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2022 Holiday Shipping Deadlines

2022 Holiday Shipping Deadlines

Ship before these cut-off days for your package to arrive before December 25
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Written by Pirate Ship. Updated over a week ago

If you're trying to make sure your packages arrive by Christmas, here are the dates that USPS, UPS, and Asendia estimate you need to ship by this year.

Keep in mind all of these dates are delivery estimates from USPS, UPS, and Asendia, not guarantees... and especially with the extra craziness of this holiday season, we recommend beating the rush and shipping as early as you can 😉

USPS Holiday Deadlines

  • First Class Package: Ship by December 17th

  • Priority Mail: Ship by December 19th

  • Priority Mail Express: Ship by December 23th

  • Media Mail & Parcel Select Ground: Ship by December 17th

  • First Class Package International and Priority Mail International: Ship by November 29th for Africa, Central America, and South America—and by December 6th for the rest of the world

  • Priority Mail Express International: Ship by December 6th for Africa, Central America, and South America—and by December 13th for the rest of the world

  • Simple Export Rate: Ship by November 29th for Africa and all of Latin America including Mexico, by December 2nd for Australia/New Zealand, and by December 6th for Canada and the rest of the world

  • Shipping to/from Hawaii, Alaska, or a Military address? Check out all the deadlines here.

UPS Holiday Deadlines (for arrival on or before December 24)

Domestic Shipments

  • 3-Day Select: December 20th

  • 2nd Day Air (including 2nd Day Air AM): December 21st

  • Next Day Air (including Next Day Air Early & Next Day Air Saver): December 22nd

  • Ground: UPS hasn’t provided a specific cutoff date for Ground shipments. To see how long your Ground shipment will take to arrive, plug your package and recipient information into our Rates calculator.

Shipments to Canada

  • Worldwide Expedited: December 19th

  • Worldwide Express: December 22nd

  • Standard: Check https://ups.com/ctc for details

Shipments to Mexico

  • Worldwide Expedited: December 19th

  • Worldwide Express: December 21st

  • Standard: Check https://ups.com/ctc for details

Shipments to the rest of the world

  • To see the last days UPS recommends shipping by for the rest of the world, check out https://ups.com/ctc.

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