Sending An International Parcel, A Step By Step Guide

Some people may not have had to send a parcel internationally before

, plenty of people have received parcels from abroad due to the rise in popularity of ordering goods over the internet but when we have to send a parcel ourselves we may be a little bewildered. There are a few tips that small businesses or people who regularly send items in the mail may be able to give us some tips in order to make sure that our own parcel deliveries are cheap but also effective.

First of all youll need to pack your parcel correctly, normally a sturdy cardboard box will do for larger items but smaller items such as DVDs or CDs can get by safely with a padded envelope or jiffy bag type envelope. The key thing to remember when packing is to make sure that you use plenty of padding or insulation to protect your item from any knocks or drops they may encounter, especially fragile items such as glassware. Just be careful to use lightweight insulating materials like bubble wrap and polystyrene to keep the weight down.

Once securely packed youll need to put the label on your parcel to state where it is going to, as well as this you should put the senders information on the parcel somewhere too, normally on the reverse of the package. This is important in case the parcel has to be returned for any reason such as no one came to collect the parcel or the address was entered incorrectly.

With your parcel securely wrapped and labelled correctly youll then need to choose how you will send it, normally people will have to go down to their local post office which could be inconvenient to people who may not have much time in the morning or their lunch break at work to spend time in a queue at the post office.

Fortunately there are parcel delivery specialists or couriers who can collect your parcel from you, a much more convenient option especially as there are parcel delivery companies that will collect from either your home or place of work. Also these may be the better option if you have a particularly large or oddly shaped parcel that needs to be sent, couriers are able to handle larger parcels where the regular mail network may have rejected them.

So when you have a parcel to deliver it is worth looking into which services are available to help you get your parcel to where it needs to go, fast.

by: Kevin Longworth

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