Letters From Afar vs P.S. Let's Be Friends

Where they differ

Both are letters and art & prints clubs. Past that they pull apart: Letters From Afar also covers travel, while P.S. Let's Be Friends adds activities.

On price there is effectively nothing in it — $8/mo against A$12.00/mo, which works out within a dollar a month of each other. Price is not the deciding factor here.

Shipping is the one that rules a club out rather than in: Letters From Afar ships to US and 40 other countries, P.S. Let's Be Friends 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.

P.S. Let's Be Friends

A monthly handmade letter written for tween girls, combining encouragement the makers say they wish they had heard at that age with craft and cooking activities and a few small extras. Mailed from Australia to more than 190 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.