Christmas and New Year
Collection Schedule 2011-2012

Collection Dates
Business as usual Business as usual however transit times may be subject to delay
CLOSED Carrier not operating on given date
DPD – Scotland
DECEMBER
Wednesday 30th November – Friday 23rd December Business as usual
Monday 26th December – Tuesday 27th December CLOSED
Wednesday 28th December – Friday 30th December Business as usual
JANUARY
Monday 2nd January – Tuesday 3rd January CLOSED
DPD – England and Wales
DECEMBER
Wednesday 30th November – Friday 23rd December Business as usual
Monday 26th December – Tuesday 27th December CLOSED
Wednesday 28th December – Friday 30th December Business as usual
JANUARY
Monday 2nd January CLOSED
Tuesday 3rd January CLOSED
UPS – Scotland
DECEMBER
Wednesday 30th November – Friday 23rd December Business as usual
Monday 26th December – Tuesday 27th December CLOSED
Wednesday 28th December – Thursday 29th December Business as usual
Friday 30th December Business as usual (early collections only)
JANUARY
Monday 2nd January – Tuesday 3rd January CLOSED
UPS – England and Wales
DECEMBER
Wednesday 30th November – Friday 23rd December Business as usual
Monday 26th December – Tuesday 27th December CLOSED
Wednesday 28th December – Thursday 29th December Business as usual
Friday 30th December Business as usual (early collections only)
JANUARY
Monday 2nd January CLOSED
Tuesday 3rd January CLOSED
DHL – Scotland
DECEMBER
Wednesday 30th November – Friday 23rd December Business as usual
Monday 26th December – Tuesday 27th December CLOSED
Wednesday 28th December – Friday 30th December Business as usual
JANUARY
Monday 2nd January – Tuesday 3rd January CLOSED
DHL – England and Wales
DECEMBER
Wednesday 30th November – Friday 23rd December Business as usual
Monday 26th December – Tuesday 27th December CLOSED
Wednesday 28th December – Friday 30th December Business as usual
JANUARY
Monday 2nd January CLOSED
Tuesday 3rd January CLOSED
Urgent Deliveries
For urgent and time critical deliveries in the UK, Europe or
Worldwide, this service remains open throughout the year, 7 days a week 24 hours a day.
Latest Collection Date Estimates by Country
UK to UK Thursday 22nd December 2011
UK to France Monday 19th December 2011
UK to Germany Monday 19th December 2011
UK to Greece Thursday 15th December 2011 (on slowest service)
UK to USA Wednesday 21st December 2011
UK to China Monday 19th December 2011



Normal delivery services will be resumed on 4th January 2011

Customer Service Department Hours

ParcelsPlease has a dedicated customer service team ready to assist with any queries you may have regarding your Christmas parcel delivery. Our customer service line is open from 8am-6pm Monday to Friday and from 8am till 12pm on a Saturday.

Phone Parcels Please to book your delivery

Christmas Parcel Deliveries with ParcelsPlease

Everyone loves Christmas presents and it’s especially important that they’re delivered on time – it’s just not the same when they arrive late after Christmas Day. Make sure that you have all your Christmas Parcels wrapped and packed and ready to go, and we’ll come and collect them from you, saving you all the bother of that Post Office queue.

People simply aren’t at home waiting to take delivery of the parcel, and this means that the parcel carrier needs to take it back to the depot until after Christmas. We recommend strongly that all collections are booked so that the delivery date is at the very latest Friday 23rd December.

ParcelsPlease booking can be made online up to 3 weeks ahead of the collection day, so why not book your parcel collections now, and cross that off your to-do list.