Sending An Urgent Courier Parcel To Uk From Ubon Ratchatani

[SantiSuk]

I need to send a small package (my car keys) back to the UK as quickly as possible. I gather that the post office's EMS service is good value, but takes several days |(like more than 3). I don't need cheap, I need fast.

Does anyone know where I can access courier services - preferably TNT or FedEx in Ubon?

[Stjohnm]

You can send it via UPS, they use Mail Boxes Etc as Drop off/Collection centres, they have branches in almost every Tesco,Carrefour & Big C as well as numerous location all over they country. DHL & FedEx also have their own centres as well as a local number for collections etc call:

Contact FedEx

Customer Service: 1782 or 1800-236-236 (outside Bangkok and vicinity)

http://fedex.com/th/

or

DHL

0-2345-5000

http://www.dhl.co.th/en/

Edited April 18, 2011 by Stjohnm

[SantiSuk]

Thanks Stjohnm.

Fedex would pick up from me today at my home and deliver to UK for 2,600 baht (a rate that applies to anything reasonably small less than half a kg I think). I was prepared to pay that (needs must when your expensive sports car has been broken into on my drive and nobody can do anything about securing it without the keys); however the delivery time quoted was 8 days!!

DHL would not pick up and wanted me to send or take it to their nearest depot in Korat.

First time I have felt really isolated here in Issaan!

I'm on my way to Tesco Ubon to see what UPS can do and I'll also check EMS at Ubon main post office. Will report back for viewers future reference.

[tubber]

I would just use Thai Post EMS. Never had any problems, reasonably fast and a lot cheaper. Saves spending days running around checking out UPS, Fed Ex etc if like me you are out in the sticks.

[SantiSuk]

I would just use Thai Post EMS. Never had any problems, reasonably fast and a lot cheaper. Saves spending days running around checking out UPS, Fed Ex etc if like me you are out in the sticks.

In fact that is what I did. Stopped off in our local one horse big village post office (Sri Rattana 80 klicks from Ubon; population 1,000) and was so impressed by the fact that the 'postmaster' could speak English - re postal matters anyway - and by his quote of 3 days and THB 1,100 that I went with that option.

Of course the 3 days turned out to be wildly optimistic, but mostly because of the incidence of Easter in the UK I think. Track and Trace showed that it had got to Swampy's outbound mail centre within 20 hours (pretty impressive), hit the UK 36 hours after that, but then it languished and was not delivered to central Leeds until after the Easter break. Total time 7 days, but I suspect 4 days would be the norm.

Edited April 27, 2011 by SantiSuk

[zzaa09]

I would just use Thai Post EMS. Never had any problems, reasonably fast and a lot cheaper. Saves spending days running around checking out UPS, Fed Ex etc if like me you are out in the sticks.

Yes, as that's the only real drawback concerning the large international courier companies. The direct delivery points are highly limited.....very practical if you reside in a city.