Attention Procrastinators: This Handy Chart Tells You How Long You Have Left to Order Gifts
In the midst of all the holiday movie watching and Christmas cookie eating, there's a good chance you've put off ordering and mailing this year's gifts. (Hey, no judgement here!) Thankfully, a handy infographic from ShipStation includes all the holiday shipping deadlines you need to know to guarantee your packages arrive by Dec. 25.
This holiday shipping breakdown includes the schedules for USPS, FedEx, and UPS. The bad news: If you were planning to mail packages via USPS Retail Ground, that ship has sailed. But FedEx and UPS's ground shipping cutoffs aren't until Dec. 15, so you can still avoid paying a higher price for punctual presents if you head to the post office... well, now.
For those procrastinators who haven't even hit the stores yet, it's likely you'll be paying extra to mail your gifts in a timely fashion. UPS's final cut-off date for Next Day Air shipping is Dec. 21; for USPS Priority Mail Express, you'll need to have your packages to the post office by Dec. 22 to make the Christmas deadline.
Even Amazon Prime shoppers aren't exempt from delivery limitations, despite the company's additional 120,000 holiday workers. Amazon Prime Air pilots told The Washington Post they are already experiencing delays that will likely worsen as Christmas approaches. Bah, humbug!
On the bright side, FedEx Same Day shipping runs 365 days a year, so if your budget is endless, so is your time to send this year's gifts.
(h/t Lifehacker)
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