As the title suggests.

What's the fastest and maybe all around best envelope document shipping service available now?

DHL vs FEDEX?

Or even the Thai mail?

Thanks.

Courier will obviously be the fastest and most expensive.   If price is factored into it, Thailand Post registered (five or six days delivery, usually) could be better depending on what you're looking for.

i would go with dhl.

I just sent a registered letter. It took 18 days.

13 minutes ago, kidneyw said:

I just sent a registered letter. It took 18 days.

An exception, then, if that actually happened. From where did you post it and to where and was it sent, was it during a period of the postal workers' industrial action?

DHL Express International,from Berlin/Germany-Sriracha/Chonburi average 2 working days,but pricey,70-80Euros .We used them at least 10 times,never had a problem

55 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

An exception, then, if that actually happened. From where did you post it and to where and was it sent, was it during a period of the postal workers' industrial action?

Tracked tax return sent 13th May from Pattaya main post office. Received UK at address 25th May.

12 days.

1 minute ago, topt said:

59 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

An exception, then, if that actually happened. From where did you post it and to where and was it sent, was it during a period of the postal workers' industrial action?

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Tracked tax return sent 13th May from Pattaya main post office. Received UK at address 25th May.

12 days.

You're not "kidneyw", I was asking him about his claimed "18 days" and the circumstances.

DHL documents to the UK usually within 2 working days, cost around Bht1,400. You can your enter details and get an quick quote from DHL.

 

https://www.dhl.com/th-en/home/get-a-quote.html

Posted EMS tracked package from Phetchabun to UK International Pension Center at 10:53 on 2nd May arrived and signed for at 08:30 on 10th May. Cost was 1,000 Baht and it spent 6 days at Swampy airport.

Hope this is of interest.

14 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You're not "kidneyw", I was asking him about his claimed "18 days" and the circumstances.

and I was giving a specific real world example to both you and the OP.

Cost was 290 baht by the way for 0.110kg according to the receipt.

When I lived in North Thailand, I always used Thai Post's Registered Airmail Service (NOT EMS) for letters to the UK. If I remember rightly, a red barcode label is stuck to the envelope, along with a blue "Airmail" label, and you can track right through from acceptance to delivery. At that time the cost was 80 baht and transit time up to 10 days.

1 hour ago, foreverlomsak said:

Posted EMS tracked package from Phetchabun to UK International Pension Center at 10:53 on 2nd May arrived and signed for at 08:30 on 10th May. Cost was 1,000 Baht and it spent 6 days at Swampy airport.

Hope this is of interest.

And I thought that registered mail to the same address at 250 THB was expensive! And it usually takes about the same amount of time.

 

What's slowing down outward mail to the UK is that BA, who would normally carry our mail is not currently flying a direct service to BKK, so alternative carriers have to be found.

7 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

An exception, then, if that actually happened. From where did you post it and to where and was it sent, was it during a period of the postal workers' industrial action?

Posted in Bangkok on the 18th. May. Arrived at pension place Wolverhampton on the 6th. June and actually happened. No industrial action going on at the time.

9 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

An exception, then, if that actually happened. From where did you post it and to where and was it sent, was it during a period of the postal workers' industrial action?

My  life certificate back to the UK by registered post to Wolverhampton took 14 days.  That was 2 days from Khon Kaen to BKK, 10 days sitting at Bangkok, 1 day flight to UK, 1 day to deliver to Wolverhampton.  Cost 250 baht.    (replaced ' EMS'  by 'registered post')

Edited June 15, 20233 yr by lungbing

15 minutes ago, lungbing said:

My  life certificate back to the UK by registered post to Wolverhampton took 14 days.  That was 2 days from Khon Kaen to BKK, 10 days sitting at Bangkok, 1 day flight to UK, 1 day to deliver to Wolverhampton.  Cost 250 baht.    (replaced ' EMS'  by 'registered post')

Thank you for the information.

Hang Dong to Glasgow, small packet by Thailandpost standard registered, 7 days including 3 days in a depot in Suwarnapoom

I've used DHL, delivery was just over 48 hrs after hand over here.

What was the cost please?

On 6/15/2023 at 9:43 AM, kidneyw said:

I just sent a registered letter. It took 18 days.

Registered and EMS are something different.

 

I sent a 5.4 kg parcel to UK with EMS world. Took 5 days to get delivered