subject: Making Sure Your Parcel Delivery Goes According To Plan [print this page] Making Sure Your Parcel Delivery Goes According To Plan
There are many ways that a parcel delivery could go wrong these days, many people will be sending expensive, fragile or even sentimental items in the post and so will clearly want to ensure their delivery goes according to plan and isn't either delayed or worse: lost or damaged along the way.
Some people may think that this is out of our hands, that the delivery service typically the post office are the people responsible for a parcel being delivered but there are ways you can change this, this will be discussed later on when it comes to actually sending the parcel. First of all though you will need to play your part and ensure the parcel's contents are safe and are less likely to be damaged along the way.
Obviously this will depend upon how well we wrap our parcels to some extent, making sure that the parcel has a strong and sturdy box that can carry the item is essential but so too is having a box that is large enough to provide at least roughly one inch worth or space around the item, I'll explain why now...
You need to protect your parcel's contents with some packing material, simply placing it in a strong box won't cut it, your parcel's contents will be free to move within the box and during a typical delivery your parcel is going to be moved around as well as being shook a lot when it is in a delivery vehicle, whether this is a plane or a truck. So filling this area around your item with lightweight materials such as bubble wrap or polystyrene chips is going to provide the best protection, even some old newspapers wrapped around your item can help when you don't have any of these other packing materials.
Lastly there is the choice of the delivery service that you use, as previously mentioned you could use the post office but when you consider how many other parcels and letters they have to deliver each day - including junk mail then you may wish to use a different service whose core business is parcel delivery itself. These companies are known as couriers or parcel delivery and logistics services; they have plenty of experience with other parcel deliveries of any size or shape.
Couriers are well known for being incredibly quick with their services often including next day or even same day deliveries. These services also include parcel tracking over the internet so you can be kept up to date on where your parcel is and when it has been delivered for your own piece of mind!
As we've discussed here, the best way to make sure your international parcels, or even domestic ones get delivered on time is to choose a parcel delivery company that specialises in these as opposed to the overburdened mail system.
