Do Evri, DHL and Royal Mail deliver on Easter bank holiday weekend?
The Easter long weekend is here – and you may be wondering if you can send or receive deliveries.
This is especially important for those who are unable to see family and friends but who still want to send gifts, cards and chocolate.
If you’ve not yet managed to organise sending your presents you’ll be wondering whether you still can.
This year Good Friday is today while Easter Monday is 1 April.
Royal Mail deliver letters come rain or shine – but will there be post on Good Friday and over the Easter weekend?
And will other couriers like Evri and DHL still be delivering over the bank holiday?
Does post get delivered on Good Friday and Easter Sunday?
Post will be delivered on Good Friday and Saturday – but not Sunday or Monday.
So, if you’re sending an Easter card this year, you’ll need to make sure it arrives by Saturday.
Royal Mail workers deliver letters and parcels six days a week, Monday to Saturday, throughout the year.
The only exception to this is on bank holidays, where there are no deliveries or collections and the post offices will be closed.
This means there will be a normal delivery service until Easter Sunday, April 17, with the closure continuing on Easter Monday, April 18.
Depots and collection units will also be closed on these days in case you wanted to go and pick up a missed delivery or collect a parcel.
Normal service will resume across all deliveries and collections on Tuesday, April 19.
Does Evri deliver on Good Friday and Easter Sunday?
If you’re expecting a parcel, whether or not it will arrive over Easter may depend on which company is delivering it.
Evri has confirmed to metro.co.uk that parcel deliveries will continue on Good Friday and Easter Saturday, but not on Easter Sunday or Monday.
Many ParcelShops will still be open for consumers to pick up or drop off parcels over the Easter weekend. Evri advises checking opening times of ParcelShops before making a journey. Lockers are available 24/7.
In terms of getting in touch with Evri, they said: “Customers can get in touch 24/7 via telephone or chat. Many issues, such as missing address information, can be dealt with automatically.
“For more complex issues, consumers can log an enquiry by chat or leaving a message and an advisor will respond as quickly as possible.
“Evri’s UK-based customer service teams will not be working on Good Friday 29 March and Easter Monday 1 April.”
Do other couriers including DPD and DHL deliver over the Easter weekend?
The likes of DPD and DHL have stated their Easter opening days and times on their websites.
DPD is closed today, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday in England, Scotland and Wales.
In Northern Ireland, it is closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday.
Deliveries are possible on Saturday 30 March though.
DHL states there will be no deliveries on Friday, Sunday or Monday, but it will be open for deliveries on Saturday and on Tuesday, April 2.
Collections via DHL, however, are unavailable throughout the weekend including Saturday. They will resume on Tuesday, April 2.
Other companies, including Amazon, may deliver you parcels on these dates – you should check the website of the delivery company to see what their policy is.
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