Get Your Packages Mailed!
You’ve waited as late as you safely can. It’s time to get your presents wrapped, packed up, boxed and to the shipper of your choice, because the deadlines are rapidly approaching.
Kim Krebs with United Parcel Service Headquarters in Atlanta provides you with the following guide:
Monday, Dec. 17
UPS pickup and delivery service. UPS 2nd Day Air
packages picked up today will be scheduled for delivery
on Thursday, Dec. 20. UPS 3 Day Select packages picked
up today will be scheduled for delivery on Friday, Dec. 21.
Tuesday, Dec. 18
UPS pickup and delivery service. UPS 2nd Day Air
packages picked up today will be scheduled for delivery
on Friday, Dec. 21. UPS 3 Day Select packages picked up
today will be scheduled for delivery on Monday, Dec. 24.
Wednesday, Dec. 19
UPS pickup and delivery service. UPS 2nd Day Air packages
picked up today will be scheduled for delivery on Monday,
Dec. 24.
Thursday, Dec. 20
UPS pickup and delivery service. This is the last day
to ship UPS 2nd Day Air packages for delivery on
Monday, Dec. 24. UPS 2nd Day Air service may also
be available for delivery on Saturday, Dec. 22. These
packages must be processed and labeled for Saturday
Delivery, which is not available to all ZIP codes. All
UPS Next Day Air packages picked up today will be
delivered on Friday, Dec. 21.
Friday, Dec. 21
UPS pickup and delivery service. This is the last day
to ship UPS Next Day Air packages for delivery on
Monday, Dec. 24. UPS Next Day Air service may also
be available for delivery on Saturday, Dec. 22. These
packages must be processed and labeled for Saturday
Delivery, which is not available to all ZIP codes.
Saturday, Dec. 22
Delivery of UPS Worldwide Express, UPS Next Day Air
and UPS 2nd Day Air packages processed and labeled
for Saturday Delivery.
Pickup service available for UPS Air and international
Air packages* for regular Saturday pickup customers.
UPS On-Call Pickup service is available to all customers
for UPS Air and international Air packages. Pickup and
delivery of UPS Ground on Saturday** packages will
be available in many metro area ZIP codes.
Sunday, Dec. 23
No UPS pickup or delivery service. UPS Express Critical
service is available.
Monday, Dec. 24, Christmas Eve
UPS delivery service. Pickup service available only for Air
and international Air* packages if prearranged by Thursday,
Dec. 20. UPS On-Call Pickup service and UPS Drop Boxes are
available for Air and international Air packages.
Tuesday, Dec. 25, Christmas (UPS Holiday)
No UPS pickup or delivery service. UPS Express Critical
service is available.
To ensure that your present arrives in the shape you intended, Krebs has a suggestion. “I always recommend going to UPS.com/holidays to check out our ‘Pack Like A Pro’ guidelines,” she advises.
From your neighborhood post office, these are the deadlines for USPS.
2018 Holiday Shipping Dates for Contiguous U.S.
Recommended send-by dates for expected delivery before December 251
Domestic Mail Class/Product
Date (excluding Alaska & Hawaii)
Dec. 20
Dec. 20
Priority Mail Express® Service2
Dec. 22