Documents to the Philippines

[tomm]

Need to send some documents to the Philippines. DHL seems the obvious choice but any recommendations based on personal experience would be appreciated. Speed and reliability are the most important things.

[joebloggs]

i sent some papers with dhl 18 months ago, got there within 48 hrs

[tomm]

i sent some papers with dhl 18 months ago, got there within 48 hrs

Nice one... thanks for that

[SephEan]

mY hubby used DHL once and it was a good choice. I had the documents in 2 days!

[IainBusby]

Hi Tomm,
We used Interparcel when we sent my daughters visa application to the British Embassy in Manila and I booked it online. I had already checked the prices of most of the couriers online and Interparcel were much cheaper than DHL, but guess what, when the courier called to collect the package it was a man in a DHL uniform in a DHL van that came to collect it.

I also managed to track it online on the DHL website and it arrived at the British Embassy in about 36 hours.
Cheers,

[Mrs.JMajor]

[aug06_2006]

My fiancee be4( husband now) when he sent his documents he used Fedex..then i recieved just 3 days..very quick!

[kimmi]

My fiancee be4( husband now) when he sent his documents he used Fedex..then i recieved just 3 days..very quick!

same with us we used FEDEX..

[JAMZ]

I always send parcel to the Philippines via DHL (more or less every 3 months) and they arrive within 3 days, the fastest was two days. They picked it up say Tuesday morning here in the UK and it arrived and was delivered Thursday noon...

I had a bad experience with FedEx. I sent an important document which needed to be received in a week. After they picked it up, few days after I tracked it and to no avail, I phoned them and found out that it was lost...They tried to find the document and when they found it, it already took for them to deliver the document after 2-3 weeks... In return they did not let me pay for it but the hassle and the stress it gave was really unforgivable since I was trying to meet a certain deadline that time (one week). I availed of the 3-day service and should expect it to arrive on time but it didnt...

But I guess I was just unlucky...Of all people who send documents via FedEx, it's my document which was lost...

[tomm]

Thanks for all your replies

[tomm]

Hi Tomm,
We used Interparcel when we sent my daughters visa application to the British Embassy in Manila and I booked it online. I had already checked the prices of most of the couriers online and Interparcel were much cheaper than DHL, but guess what, when the courier called to collect the package it was a man in a DHL uniform in a DHL van that came to collect it.

I also managed to track it online on the DHL website and it arrived at the British Embassy in about 36 hours.
Cheers,

Looks much cheaper for DHL than dealing with DHL direct Thanks for this info.

I gather you just put everything in a envelope and print out the label... what sort of envelope is best to use for a4 documents?

[IainBusby]

Just put it all in a large strong A4 envelope and then address it if you want to, but when they come to collect it, they will put that envelope inside one of their DHL envelopes and address it again, but at least it makes it easier for them to address it correctly.
Cheers,
Iain.

[tomm]

Ok... for anyone that's interested... booked DHL through Interparcel as IainBusby's advice. Price was less than half quoted on DHL and Fedex websites. Sure enough, very polite and helpful man from DHL turned up to collect it this morning right on time. Last time I checked, it was at DHL's East Midlands facility.