Christmas is a hectic time for everyone. It’s frantic for your business, it’s frantic for your customers. But if you plan it properly, Christmas can also be the smoothest and most rewarding time of the year.
One thing you can have under your control is shipping. All you need to do is keep all the important dates on your mind.
If you’re going to use UPS (NYSE: UPS) shipping this year, you better hurry because the deadlines are approaching quickly.
2016 UPS Holiday Shipping Deadlines
Here are some dates to make your life easier:
- December 19: Normal pickup and delivery service. Remember this is the last day to ship via UPS 3 Day Select if you want delivery before Christmas Day.
- December 20: Normal pickup and delivery service. UPS 3 Day Select shipments will be picked up on this day and delivered after Christmas. You can track your delivery information for more details.
- December 21: Normal pickup and delivery service. This is the last day to ship all UPS 2nd Day Air packages to be delivered before Christmas Day.
- December 22: Normal pickup and delivery service. This is the last day to ship all UPS Next Day Air packages to be delivered before Christmas Day.
- December 23: Normal pickup and delivery service. This is the last day to ship all UPS Next Day Air packages to be delivered before Christmas Day.
- December 24: 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.
- December 25 and 26: No pickup and delivery service.
You can find more information on UPS’ New Year shipping deadlines here.
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