Hi,

Does anyone know of a cheap way to send a parcel from portugal. Just got a quote form dhl and they want 50 euros to send a small .5kg parcel
thanks in advance Simon

Just go to the usual post office (CTT) - most recent thing we have sent is a jiffy bagged DVD to Sweden and that cost €2.35 - registered / signed for costs approx double.

Great! I had contemplated the post office but was a bit concerned that any post form england can sometimes take a few weeks to arrive. I will take a wonder into Tavira in the morning and pop in the post office thanks for the post

Thanks
Simon

I just had a parcel sent FROM the Uk to here for £35 with DHL. It left yesterday and the called to say it would be delivered tomorrow. About the same weight

sending from the uk is cheap with DHL, but sending from portugal with DHL is not The same parcel from uk to Italy is only £15 yet from here to Italy its 50e

We live in the Tavira area too and find that stuff we send from here usually arrives quickly, but stuff coming this way is more likely to be slow. The only exception is when we have used small post office (i.e. Conceicao) - then it seems to be slower than using a main one such as the one in Tavira...

i sent a birthday card, on the 14 sept from the local post office, expresso, , and cost 3.50 euros, it took 40 days to get there
I have documents from lagos post office and it has been there within days.

Well took a drive into tavira and a very wet walk to the post office but I am very happy to say that it only cost 4.5e to send recorded delivery and a 3 day delivery service. thanks for everyones help.

Simon

anyone sent wine in the post before? I want to send a bottle of port to the uk.
thanks

If you want to send port you should buy it from a place that packs for carriage we have been sent wine from Germany and it looked just like a barrel end when we took off the wrapping but the bottles were all sound and the glasses and corkscrew were just what was needed to get started on the eiswine.

ok thanks for the advise