S. by mail. Please take a moment and check it out. :)
www.thesmilesite.webs.com

Posted By Tanya Swenson on January 19, 2009, 11:37 AM

I will always send postcards, they will never go out of style.

Posted By Michelle on February 6, 2009, 5:30 PM

I adore to send paper postcards!;) At least a couple of them with the places that i'm visiting. If i encounter any difficulties to find a great postcard or buy postage stamps i usually send my travel photos wiby online service www.hazelmail.com This way my friends at least get something real to stick to their fridge, not an e-mail :)

Posted By imtuesday on February 13, 2009, 9:16 AM

I send postcards - and highly recommend to those who do to use HazelMail.

In short, HazelMail is a service that takes digital photos and turns them into real custom postcards. The user inputs the message and mailing address, and HazelMail prints, stamps, and mails the card from anywhere in the world to anywhere in the world for a low price!

The quality is nice and they make a fabulous keepsake!

Send one today!

Posted By Denise on February 17, 2009, 3:16 PM

I absolutely still send postcards, and I like to receive them just as much. I leave home with pre-printed address labels, to make sending cards easier. From Europe it typically costs about 1.5 Euro to buy a nice card and add a stamp back to the USA. Folks who get them (especially grandchildren)seem to like them: I see them under magnets on refrigerators back at home, and on grandkids' bedroom bulletin boards. E-mail is an option I might try, but there's nothing like a postcard with a fancy foreign stamp and a really nice picture.

Posted By Don M on February 26, 2009, 3:09 PM

I love to send postcards - especially to myself! Sometimes they're waiting for me when I return home and sometimes they arrive a bit after I've come home - that's always a treat. I have cards from all over the world - and I hope to collect many more!

Posted By janice on February 26, 2009, 3:31 PM

Yes!!! My husband and I both send cards to family and friends while we are away on a trip. I also use them in the summer time while on a trip to my upcoming kinder or 1st grade class. I say hello, have them find where I am on a map and let them know I have a surprise for them if they can show me that place on our big school map when school starts in August. They love getting mail!

Posted By kathy Poseley on February 26, 2009, 5:25 PM

I LOVE sending post cards! My sister and I have been doing it since early high school.(I'm 57 now) Once I sent 50 post cards in 2 days! It's fun to "match" them to my friends and relatives. We went to the Smithsonian one year and I bought about 60 post cards of the gems and jewels/jewelry and sent them to every woman from my church!

Posted By Lori L. on February 26, 2009, 6:32 PM

I still send postcards. I evens send one to myself once in a while

Posted By Sharon on February 26, 2009, 7:10 PM

MY favorite thing to say on them is " The weather is here....I wish you were beautiful " :)

Posted By poroxx on February 26, 2009, 7:24 PM

I have sent out over 600 postcards since I started my round the world trip.

This includes family and friends and people I have never met before.

People love the postcards and it is something I am so glad I did.

Posted By Brian from nodebtworldtravel.com on February 26, 2009, 8:05 PM

Being a photography fan I always enjoy shopping for the beautiful photo postcards that best match what I have actually seen or am experiencing. I think I sent about 20 from French Polynesia to family and friends last summer and they cost a fortune, but I am looking at one propped by my monitor right now that has three views of Moorea and it takes me RIGHT BACK to that wonderful vacation. You can't put a price on that feeling!!

Posted By Janice L on February 27, 2009, 2:17 AM

The whole postcard process is fun for me...picking each one while thinking of who it would be perfect for...sitting in a cafe or coffee shop gazing around as I write a little note...finding the post office in a foreign city and figuring out how to buy stamps! Kids love 'em (truly don't all little kids love to get mail addressed just to them!)and adults appreciate that you thought of them while far away.

Posted By hoboannie on February 27, 2009, 5:13 PM

For the first time ever, I didn't send a single postcard during my recent 3 week trip through India. Instead, I e-mailed my impressions and thoughts to my "readership" addressees.

Posted By Trish Taylor on February 28, 2009, 12:45 AM

I love to travel and I've been collecting postcards since I've discovered that travelling is one of my greatest passion.

I usually send a bunch for my families and close friends and they are ecstatic about it! Well, same feeling when I received theirs.

For me, it's like sharing them a piece of that place and having them feel the joy of travelling.

It makes everyone happy!

Posted By zimonski on February 28, 2009, 1:22 PM

I'm happy to see so many people are still sending postcards; I thought I was in the minority. I send them to my friends to let them know I am thinking of them, and I know they appreciate receiving them. For those who complain about the cost - if you had the money to take the trip, you should have the few bucks it takes to send cards to friends who appreciate receiving them.

Posted By teddy on February 28, 2009, 3:23 PM

I like to take postcards of my home town/state/country along on my trips and leave them behind with people I have met along the way...as a thank you to my hosts at the B&B, to share with a tour guide or the helpful taxi driver--and especially with a wide-eyed child in a far away land.....you get the idea!

Posted By Gretchen on March 14, 2009, 7:20 PM

I send postcards from everywhere I travel. I have a friend who loves to receive postcards and collects them in an album. I also enjoy sending postcards to my niece and nephew; they use it as an opportunity to find the place I'm sending from on a map and learn something new about the world. Finally, it's always fun to send something to my kids. It let's them know where I've been and gives me an opportunity to record a little something about my trip.

Posted By Phil Virta on March 26, 2009, 9:20 AM

I usually send about 10 PC's per trip to my friends that collect them. And they usually are glad to get them.

Posted By Ginni on March 26, 2009, 9:37 AM

Yes - I love to send post cards! I think that so many people have gotten away from doing them in the wake of the internet. I'm on faceback just as much as the next person, but sending to postcards to loved ones is still one of my favorite things to do while on holiday.

Posted By Cat on March 26, 2009, 11:05 AM

Girl Scouts have an annual Post Card Exchange with it's own Yahoo Group. Troops from all over the world exchange postcards with each other to showcase their hometowns.

Posted By beth on March 26, 2009, 11:47 AM

I send them to my nieces and nephews, and occasionally to family at a distance. I try to write "educational" and interesting things geared toward each child, instead of the generic "having fun." Must comment: I recently went to Walt Disney World and had a TERRIBLE time trying to find postcards. Almost none, and only about 4 that were reasonably priced vs. "collector" cards at more than $2 each! Hope this isn't a new trend.

Posted By Allison on March 26, 2009, 12:13 PM

I always make sure my son gets the addresses of his friends before the end of the year. We travel to Europe every other summer (going back this year YEAHHHHH), and all his buds LOVE getting the unusual cards with different stamps from foreign lands. It also shows him the almost forgotten (at least by most 12 year olds today) art of touching base by snail mail !!

Posted By Eva on March 26, 2009, 1:04 PM

My husband and I took a trip to Spain in January for a class, it was my first time out of the country. We collected postcards everywhere we went, sent several each day to family and friends and my teenage daughter, and kept some to add to our photo album. Even the postage stamps are different and interesting! Collecting postcards makes for an interesting and inexpensive hobby.

Posted By Melody on March 26, 2009, 1:24 PM

I still send them but the rising prices of stamps is sort of ridiculous. Has anyone checked out hazelmail.com?

Posted By amy on March 26, 2009, 1:31 PM

YES! I still love to send a few postcards and receive them as well. They are also great for scrapbooks.

Posted By Emily on March 26, 2009, 2:06 PM

We send post cards to family members, especially to our grandchildren. They love to get postcards, and keep them for months.

Posted By David Feeder on March 26, 2009, 2:15 PM

Absolutely - nothing like opening up your mail box and having a postcard or letter there ! Says "we are thinking of you" much more than a text will ever do (which by the way, I don't text or even know how to).

Posted By Abby on March 26, 2009, 2:18 PM

Yes, I love to send them when on vacation. I love to get them, although not that many people do it.
I have a collection!

Posted By Gay Eisenhardt on March 26, 2009, 3:03 PM

Yes. I still send postcards. Emails, too. But nothing can replace real (i.e., snail) mail!

Posted By Risamay on March 26, 2009, 3:09 PM

Absolutely - it's a fun way to stay in touch with friends you don't see often, and EVERYONE likes to get a real piece of mail once in a while!

Posted By Josh Dieterich on March 26, 2009, 3:17 PM

My grandchildren love to get my postcards. First of all, it's mail for them, and secondly, my oldest granddaughter looks the country up on her atlas to see where grandma is - makes geography a lot more fun!

Posted By Susan Poirier on March 26, 2009, 3:32 PM

I buy them and pass them out when I get home. I have several albums with pages that are 4" by 6", and more than a few file cabinets, each with the name of a different loved one. Post cards are almost always 4x6, and I can also print photographs I took myself easily enough. Obviously, some of my loved ones don't live near me so I can pass them out to them, but those get stamped and mailed and I still save a bunch of postage.

I also put pictures on flickr.com. My name is big_ugly_mich Feel free to check out my pictures if you'd like.

Posted By James Michalek on March 26, 2009, 3:40 PM

Absolutely!! it is a great way to keep in touch w/ my 11 grandchildren who live in 5 different states. Some keep them in a journal/ scrapbook. A granddaughter introduced me to her playmate as the grandmother who sends me cards from all over the world!! But...I don't need to be on a trip to send cards either.
I often send cards from my home to family in other states.

I love e-mail and e-cards but will never stop sending cards via the post office!!

Posted By J Calistri on March 26, 2009, 3:47 PM

Absolutely...whether for business and/or pleasure I always send my daughters a post card when I arrive at the hotel.

Posted By John Cesarone on March 26, 2009, 3:56 PM

Of course I send postcards! I send them to myself (a real treat when I get home, and a memory to put on my postcard wall) and to my friends! It's wonderful to get something other than bills, junque and solocitations (and I think our letter carrier enjoys the pictures!). In fact, I keep a book of postcard stamps in my wallet and sometimes even send a postcard from locally, just because!

Posted By Wendy Uncles on March 26, 2009, 5:17 PM

Funny, I would love to ask all those folks who answered "no" to sending postcards how their personal relationships are - family, friends, etc. From postcards and postage costing to much to iphone and Facebook - how cold, how clueless. Post cards are a nice personal touch - a delight to those who receive them and warm fuzzies to those thoughtful enough to send them. Oh yeah, I'm a guy, 20's and kick butt, lol.

Posted By TommyFlorida on March 26, 2009, 5:23 PM

Do I send postcards? Always! I love choosing them (usually with someone specific in mind for each one), I love writing them, I love receiving them. I've written out postcards from the deck in front of Alaskan glaciers, from the bottom of Bryce Canyon and while sitting in the courtyard of the Tower of London. Yeah, I guess I could do all those things with a laptop and a blog. But foir my pictures are never going to match a real photographer's, and there's something about getting real mail.

Posted By J on March 26, 2009, 5:26 PM

I send emails and postcards depending upon the recipient. I prefer postcards because they are beautiful.

Posted By wvsweepstaker on March 26, 2009, 5:29 PM

Yes, and I truly enjoy doing so; especially for my friends who collect them. Unfortunately, they don't always arrive in the States, and I usually am back home before they arrive.
Everywhere we go, they seem to have many for sale, so I guess I'm not in the minority. Note: I often buy them as souveners for myself!

Posted By Betty Acosta on March 26, 2009, 5:37 PM

I send my mom & 2 best friends postcards wherever I go - however, everyone still goes to the blog for detailed info + pics!!

Posted By Rose on March 26, 2009, 5:49 PM

Post cards are simply more fun, and they are usually unexpected. We always have people who tell us how much they appreciate them. We use e-mail too, but everyone loves to receive a post card: people feel you care about them more because you've made a special effort.

Posted By Harrison White on March 26, 2009, 6:14 PM

Yes! Especially if I was travelling to another country.

Unrelated to travel, I get wedding reminders and invites as postcards.

Posted By Cindy on March 26, 2009, 6:46 PM

I send postcards because they are less expensive and take less time to shop for than individual momentoes. I print mailing labels before leaving on my trip and that eliminates the arduous task of addressing as many as 30 postcards. I would certainly not buy souvenirs for that many people, yet they have a tangible remembrance of my trip that does not have to be dusted!

Posted By Lydia on March 26, 2009, 6:47 PM

I've been told that my Grandchildren have been known to sleep with the postcards I send, so I'll never stop.

Posted By Deanie on March 26, 2009, 7:07 PM

Yes, I still send postcards. My grandchildren love to get the mail. I also send a special thank you to the people I'm vacationing with and let them know by postcard what a wonderful time I'm having with them! They're so surprised to get home and find a postcard from me! Also, to make it easier while on vacation, I preprint address labels to put on the cards. Sometimes I'm in a rush, I can just jot down a note for the area I'm in, put a label and stamp on and drop it off at the next post office.

Posted By Kate on March 26, 2009, 7:16 PM

I send one friend a postcard from every place we go. We both work for the Post Office and she is always interested in the price of stamps in other parts of the world plus the length of time it takes the postcard to get to her. Better than an email!

Posted By Marianne on March 26, 2009, 7:20 PM

Yes, of course I send postcards. Some of my relatives do have e-mail, but even those who do enjoy getting a colorful, happy note in the mail with news from another land. They put them on the refridge or other coveted place to share with others - you can't do that with an e-postcard. The time it takes to prepare a hand written personalized note sends a message far more sincere and touching than electronic communication. And, isn't that why we make contact during our personal time away in the first place?

Posted By Dusty Smith on March 26, 2009, 7:47 PM

Nothing is nicer than to receive a hand written message of an "absolutely wonderful spot", by someone who is thinking of you at that very moment. Electronic stuff is quick but oh so impersonal. I hope I always continue this time-honored tradition of sending picturesque postcards of our travels, to those we care most about. And I hope my loved ones continue sending them to me. I always post the ones we receive on our fridge, for all to see and enjoy.

Posted By J on March 26, 2009, 7:53 PM

I always send cards to family and friends. And sometimes to myself, to save a good picture of where I've been.
I preprint address labels.
It's so easy.

Posted By Marga on March 26, 2009, 8:17 PM

I also send postcards to myself. I not only get a great picture to add to my photos but a local stamp and, sometimes, even a unique postmark.

Posted By icy bear on March 26, 2009, 8:18 PM

I take a small address book with me everywhere I go, and about two books of stamps. I send postcards to everyone! Who doesn't like getting something fun in the mailbox on occasion?!

Posted By Lynda on March 26, 2009, 9:12 PM

Yes, I still send postcards. Grand kids love them and I also send them to us at our address, giving us a brief journal entry about our location as well as a postage stamp, nice souvenir of a foreign journey.

Posted By Jane on March 26, 2009, 10:07 PM

I love sending and receiving post-cards. I love finding old postcards and reading them again and remembering the person and the place. In a digital world, where things frequently get deleted, it is nice to have some memories that last beyond a nano-second.

Posted By Ryan on March 26, 2009, 11:32 PM

I make it a point to send postcards from wherever I go. I still get many comments of "I loved getting your postcard" from the friends and family I send to. It's an inexpensive souvenier and shows people that you are thinking of them.

Posted By Karen on March 27, 2009, 12:04 AM

Postcards are a delight and everyone I send them to agrees! And sending them doesn't stand against other, more technologically correct methods

Posted By Marie on March 27, 2009, 1:26 AM

I send postcards to my two kids from every place I visit. For visits within the States, I put a different Commemorative postage stamp and from overseas I put as colorful a stamp as I can find. I then save the postcards in a book for each of them. I travel a lot so am up to 3 thick books each with a different and unique postage stamp. They may not appreciate the post card books now (or ever) but I hope their children do.

Posted By Mark Randol on March 27, 2009, 8:04 AM

Definitely! I have about 10-12 family and friends that I send postcards to from vacation. I print out address labels before I leave for a trip, and then I don't forget anyone. I especially like to send to a few friends in Europe, and they return the favor on their travels. I travel vicariously through them!

Since I also like to collect postcards, I always buy an extra one or two. Photo insurance in case my pictures don't turn out well! I also ask work colleagues to send me a postcard if they are traveling on business to another country.

Posted By MaryAnn on March 27, 2009, 8:17 AM

I actually also mail postcards to myself with my favorite memory of the place I'm visiting. It was awesome to get all the postcards from when I traveled throughout Europe.

Posted By Denise on March 27, 2009, 8:46 AM

I love shopping for postcards and sending them. I also buy a few to keep as souvenirs in case related photos don't turn out. Recent Belize trip photos of the Blue Hole were disappointing,but my postcards with aerial shots were stunning and will bring back great memories.

Posted By gail walter on March 27, 2009, 9:51 AM

Yes. We love it. My husband and I send a postcard to ourselves when we go on vacation. Often we are sitting in a cafe when we fill it out. The person who writes on it second covers up the first person's comments with a napkin or something so that we don't know what the other person said until we get home and receive the card. It is a sweet way to extend the trip and reading it puts us back in the moment.

Posted By Renee on March 27, 2009, 10:23 AM

Post we will! My husband loves to take over this task, while I journal. People love to get the cards, and often return them to us, so we end up with a nice picture, too. Digital photos are wonderful, but it is fun to have the post card details, which may feature another season or weather. This is a nice way to remember and let those left behind know that we are thinking of them. Yes, we still use the computer venues!

Posted By Donna on March 27, 2009, 11:33 AM

There is nothing like opening up the mailbox, looking inside, seeing an eye-catching photograph and notes from a friend or loved one and saying "WOW". It's easy, relatively cheap and a lot less weight than taking the lap top along to send the digital prints via e-mail.

Posted By Gary on March 27, 2009, 5:07 PM

Of course I send postcards - especially to my elderly relatives who might now get much mail otherwise. I love it when people send me postcards too. I usually send one to my husband who I'm traveling with so he has mail when he returns home. It usually says something like, "thanks for the great time."

Posted By Penny on March 27, 2009, 10:50 PM

I send postcards, but now I send them via Hazelmail.com. I upload my photos, write a message, add the address and Hazelmail does the rest. $1.50 in the USA and $2 overseas. Its so easy and I love using my own photos.

Posted By MzMaggie on March 28, 2009, 1:14 PM

Sure..My mother(86) doesn't do e-mail....and postcards may be collectables for the grandkids, if they save them!

Posted By lonna Lee on March 30, 2009, 3:44 AM

I send virtual cards via Twitpic and my blog domestically, but when overseas, I send postcard to a list of about a dozen friends around the world. Children, especially, love to get mail addressed to them, so I address them to the children of the family to whom I am writing. Hopefully it will encourage them to not break the postcard chain.

Posted By Laurel Meadows on March 30, 2009, 10:53 AM

Sure I do! And I still have the ones I collected as a kid!

Posted By Ann on April 2, 2009, 6:59 PM

Absolutely, though far fewer (and with less info) than I used to.

Posted By Betty on April 10, 2009, 2:56 PM

For the best in postcards, just visit www.trickpostcards.com, they are really good fun, basically you send a postcard without needing to have been there...

Posted By Jonny on May 27, 2009, 1:27 PM

I love to send postcards! I appreciate when someone takes the time out of their trip to select a postcard and actually hand write a little note. I send them to all my friends and family. Besides, not everyone has a computer or digital camera...postcards are a great bargain!

Posted By liz on September 9, 2009, 1:16 PM