Letters From Afar vs Maisy's Travel Society

Where they differ

Both are letters and travel clubs. Letters From Afar covers art & prints on top of that; Maisy's Travel Society stays narrower.

Letters From Afar is the cheaper of the two — $8/mo against $10/mo, roughly 20% less on a monthly basis. Whether that gap means anything depends on what turns up: the dearer club is not automatically sending more, and on a gift the up-front total matters more than the monthly figure.

Shipping is the one that rules a club out rather than in: Letters From Afar ships to US and 40 other countries, Maisy's Travel Society to Worldwide.

What each one sends

Letters From Afar

A monthly illustrated double-sided letter from a fictional traveler named Isabelle, covering a new world destination each month with doodles and fun facts, plus a custom vintage-replica map. Destinations never repeat within a year.

Maisy's Travel Society

Handmade monthly mail about travel across the United States, sent by a creator who has visited 35 states, often alongside her dog Maisy. Ships from the US to more than 195 countries.

Which one to pick

We are not going to pretend there is a winner here — they are close enough to be on the same shortlist, which is why this page exists. What we would say is that the choice usually turns on the household rather than the club: how much adult time there is, whether the child reads independently yet, and whether you want post that asks something of them or post that simply arrives.

Read the full listings before deciding, and follow through to each club's own site — prices, terms and gift options are theirs to change and ours only to record.