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You will find national bank holidays listed below. Local bank holidays may apply and impact your shipments as well as a money-back guarantee. For specific service information, please check the Calculate Time and Cost page.
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You will find national bank holidays listed below. Local bank holidays may apply and impact your shipments as well as a money-back guarantee. For specific service information, please check the Calculate Time and Cost page.
1 January 2024 - New Year's Day
No UPS delivery or collection services.
6 January 2024 – Epiphany
No UPS delivery or collection services.
During the Festive Shipping Season delivery times may be modified.
From Monday, 20 November 2023 until Friday, 12 January 2024:
Please consult the UPS Holiday Schedule 2023-2024 for further information specific to each country.
8 February 2024 - Women's Carnival Day
No service in certain ZIP area in UPS centre Cologne.
12 February 2024 - Rose Monday
UPS centers Duesseldorf, Cologne, Aachen and Bonn are closed. No service in certain ZIP areas in UPS centers Frankfurt, Freiburg, Fulda, Herne, Karlsruhe, Koblenz, Mannheim, Muenster, Osnabrueck, Passau, Ravensburg, Rottweil, Saarbruecken, Stuttgart, Trier, Wiesbaden and Wuerzburg.
13 February 2024 - Carnival
Limited service in certain ZIP areas in UPS centers Allershausen, Augsburg, Bamberg, Erfurt, Esslingen, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Fulda, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Kempten, Koblenz, Koeln, Mannheim, Moenchengladbach, Munich City, Nuernberg, Passau, Rosenheim, Rottweil, Siegen, Stuttgart, Ulm, Wasserburg, Wiesbaden, Wolfratshausen, Wuerzburg.
8 March 2024 - International Woman's Day
UPS centers in federal state Berlin and Mecklenburg Western Pomerania are closed, which will be UPS centers Berlin South, Berlin North, Neubrandenburg and Guestrow.
29 March 2024 - Good Friday
No UPS delivery or collection services.
1 April 2024 - Easter Monday
No UPS delivery or collection services.
25 April 2024 - Markusfest
No service in certain ZIP area in UPS center Ravensburg.
1 May 2024 - Labour Day
9 May 2024 - Ascension Day
20 May 2024 - Whit Monday
27 May 2024 – Holy-Blood-Festival
No service in certain ZIP area in UPS center Ravensburg.
30 May 2024 - Corpus Christi
UPS centres in federal states Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Northrhine-Westphalia, Rhineland Palatinate, Saarland are closed. ZIP exceptions will be serviced by other UPS centres. No service in certain ZIP areas in UPS centres Bautzen, Cottbus, Paderborn, Kassel.
Normal UPS service.
Normal UPS service.
8 August 2024 - Peace Festival
No service in certain ZIP areas in UPS centre Augsburg.
15 August 2023 - Assumption Day
UPS centres in federal states Bavaria, Saarland are closed, with exceptions of UPS centres Nuremberg, Bayreuth, Wuerzburg. ZIP exceptions will be serviced by other UPS centres. No service in certain ZIP areas in UPS centres Bamberg, Wuerzburg, Ravensburg, Nuremberg, Bayreuth, Crailsheim.
20 September 2024 - World Children's Day
UPS centres in federal state Thuringia are closed, which will be UPS centers Gera and Erfurt. ZIP exceptions will be serviced by other UPS centers.
3 October 2024 - German Unity Day
No UPS delivery or collection services.
31 October 2024 - Reformation Day
UPS centres in federal states Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia are closed. ZIP exceptions will be serviced by other UPS centres. Limited service in certain ZIP areas in UPS centers Osnabrueck and Rheine.
1 November 2024 - All Saints’ Day
UPS centres in federal states Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Northrhine-Westphalia, Rhineland Palatinate, Saarland are closed. ZIP exceptions will be serviced by other UPS centres. No service in certain ZIP areas in UPS centres Koblenz, Paderborn, Mannheim, Heidelberg.
22 November 2024 - Day of Prayer and Repentance
UPS centres in federal state Saxony are closed. ZIP exceptions will be serviced from other UPS centres. No service in certain ZIP areas in UPS center Leipzig.
24 December 2024 - Christmas Eve
UPS delivery and collection services till noon.
25 December 2024 - First Christmas Day
No UPS delivery or collection services.
26 December 2024 - Second Christmas Day
No UPS delivery or collection services.
31 December 2024 - New Year's Eve
UPS delivery and collection services till noon.
With UPS My Choice®, you can redirect parcels to another address or reschedule them for delivery at a more convenient time.
Change Your DeliverySearch from thousands of UPS Access Point® lockers, shops and retail locations near you to drop off and collect parcels.
Find an Access Point LocationOur collection options are built to work around your schedule. Arrange your collections in just a few minutes.
Schedule a CollectionWe understand how crucial it is for your parcel to arrive on time and we're working tirelessly to ensure that happens. Due to the high volume of shipments, there may be some delays. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
It always helps to shop and ship early during the holiday season. For a quick recommendation of which services to use, and for detailed planning, you can get a quote.
For the latest updates on your parcel's delivery, please visit UPS.com/track. You also have options if you need to make changes to a delivery.
We truly appreciate your understanding and flexibility during this busy holiday season.
UPS makes it easy for businesses to stay informed – even for complex supply chains. Read more on Get Started With UPS.
The sender typically determines whether a signature is required for parcels. In some instances UPS drivers may require a signature for deliveries on their route. You can authorise UPS to leave parcels without signing by enrolling in UPS My Choice®.
Your parcel can be held at a UPS Customer Centre or a UPS Access Point location. You can also instruct us to reroute your parcel to another address or have the driver leave it with a neighbour.
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