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Home » Thailand in general » Experience with sending and receiving mail to and from the Netherlands and Belgium?
Experience with sending and receiving mail to and from the Netherlands and Belgium?
Dear readers,
I would like to know what your experience is with sending and receiving mail to and from the Netherlands and Belgium? I ask this because my experience is very bad with both sending and receiving.
Three to four weeks to receive a letter from the Netherlands is no exception. Sending from Thailand to Europe is also slightly faster, but it can also easily take 10 to 14 days. Even via EMS it takes a very long time.
Does the mail to Europe sometimes go by old-fashioned sea mail? I sometimes wonder whether all mail is screened by customs and that is why it takes so long?
I understand that the post within Thailand only takes 1 or 2 days, so comparable to the Netherlands.
Regards,
Richard
My experience: from the Netherlands to Thailand, always wait to see if letters arrive[valentijn]. Insured shipping such as parcels is no problem, only the duration differs from 1-3 weeks!
Everything is insured from Thailand to the Netherlands, such as letters and packages, also between 1-2 weeks.
It depends where you live.
With me, the mail usually takes somewhere between 4 weeks and never to arrive.
If you live in Bangkok, it will undoubtedly go a lot faster.
Parcels with DHL take a month because they stay in Germany for about two to three weeks, and if things go wrong they come to Thailand via Taiwan.
Packages by post usually take a week or two.
Once in Thailand, they usually arrive within two days.
Apologies, about the slowness of Thai customs are lies.
With Track & Trace you can see exactly when the packages arrive and when they are handed over to the Thai post.
No level to raise.
At the beginning of December, sent about fifty friends in the Netherlands such extravagant Thai Christmas party glasses with lots of glitter from the 20 baht shop. Thirty parcels, all sent as registered mail from the North. All the same parcels, all from the same post office, sent over four days. One time I paid 80 baht for such a registered package with an airmail sticker, the next day suddenly 220 baht for exactly the same package and a day later 120 baht…
Some packages arrived after ten days, just in time for Christmas, but the majority arrived too late: only at the end of January. Two packages arrived last week with the surprised recipients, who emailed me that I was there in time for Christmas 2019!
Some packages are apparently still on their way.
Like I said, don't be fooled!
I have regularly sent mail and packages to Thailand for the past 4 years
Usually these were delivered to my girlfriend with 10 working days.
At the beginning of February she sent me a few shirts and shirts, and they arrived within 14 days.
It depends on the post office where it departs or arrives, as well as the head office in Bangkok, customs also play a role in checking packages.
Sometimes a box/letter arrives in 8 days, sometimes in 4 weeks. Thai ways.
I don't know if everything will arrive, but from the Netherlands the regular mail takes about 3 weeks, but priority shipments max 1 week. I always do shipments from Thailand by EMS with tracking code and those shipments usually take 1 week (sometimes a little longer).
We live in Hat Yai.
Only half of the letter mail that we have to receive from Thailand AND the Netherlands arrives.
As far as parcel post is concerned, everything from Thailand AND abroad is always delivered correctly.
But this is probably because this mail is sent registered.
So when in doubt, also send registered mail!
The taxes sent me a letter to fill out from Belgium and it never arrived.
I always ship with track & trace and airmail and can track the package. In December I had two weeks delay at customs in Amsterdam (to Thailand) and in Bangkok (from Thailand to NL) but that is a busy month for those people. In other cases, the package or letter will arrive within 14 days.
I have never lost anything, but when I post for Thailand I put the address in two languages and with parcels I add a consignment note that says what's in it in English and Thai.
If Customs opens the package, it may cost money, but when sent by regular mail from NL to TH, that chance is small. However, there are carriers whose mail is always opened by customs and then you can run into levies.
Rented a PO box in my Thai hometown. No problems with delivery. Only the price from or to the Netherlands.
Belgium to Thailand Pattaya/Jomtien 3 weeks (government mail!)
Jomtien to Belgium 8 to 10 working days (own shipment)
Dear Richard,
When I send a registered mail from Belgium to my wife in Thailand, she is guaranteed to have it in her hands within 14 days. Never had any problems and all letters and documents have been delivered neatly. On the other hand, the same, if my wife sends something to me from Thailand. Everything arrived correctly and within acceptable time. Female lives in Nakhon-Si Thammarath province.
Regards, Dre
I was in a big hurry and sent a package from the post office at the post office of Prakhon Chai (near Buriram) with EMS express registered mail (if I understood it correctly). With Track and Trace.
The results of track and trace:
Date and time Status of Item Location
30/01/2019 11:40 Posted TH31140
31/01/2019 13:20 Arrived at export office Bangkok
31/01/2019 13:22 Departed from export office Bangkok
So that's where the track and trace of the Thai EMS number ended. (It appears that it is being renumbered in the Netherlands by PostNL.)
A few days later the letter arrived at the Dutch address. I don't know the exact date.
What I do know is that it cost me more than 30 euros. I don't remember the exact amount. I thought 1250THB. I do remember the weight: 56 grams.
I had chosen this route because my girlfriend said that a letter from Prakhon Chai to Bangkok sometimes takes a week or more.
I had read that it doesn't matter much whether you send a letter to the Netherlands by regular mail or by EMS, but in this case I didn't want to take the risk.
I'll do a little test by sending a few letters to my sister on different dates.
As a radio amateur I receive a lot of mail from just about all parts of the world, a few letters a week with a map in it. I also send a lot of mail to idem ditto. I live just next to Pathiu post office, I'm the only farang here, so they don't need much to know who it's for. Few or no complaints, less than 1% does not arrive, both received and sent and, depending on the country, usually 1 week via regular, unregistered airmail. So can't complain.
This year I sent a letter approx. 3 cm thick (could be just like a letter) to a town 15 km from Wichianburi in the middle of Thailand prov. Phetchabun. Arrived after 14 days. Always add the address in Thai and Dutch. even forgot to mention the sender this time. Just arrived.
You may have thought that the majority of Thai people cannot read our Western script. At the post there is still such a scholar who can still handle printed or typed text, but if it is written in Dutch cock's feet that goes too far. That mail takes longer, but usually gets to me too.
To the Netherlands or Belgium I send letters by airmail and with proof of receipt. Still going well so far. Also within Thailand I send mail with proof of receipt so far always arrived. Postcards is a different story, can sometimes take 4 weeks
A registered letter sent to Bangkok on a Monday. it arrived exactly a week later
Card sent from the Netherlands, took 11 days to Ban Soem (Nong Khai province). Packages ordered via the internet from China arrived after about 2 weeks.( “Geek” shopping ). These packages to the Netherlands generally take about 8 weeks.