Oak Hill Cruisers Posted May 15, 2017 #1 Share Posted May 15, 2017 When on a 4-month world cruise, what's a safe way to prepay your yard service/gardener guys? We would like not to burden our kids or neighbors to check for mailed bills and have to pay them for us while we're sailing. Thoughts & comments welcomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted May 16, 2017 #2 Share Posted May 16, 2017 It depends on how long you have had you lawn service people and how much you trust them. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare wishIweretravelling Posted May 16, 2017 #3 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Mine sent me the bill by email, with a link to a secure payment site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandiego1 Posted May 17, 2017 #4 Share Posted May 17, 2017 My bank offers online banking. I never hand write a check. Most bills get paid automatically and are either charged to my credit card or withdrawn directly from my bank account. For small checks, like pool service and gardener, I just submit an online request and the bank sends them a paper check. The cost is free and I don't even have to pay for a stamp. I can set up payments for as many future dates as I want, or select monthly/weekly payments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted May 22, 2017 #5 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I say your neighbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted May 28, 2017 #6 Share Posted May 28, 2017 We paid for our service in advance. No big deal. Or if you are worried about that just prepare four checks and have someone mail them in for you. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayfairers Posted July 18, 2017 #7 Share Posted July 18, 2017 My bank offers online banking. I never hand write a check. Most bills get paid automatically and are either charged to my credit card or withdrawn directly from my bank account. For small checks, like pool service and gardener, I just submit an online request and the bank sends them a paper check. The cost is free and I don't even have to pay for a stamp. I can set up payments for as many future dates as I want, or select monthly/weekly payments. Haven't been on a world cruise, but travel up to 6 months at a time. This is what we do. Lawn care check goes out every 2 weeks from our bank until the date we preset for it to stop. Ours is free too. You could also consider using paypal to pay, but I don't know if they do auto payments like the bank. If not, then you would have to hop on wifi to make a payment. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingAlong4Now Posted July 23, 2017 #8 Share Posted July 23, 2017 My bank offers online banking. I never hand write a check. Most bills get paid automatically and are either charged to my credit card or withdrawn directly from my bank account. For small checks, like pool service and gardener, I just submit an online request and the bank sends them a paper check. The cost is free and I don't even have to pay for a stamp. I can set up payments for as many future dates as I want, or select monthly/weekly payments. Same here. Our lawn care is the same every week, unless something major happens. We just set up repetitive payments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted July 23, 2017 #9 Share Posted July 23, 2017 You could give him post dated checks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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