Can-to-Curb Snowbird Setup Checklist

Two Weeks Before You Leave

Sign up for can-to-curb service. Call Trash Caddy or submit the online form with your address, gate code (if any), pickup day, and account contact. Choose your plan: $49/month for up to two cans, $65/month for up to four cans. Confirm your first service date will coincide with a collection day before you leave, so you can verify the setup while still on property.

One Week Before You Leave

First service runs. Confirm photo confirmation was received by text or email. Walk to the curb and verify the cans were staged correctly. Check that the crew returned them to your storage location. Notify your HOA in writing that you have a compliance vendor in place for the summer so they know to route any communication to Trash Caddy or to your on-property emergency contact.

The Day You Leave

Ensure garage or storage access is available to the crew — code updated, gate access confirmed with security, spare key coded to a lockbox if needed. Notify Trash Caddy of your travel window so we can flag your account and escalate any issue directly to your emergency contact. Confirm your billing card on file will not expire while you are away.

How Photo Confirmation Works While You Are Away

Every service is documented with a timestamped photo showing your cans staged correctly at the curb. Photos are retained on file and delivered by text or email to any authorized contact on the account. Snowbirds routinely add adult children, a house watcher, or a neighbor as a photo recipient so multiple sets of eyes can verify service ran on schedule. If a service is ever missed, the missing photo is your immediate signal — call Trash Caddy for same-day resolution.

Handling Holiday Schedules

Palm Beach County's haulers observe major national holidays with schedule shifts — a Monday pickup may move to Tuesday, for example. Trash Caddy tracks the holiday schedule for every route and adjusts service automatically. Snowbirds do not need to remember or coordinate the shifts. Photo confirmation still runs on the adjusted day so you know service was completed as scheduled.

How to Pause or Cancel

Plans are month-to-month. To pause for extended travel — for example, if you decide to skip a month — call Trash Caddy with two weeks' notice. To cancel, no long-term contract applies. To restart at the beginning of the next season, one phone call reactivates the account with the same pickup day and photo confirmation cadence. Most snowbirds keep service running year-round because pausing and reactivating creates gaps.

What to Do If a Problem Occurs

Call 561-913-2023 or reply to the photo confirmation message. Same-day resolution is standard. Common issues while snowbirds are away: gate code changed without notice, garage door not opening for the crew, hurricane advisory shifting the collection day. All three are resolvable in a single call.

The Value Proposition for Snowbirds

Can-to-curb service for snowbirds costs less than $2/day. It replaces neighborhood favors, illegal can placement, HOA fine risk, and the guilt of asking a neighbor to handle your property for six months. Photo confirmation replaces uncertainty with proof. For most snowbird households, it is the single most efficient purchase in the annual summer prep budget.

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