2024 Holiday Shipping Deadlines

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | November 21, 2024 |

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If you’re planning to purchase for loved ones (or yourself!) gifts that need to be shipped, it’s important to be aware of holiday shipping deadlines:

USPS

UPS

FedEx

This year, Hannukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and Boxing Day are all within two days of each other, so the holiday shipping timelines for these year-end holidays are the same.

If you want to avoid higher fees, allow a minimum of five business days prior to December 24 for shipping. This means mailing your present by December 17.

Even if you’re ordering from a major shopping website like Amazon or Wal-Mart, which often promise same-day delivery to many areas at non-holiday time, allow extra time for delays such as back orders on popular items and winter weather that disrupts transportation. In our neighborhood, we have to factor in extra time for incorrect deliveries. Every single day in the two weeks leading up to Christmas, there’s a post in our neighborhood group asking, “Did anyone receive my package?!?” The temporary drivers that Amazon hires for the holidays don’t possess the same level of delivery skills as their regular drivers.

So, to play it safe, don’t wait until December 17 to order your items. Make your list, check it twice…and get it done in early December!

 

Have a wonderful holiday season!

 

 

For more time management strategies and tips related to project management (holiday buying and shipping is one big project!), check out The Inefficiency Assassin: Time Management Tactics for Working Smarter, Not Longer.

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About Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO®

As The Inefficiency Assassin™, Time Management Fixer Helene Segura empowers professionals on the go with the tools to slay lost time. Personal inefficiency at work leads to increased stress levels, lower morale, higher absenteeism, more turnover – and rising spending on employee health care and hiring. Why not improve productivity, decrease stress levels, and increase profits instead?The author of four books – two of which were Amazon best-sellers – Helene Segura has been the featured organization expert in more than 200 media interviews. She has coached hundreds of clients to productivity success and performance improvement by applying neuroscience and behavioral modification techniques to wipe out destructive, time-wasting habits.Helene turns time management on its head by sharing both client case studies and pop culture examples to teach her mind-bending framework for decreasing interruptions, distractions and procrastination so that companies can spend more time generating revenue.

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