Best ways to send a package to Phils?

[mikey73]

What have people found the best/quickest/not so expensive way to send a small package to Philippines? Normal Royal mail seems to be taking forever as so far a package I sent before Christmas, it has taken 5 1/2 weeks and a card 6 weeks! I sent a card to Singapore and it only took 1 1/2 weeks! So the normal Royal mail service is out as I need the package to get there before February 14th. Not sure if they do a quicker service? So far the quickest/cheapest way I have found is with Bananadoo shipping company who use DHL etc and that will be £20 for 3-4 days for a small package.

Anyone have any better places/ideas?

i use royal mail to send things to minie in the philippines and it normally takes around 10 days to get to her. royal mail cliam it will take 5 days to get to the philippines then it depends on the mail service in the philippines. i normally go for the royal mail 'special delivery' service. so someone has to sign for the package. around 1.5kg package is around £22-£25 ish. the cards i have sent to her with royal mail have never gotten there that was using the normal royal mail service.

[malditako]

the cards i have sent to her with royal mail have never gotten there that was using the normal royal mail service.

quite pretty common especially if it isn't registered..that to be blame to the bad post office staff in the phils. they normally open the letter if they think it has money inside...happens to me a lot of times...last 2009 my inlaws sent me a birthday card it didnt come to me then christmas came no card and box received though inlaws says they sent loads...so i went to the post office to complaint and told them i would report this matter to the officer after a week all the cards and box handled to me all opened lucky enough they didnt it nathans chocolate coins lol

[Dedworth]

quite pretty common especially if it isn't registered..that to be blame to the bad post office staff in the phils. they normally open the letter if they think it has money inside...happens to me a lot of times...last 2009 my inlaws sent me a birthday card it didnt come to me then christmas came no card and box received though inlaws says they sent loads...so i went to the post office to complaint and told them i would report this matter to the officer after a week all the cards and box handled to me all opened lucky enough they didnt it nathans chocolate coins lol

I've heard these stories - a few sackings and jailings for tampering with the mail would deter this practice

[alan/maleiya]

ive came to the stage i stopped sending my wife and her family cards as out of the 9 or 10 times ive sent they gt them once so i will only send important papers now by courier so its right 2 her door not through the post office

[mikey73]

quite pretty common especially if it isn't registered..that to be blame to the bad post office staff in the phils. they normally open the letter if they think it has money inside...happens to me a lot of times...last 2009 my inlaws sent me a birthday card it didnt come to me then christmas came no card and box received though inlaws says they sent loads...so i went to the post office to complaint and told them i would report this matter to the officer after a week all the cards and box handled to me all opened lucky enough they didnt it nathans chocolate coins lol

yeah i stopped sending anything by normal mail and only send minie parcels that has to be signed for. afriad they would have been disappoinnted in the cards i sent as i never put anything intem just incase they go missing. but its still annoying that the cards we send our mahals go missing