Last posting dates for Christmas 2024

For many, Christmas can’t come soon enough. But when it comes to sending parcels ahead of the big day, you don’t want to be too late! Whether you’re fulfilling festive orders to your customers or sending a gift to a friend or loved one, stay ahead this holiday season with the last posting dates for Christmas 2024.

We want our customers to have the best experience possible during this busy season. With so much to get done to make this Christmas the best yet, the sending deadlines can creep up on you. So, put the following dates in your calendar to make sure our couriers can collect your parcel in time to arrive before Christmas day:

The posting deadlines for sending parcels in the UK are:

• Thursday 19th December – last day for courier collections.
• Friday 20th December – For Standard delivery drop off your parcel by 11am at a ParcelShop or Evri Locker to get it there before Christmas day.
• Saturday 21st December – Drop off your parcel by 11am at a ParcelShop or Evri Locker for Next Day delivery.

We also recommend you keep an eye on our service status page. This will be updated over the next few weeks so you can find out if there are any issues such as adverse weather impacting our service in your area.

You can place your trust in Evri this year as we expand the scope of our operation to prepare ourselves for the holiday season. Our recent partnership with the Post Office represents a major investment in convenient drop-off for our senders. This Christmas our Post Office network is expanding by 1,200 locations, allowing Evri customers to drop off and book parcels at 3,200 Post Offices nationwide.

This brings our total parcel drop-off network up to an incredible 16,400+ ParcelShops and Lockers. Couple that with impressive numbers, such as a whopping 4 million parcels delivered per day during our busiest period and 8,000 new couriers recruited for the holidays, and you’ve got a delivery service you can trust this Christmas.

International - last posting dates for standard delivery

Our parcel network stretches far and wide to 220+ countries and territories across the world and the holiday season is no exception. If you’re looking to send a gift abroad or service your international customers, you’ll need the final posting dates for your target destination to make sure we can deliver your parcel on time. These are different for each country, so below we’ve put together a list of our most popular destinations, or you can see the full list here.

Europe

Rest of World