{"id":36480,"date":"2024-10-08T09:58:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T14:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=36480"},"modified":"2024-10-08T09:58:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T14:58:50","slug":"usps-announces-recommended-mailing-and-shipping-dates-for-2024-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2024\/10\/08\/usps-announces-recommended-mailing-and-shipping-dates-for-2024-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS announces recommended mailing and shipping dates for 2024 holiday season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 10\/8\/24 &#8211; The U.S. Postal Service announced its recommended mailing and shipping dates for holiday mail and packages today.<\/p>\n<p>The following are recommended send-by dates for expected delivery before Dec. 25.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2024 Holiday Mailing and Shipping Dates for Items Sent to Addresses in the Contiguous United States (Lower 48 States):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>USPS Ground Advantage service:<\/strong>\u00a0Dec. 18<\/li>\n<li><strong>First-Class Mail service:<\/strong>\u00a0Dec. 18<\/li>\n<li><strong>Priority Mail service:<\/strong>\u00a0Dec. 19<\/li>\n<li><strong>Priority Mail Express service:<\/strong>\u00a0Dec. 21<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2024 Holiday Mailing and Shipping Dates for Items Sent to Addresses in Alaska and Hawaii:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>USPS Ground Advantage service:<\/strong>\u00a0Dec. 16<\/li>\n<li><strong>First-Class Mail service:<\/strong>\u00a0Dec. 18<\/li>\n<li><strong>Priority Mail service:<\/strong>\u00a0Dec. 19<\/li>\n<li><strong>Priority Mail Express service:<\/strong>\u00a0Dec. 20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For customers sending packages internationally, or to military addresses, USPS suggests checking the complete list of recommended holiday mailing and shipping dates at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usps.com\/holiday\/holiday-shipping-dates.htm\"><em>usps.com\/holidayshippingdates<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>USPS urges customers to plan ahead and ship early during this holiday season. The earlier you send, the better; don\u2019t delay \u2014 mail and ship today!<\/p>\n<p>For tips on preparing shipments, including packaging guidelines, ordering free shipping supplies and information on local Post Office location hours, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usps.com\/\"><em>usps.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\">###<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-release-footer\">\n<p>The United States Postal Service is an independent federal establishment, mandated to be self-financing and to serve every American community through the affordable, reliable and secure delivery of mail and packages to 167 million addresses six and often seven days a week. Overseen by a bipartisan Board of Governors, the Postal Service is implementing a 10-year transformation plan,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usps.com\/deliveringforamerica\"><em>Delivering for America<\/em><\/a>, to modernize the postal network, restore long-term financial sustainability, dramatically improve service across all mail and shipping categories, and maintain the organization as one of America\u2019s most valued and trusted brands.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-30360\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 10\/8\/24 &#8211; The U.S. Postal Service announced its recommended mailing and shipping dates for holiday mail and packages today. The following are recommended send-by dates for expected delivery before Dec. 25. 2024 Holiday Mailing and Shipping Dates for Items Sent to Addresses in the Contiguous United States (Lower 48 States): USPS Ground Advantage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36481,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36480\/revisions\/36481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}