UPS recommended send-by dates for Christmas 2026
Planning estimates by service and destination, with unsupported dates withheld. Confirm the exact route with the carrier.
Independent planning tool. USPS 2026 send-by dates were verified directly on usps.com on 2026-09-28. FedEx and UPS had not published 2026 dates as of that check; their values are projections from 2025 references recorded on 2026-08-02. Planning estimate only, not a delivery guarantee. Confirm route, acceptance time and service availability with the carrier.
UPS
USPS 2026 send-by dates were verified directly on usps.com on 2026-09-28. FedEx and UPS had not published 2026 dates as of that check; their values are projections from 2025 references recorded on 2026-08-02.
Planning estimate only, not a delivery guarantee. Confirm route, acceptance time and service availability with the carrier.
Lower 48 states
| Service | Planning date and evidence |
|---|---|
| UPS Ground | No date shown No national date UPS publishes no national last-day-to-ship date for Ground. Ground transit depends on the origin and destination pair, so UPS directs customers to its own Calculate Time and Cost tool instead. We show the gap rather than inventing a date to fill it. |
| UPS 3 Day Select | Projected estimate 4 shipping-day estimate to 2026-12-24; Sundays excluded. Reference: 2025-12-19 (2025). Saturdays and local acceptance times are not individually modeled. Save estimate (.ics) |
| UPS 2nd Day Air | No date shown Date unavailable Historical sources disagree for this service. Date withheld pending primary-source review. |
| UPS Next Day Air | Projected estimate 1 shipping-day estimate to 2026-12-24; Sundays excluded. Reference: 2025-12-23 (2025). Saturdays and local acceptance times are not individually modeled. Save estimate (.ics) |