Many, many Irish families have loved ones far away. Irish people have always left to explore the world, and today we have immigrants from around the globe with loved ones far away. The holidays start early for the shipping industry with so many people sending the makings of an Irish Christmas overseas and many families in places as diverse as Brazil, Nigeria, and Poland sending sentimental holiday trimmings to loved ones here. If you want to send a Christmas present to Australia or New Zealand or a holiday parcel to the USA or Canada, you need to find the most affordable shipping from Ireland.
Shipping quotes can vary depending on how you want to ship your items – air or surface – and how large and heavy your shipment is. Surface is generally the most affordable shipping, but air is faster. If you are sending a small, light-weight parcel, the price difference won’t be much, but if you have a larger or heavier package, it can be significant. That’s why it pays to ship early at Christmas.
What Are You Sending in Your Holiday Gift Package?
With so many things that can be ordered online, what is there that your loved ones simply cannot get locally? Or perhaps, they can get it online but the price is ridiculous. That’s a big one for students. When you’re shipping from Ireland, your loved ones abroad are sure to appreciate these treats from home.
Foods are always a good bet, although you have to check local regulations before sending food overseas. Homemade treats might not be allowed. Irish people are fiercely loyal to their favourite tea, crisps and chocolate, and those packaged foods aren’t normally a problem in international shipping.
While homemade foods might not be a good idea, homemade crafts are always an excellent choice. You can knit your loved one a hat, put together a framed collage of old pictures of you together or send a picture or craft by their little nieces and nephews back home.
Sure they can read some of the local news online, but an actual newspaper from their hometown will include much more than what gets online. And those small stories can be very meaningful, even if they arrive a week or so later.
If you have grandchildren growing up overseas, you can foster a sense of connection with home by choosing locally made gifts, books of Irish stories, T-shirts featuring Irish places and slang, and other items that are distinctly Irish.
Sending a Christmas parcel to a loved one abroad doesn’t have to be expensive. You can find affordable shipping from Dublin at Spratt Personal Shipping, and we can deliver (almost) everywhere. Give us a call and we’ll help you to help Santa spread some festive magic around the world this year. We don’t have a fleet of flying reindeer, but we can help you decide if sea, surface or air shipping is best for your needs.
Contact us to help with your overseas shipping for Christmas parcels this year.
