Accommodation address

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title: "Accommodation address" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["postal-services"] topic_path: "general/postal-services" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accommodation_address" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

"Accommodation address" is a term used mostly in the United Kingdom to denote a location where mail can be delivered in the name of a person or business for retrieval. The service is similar to poste restante and post office boxes, but is generally supplied by a private company, or even an individual. The degree of service can range from full secretarial and telephone answering, to a simple mail drop. Small businesses use accommodation addresses when they have no fixed place of business, and do not wish to use a post office box, a proper address giving an air of respectability.

Accommodation addresses are occasionally used to have goods delivered that have been paid for through credit card fraud.

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  1. [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/07/credit_card_fraud_map/ Credit card fraud map]

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