Festive Season Shipping

Effective 26 March 2020 and until further notice, we have suspended the UPS Service Guarantee (also referred to as the UPS Money Back Guarantee) for all shipments from any origin to any destination.

1 January 2021
New Year's Day
No UPS delivery or collection services.

2 January 2021
No Saturday delivery, or collection services.

4 January 2021
Bank Holiday in Scotland.
No UPS delivery or collection services (Scotland only)

Until 8 January 2021
Next morning deliveries with UPS Express will follow the below time schedule:
Deliveries planned for 10.30 am will be delivered only at 12.00 pm
Deliveries planned for 12.00 pm will be delivered only at 2.00 pm

9 January 2021
Normal UPS service resumes

For an accurate delivery estimate, please check the UPS ‘Calculate Time and Cost’ tool.

Normal UPS^® service
Effective 26 March 2020 and until further notice, we have suspended the UPS Service Guarantee (also referred to as the UPS Money Back Guarantee) for all shipments from any origin to any destination.

17 March St Patrick's Day - NI
Effective 26 March 2020 and until further notice, we have suspended the UPS Service Guarantee (also referred to as the UPS Money Back Guarantee) for all shipments from any origin to any destination.

2 April - Friday Good Friday (England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Channel Island)
5 April - Monday Easter Monday (England and Wales, NI, Channel Island)
Effective 26 March 2020 and until further notice, we have suspended the UPS Service Guarantee (also referred to as the UPS Money Back Guarantee) for all shipments from any origin to any destination.

03 May - Early May Holiday (Wales, NI, Channel Island)
05 May Early May Holiday (England and Scotland)
31 May - Spring bank holiday (England, Scotland and Wales, NI, Channel Island)
Effective 26 March 2020 and until further notice, we have suspended the UPS Service Guarantee (also referred to as the UPS Money Back Guarantee) for all shipments from any origin to any destination.

Normal UPS^® service
Effective 26 March 2020 and until further notice, we have suspended the UPS Service Guarantee (also referred to as the UPS Money Back Guarantee) for all shipments from any origin to any destination.

12 July - Orangemen's Day (NI)
Effective 26 March 2020 and until further notice, we have suspended the UPS Service Guarantee (also referred to as the UPS Money Back Guarantee) for all shipments from any origin to any destination.

02 August - Summer Bank Holiday Scotland
30 August - Summer bank holiday (England and Wales, NI, Channel Island)
Effective 26 March 2020 and until further notice, we have suspended the UPS Service Guarantee (also referred to as the UPS Money Back Guarantee) for all shipments from any origin to any destination.

Normal UPS^® service
Effective 26 March 2020 and until further notice, we have suspended the UPS Service Guarantee (also referred to as the UPS Money Back Guarantee) for all shipments from any origin to any destination.

Normal UPS^® service
Effective 26 March 2020 and until further notice, we have suspended the UPS Service Guarantee (also referred to as the UPS Money Back Guarantee) for all shipments from any origin to any destination.

03 Nov - St Andrew's Day (Scotland)

Effective 26 March 2020 and until further notice, we have suspended the UPS Service Guarantee (also referred to as the UPS Money Back Guarantee) for all shipments from any origin to any destination.

27 December - Christmas Day (substitute day) England, Scotland and Wales, NI, Channel Island)
28 Decembe - Boxing Day (substitute day) (England, Scotland and Wales, NI. Channel Island)

Effective 26 March 2020 and until further notice, we have suspended the UPS Service Guarantee (also referred to as the UPS Money Back Guarantee) for all shipments from any origin to any destination.

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The sender typically determines whether a signature is required for packages. In some instances UPS drivers may require a signature for deliveries on their route. You can authorise UPS to leave packages without signing by enrolling in UPS My Choice^®.

Your package can be held at a UPS Customer Center or a UPS Access Point location. You can also instruct us to reroute your package to another address or have the driver leave it with a neighbor.