Mail it in: Next time you travel, consider sending your own photos as postcards.
A new Web site called HazelMail.com allows you to upload your pictures and mail them anywhere in the world, with a personalized message, for $1.50.
Company founder Michael Lato named the service for his mom, Hazel, who worked for the phone company and was big on communication with friends and family long before the Internet era. Lato said he discovered that she had saved every postcard he ever sent to her.
Digital photos are ephemeral, but postcards can stick to a refrigerator door for a lifetime, he says in explaining the company’s mission on its Web site. “I wanted to create a way for people to take a digital photo and turn it into a lasting keepsake,” he says.
The company uses printers in North America, South America, Asia and Europe to create and postmark the postcards. So if you were in Paris, for example, mailing home to Ohio, you could upload your photo and order the postcard while still in Europe, but it would be printed up and mailed from the U.S., because it’s closer to the destination address. Turnaround time is four or five days, depending on local postal service.
The service is available in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, German and Spanish.
Associated Press
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