Christmas Posting Dates for the Royal Mail

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The last dates for Christmas posting (UK) and hopefully Christmas arrival are as follows and updated for 2009 :-

Thursday 18th December – Second Class

Saturday 19th December – First Class

Friday 18th December – Special Delivery service Saturday Guarantee – via Royal Mail

Wednesday 23rd December – Special Delivery

International dates for Christmas posting are as follows:-

Friday 4th December – South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Far East, Australia and New Zealand

Wednesday 10th December – USA, Canada, Japan, Eastern Europe

Friday 12th December – Western Europe

A same day express courier like ourselves will even deliver on Christmas Day, but thats an incredibly expensive services to request.

At Christmas the workload of the parcels companies can treble, and we are already starting to hear reports back from various depots about drivers returning with their work incomplete, and having to take them out the next day as well.

We will take parcels right up until 21nd of December, but can offer no guarantees that parcels collected that day will arrive in time for Christmas. Please plan your gift deliveries carefully, or your loved ones will not receive their gifts on time.

Kevin