Hermes, DPD and DHL: what are the deadlines?
Your mail will arrive before Christmas
Created: 12/18/2022 5:58 am
By: Stella Henrich
If you still want to send a package that is supposed to arrive at Christmas, you don't have much time left.
The couriers like DHL, Hermes or DPD are very busy a week before Christmas Eve.
Munich – By when do good wishes for Christmas have to be sent?
Concerns about whether the Christmas mail and parcels will arrive on time return every year.
By when do gifts and good wishes have to be sent?
Some deadlines are earlier than expected.
The deadlines apply to Christmas mail this year:
Deliverer | broadcasts | Deadline to send |
Deutsche Post DHL | letters and cards | December 22, 2022 |
parcels and parcels | December 20, 2022 | |
Hermes | Packages | December 21, 2022 until 12 p.m |
Shipments to Austria | December 20, 2022 | |
Mail to other EU countries | December 15, 2022 | |
DPD | Christmas mail | December 21, 2022 |
priority mail | December 23, 2022 until 12 p.m | |
Parcels to other EU countries | December 17, 2022 until 12 p.m | |
GLS | Christmas mail | December 21, 2022 until 12 p.m |
Neighboring EU countries | December 20, 2022 until 12 p.m | |
Other EU countries | December 19, 2022 until 12 p.m |
Source:
RTL News / delivery person
Christmas mail 2022: DHL deadlines for Europe and outside the EU have already passed
The deadline for letters and postcards sent by DHL to European countries – such as France and Italy – was December 14th.
Anyone outside of Europe who has not handed in their parcel to the courier by December 6 will probably not be able to get their surprise under the recipient's Christmas tree in time this year.
The deliverers have a lot to do before Christmas: After all, the parcels and letters have to end up under the Christmas tree in time.
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However, the sender is not always to blame for the delay.
Last year, DHL apologized to customers for late deliveries, citing Corona as the reason:
Due to the persistently high parcel volumes and the impact of infection control measures, there are unfortunately delays in processing in some regions of our parcel network in Germany.
DHL on delivery problems at Christmas 2021
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So if you want to be absolutely sure that the festive mail, which has passed through many hands before it reaches your front door, really does arrive on time, you shouldn't wait until the last minute.