FedEx Holiday Shipping Deadlines 2023
FedEx Express®
FedEx SameDay: Fri. December 22
FO*, PO*, SO*, Extra Hours: Thu. December 21
2Day* & 2Day AM: Wed. December 20
FedEx Express Saver: Tue. December 19
FedEx Express® 1Day Freight: Thu. December 21
FedEx Express® 2Day Freight: Wed. December 20
FedEx Express® 3DayFreight: Tue. December 19
FedEx Ground®
FedEx Ground 5-Day: Fri. December 15
FedEx Ground 4-Day: Mon. December 18
FedEx Ground 3-Day: Tue. December 19
FedEx Ground 2-Day: Wed. December 20
FedEx Ground 1-Day: Thu. December 21
FedEx Ground Economy: Wed. December 13
FedEx Ground®
FedEx Home Delivery 5-Day: Fri. December 15
FedEx Home Delivery 4-Day: Mon. December 18
FedEx Home Delivery 3-Day: Wed. December 20
FedEx Home Delivery 2-Day: Thu. December 21
FedEx Home Delivery 1-Day: Fri. December 22
Customers select shipping days based on origin and destination to ensure delivery before Sunday, December 24th.
*With optional Saturday delivery (a $16 per package surcharge), your last day to ship can be extended by an additional day to 12/22 for FedEx First Overnight and FedEx Priority Overnight and to 12/21 for FedEx 2Day.
USPS Holiday Shipping Deadlines 2023
Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48)
USPS Ground Advantage™: December 16
First-Class Mail®: December 16
Priority Mail®: December 18
Priority Mail Express®: December 20
U.S. – Alaska
USPS Ground Advantage™: December 16
First-Class Mail®: December 16
Priority Mail®: December 18
Priority Mail Express®: December 20
U.S. – Hawaii
USPS Ground Advantage™: December 16
First-Class Mail®: December 16
Priority Mail®: December 16
Priority Mail Express®: December 20
UPS Holiday Shipping Deadlines 2023
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 21
U.S. to Canada
UPS® Standard: Check ups.com/ctc for details
(From the 48 contiguous states only)
UPS Worldwide Expedited®: December 19
UPS Worldwide Express®: December 20
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.