Holiday Shipping and Mailing Hacks

It’s time to start planning your holiday shipping and mailing!

Don’t get caught in the last minute rush! Instead, avoid lineups, headaches and worrying about whether your cards and packages will arrive on time, with these Santa-approved holiday hacks that are sure to take you from shipping to sipping a festive beverage in no time flat.

Use Flat Rate Boxes

Shipping with a flat rate box eliminates stressful and sometimes costly surprises when it comes time to mail your holiday orders and gifts. You can ship anything that fits into the box without changing its dimensions or shape, to anywhere within Canada, as long as your parcel weighs less than 5kg.

Save even more time on holiday shipping buy purchasing and labeling your shipping boxes in advance!

Add Festive Cheer with Colourful Shipping Pouches

Add sparkle and fun to your holiday shipping by packing in colourful, padded mailing pouches. They come in plenty of colours and some even have metallic shine! This makes them the perfect, eye-catching choice for both small business shipments and holiday gifting.

Make your parcels look even more fantastically festive by adding colour coordinated holiday labels! Visit Avery Design & Print Online to get started!

Be an Early Bird

The best way to avoid the holiday shipping rush is to get everything sent out early. No one has ever been unhappy about getting an early present, and if you’re sending treats, you know that they always taste best before the big day. So send those packages out well in advance! That way, rather than standing in those extra-long lines, you can take a few extra moments for yourself.

Keep Sheets of Shipping and Addressing Labels On-Hand

Be ready to ship at a moment’s notice by printing or ordering your shipping and addressing labels in advance. Create a few sheets with different templates to mix and match or to easily identify packages that you’re sending domestically, to the US, and internationally.

Check the Shipping Dates

The best way to the avoid last-minute shipping and mailing rush is to get an early look at the domestic, US, and International deadlines. So take a look, and then get started on your personalized holiday labels!

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