Mailing a letter to Colombia

[jvoorhees]

I was planning on writing a letter by hand to my novia.  There is nothing more romantic that receiving a hand written letter and I know she will love it.
 
How reliable is the mail service in Colombia?  What is the best way to mail a letter?  USPS, UPS, FedEx?
 
Thanks for all of the advice!

[fathertime]

This may be overkill but I've always used http://www.abecargo.com/   It was recommended to me by posters many years ago and they have never lost anything and their prices are decent.


Fathertime!

[Gato4Astrid]

I was planning on writing a letter by hand to my novia.  There is nothing more romantic that receiving a hand written letter and I know she will love it.
 
How reliable is the mail service in Colombia?  What is the best way to mail a letter?  USPS, UPS, FedEx?
 
Thanks for all of the advice!

I am not from the United States, and therefore I cannot help you with the 'export' part.   From UK to Colombia, in my experience, it took me between 9 days to 3 weeks, and to date, my girlfriend had received all my letters, parcels without any problems.   I send it with Royal Mail - a normal delivery service.


Do not need to waste your money on FedEx unless it is very important. 

[AndyLee]

gato is correct, just allow 3 weeks normal mail. I have received in 2 weeks sometimes.

[beginthebeguin]

Andy is right about the travel time for envelopes and small parcels. Once I sent my novia a small parcel via the USPS and asked for the slowest possible postage (Just ask FT, I am 'muy tacaño') and strangely it arrived in 11 days (a new record to BAQ it seems).  My novia was shocked! Of course this was late in the month of February.

[fathertime]

Andy is right about the travel time for envelopes and small parcels. Once I sent my novia a small parcel via the USPS and asked for the slowest possible postage (Just ask FT, I am 'muy tacaño') 

Hehe! I don't remember teasing you about being cheap. If it is true that you are cheap, then lighten up with the cash a bit!


Fathertime! 

[beginthebeguin]

Ok FT thank you for the 'advice'. Now, to prevent eminent 'thread drift' I am going to start another thread and FT can 'chime in' if he pleases. In fact this time I hope he does.