Happy Holidays from Descartes XPS Ship! This year, Hanukkah is Dec. 25–Jan. 2, Christmas is Dec. 25, and Kwanzaa is Dec. 26–Jan. 1.
These holiday shipping deadlines from USPS, UPS, and FedEx will help you plan for Peak Season and ensure on-time deliveries and happy customers. Plus, check out our shipping automation rules to streamline shipping this year.
FedEx Holiday Shipping Deadlines 2024
FedEx Express®
FedEx SameDay®: Tue. December 24
FO, PO, SO, Extra Hours: Mon. December 23
2Day®* & 2Day® AM*: Fri. December 20
FedEx Express Saver®: Thu. December 19
FedEx 1Day® Freight: Mon. December 23
FedEx 2Day® Freight: Fri. December 20
FedEx 3Day® Freight: Thu. December 19
FedEx Ground®
FedEx Ground 5-Day: Tue. December 17
FedEx Ground 4-Day: Wed. December 18
FedEx Ground 3-Day: Thu. December 19
FedEx Ground 2-Day: Fri. December 20
FedEx Ground 1-Day: Mon. December 23
FedEx Ground Economy: Fri. December 13
FedEx Home Delivery®
FedEx Home Delivery® 5-Day: Tue. December 17
FedEx Home Delivery® 4-Day: Wed. December 18
FedEx Home Delivery® 3-Day: Fri. December 20
FedEx Home Delivery® 2-Day: Fri. December 20
FedEx Home Delivery® 1-Day: Mon. December 23
Customers select shipping days based on origin and destination to ensure delivery by Tuesday, December 24th.
*With optional Saturday delivery (a $16 per package surcharge), your last day to ship can be extended to 12/21 for FedEx 2Day and 2Day AM.
USPS Holiday Shipping Deadlines 2024
Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48)
USPS Ground Advantage®: December 18
First-Class Mail®: December 18
Priority Mail®: December 19
Priority Mail Express®: December 21
U.S. – Alaska
USPS Ground Advantage®: December 16
First-Class Mail®: December 18
Priority Mail®: December 19
Priority Mail Express®: December 20
U.S. – Hawaii
USPS Ground Advantage™: December 16
First-Class Mail®: December 18
Priority Mail®: December 19
Priority Mail Express®: December 20
UPS Holiday Shipping Deadlines 2024
U.S. Domestic
UPS® Ground: Check ups.com/ctc for details
UPS 3 Day Select®: December 19
UPS 2nd Day Air®: December 20
UPS Next Day Air®: December 23
U.S. to Canada
UPS® Standard: Check ups.com/ctc for details
(From the 48 contiguous states only)
UPS Worldwide Expedited®: December 20
UPS Worldwide Express®: December 23
U.S. to Mexico
UPS® Standard: Check ups.com/ctc for details
(From the 48 contiguous states only)
UPS Worldwide Expedited®: December 19
UPS Worldwide Express®: December 20
Descartes XPS Ship automation rules allow you to automatically select the correct holiday shipping service for every order. Instead of having to filter through batches of orders to verify that the service matches the one your customer chose at checkout, we automatically identify and select the correct service.
Protect your holiday delivery promise by taking a few minutes to set up our Select Service automation rule. This small change will result in significant time savings and help you ship every order on time this holiday season.