Now, if you’re hoping to beat the festive rush and get all your letters and parcels in the post on time, we’ve got all the news you need on Christmas posting dates. We spoke to postmaster, Richard Fleetwood, to find out more from him, the tips and tricks you need to know when it comes to sending your Christmas mail.
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00:00So, some of the international posting dates, the recommended dates, have already passed,
00:06but don't panic about that. If you are, there are still ways we can get it there for you.
00:10Just pop into your local post office and there are tracked and signed for services that can
00:14still save Christmas for you.
00:16So, just in summary, here are your latest Christmas posting dates. It's Wednesday 18th
00:22of December for second class and second class signed for. Friday 20th of December is for
00:27first class, first class signed for and Royal Mail tracked 48. Saturday 21st of December
00:32for Royal Mail tracked 24 and Monday 23rd of December for special delivery guaranteed.
00:37The name and address on the front is nice and big and clear as much as possible. It
00:42leaves a little bit of space for a stamp or a postage label. That makes it a little bit
00:46easier for us. If you're not sure on packaging, because that can be one that people really
00:50struggle with sometimes, again, pop into your local post office. They'll have mail bags,
00:54bubble wrap, boxes, anything that you need really that will look after whatever it is
00:59you're sending and keep it nice and safe. So, it arrives at the other end just as well
01:03and just as nice as how you sent it. If you're ordering online, you can also get that delivered
01:08to your local post office. So, you can send, collect and return for free at the post office.
01:15If the worst has come to the worst and it has been lost, damaged or delayed, there is
01:19a claims process that we can help you with on that as well. You can either come into
01:22store and we can help you by giving you a form on that or there'll be information on
01:26the post office website. It's really helpful for us at the post office if you know what's inside,
01:32particularly this time of year when you're so busy. It might be that you're sending a friend
01:36or a family member to drop that parcel off for you. We need to know what's inside. Partly,
01:40it's for safety these days, but it also means that we can send it with the right service.
01:45So, one of the other things we can do at the post office as well is we have a lot of different
01:48carriers we can use now. So, as well as Royal Mail and Parcel Force, we also have Every,
01:53DPD and Amazon, and you can use those to send, collect and return.