Courier to send presents?

[FessaEst]

We have always sent presents by Royal Mail in the past (all extended family live miles away) but in recent years we have spent almost the same as on the presents ). This year, I thought we had been better organised and have been dropping presents off and passing via other people throughout the autumn to avoid posting. PIL have now said the planned trip next weekend is off , we won't be seeing them until later in January so I have a load of not-post-friendly gifts stuck in my house.

Has anyone sent Christmas gifts by courier? Is it cheaper and how do you go about it?

If you go over to eBay and have a look on their postage and packing chat board, there are loads of really knowledgeable people who will be able to advise you.

Thank you!

Hi, I've just sent some parcels using Hermes, they are really reasonable (£5.99 for a parcel 2-5kg) and I've used them before with no problems at all. You enter all the details online, use debit card or paypal to pay, and they pick up when and where you like. Hth

Courier Exchange has couriers bidding for the job. So you get a pretty cheap deal. And whoever picks it up drops it off so no chance of it being lost etc.

I find MyHermes best for bigger parcels, smaller boxes best through collectplus. Both take 3-5 working days.

i use parcelmonkey and go with citylink. always been fine for me

Thank you all - a whole new world!!

How about to send parcels to Europe?