Dec. 5, 2019

Postal Service Prepared For The Holidays

Extended Retail Hours At Many Post Offices

Fort Myers, FL — The U.S. Postal Service is prepared for the holiday season and will offer extended retail hours at many locations. Whether customers need to ship it quickly or have plenty of time, the Postal Service has an option that will make shipping convenient and affordable.

Extended Retail Hours: Postal facilities throughout the Suncoast District are either opening and/or extended their hours leading up to Christmas Day. Those designated offices will provide full retail services, including stamp sales and package acceptance. Locations with extended hours are listed below. In addition, several Suncoast District Post Offices not listed already offer retail hours on Saturdays and after 5 p.m. Customers can check usps.com/Find Locations and/or call 1.800.ASK.USPS for hours at specific Post Offices.

Sunday 12/8/2019:

OFFICE

ADDRESS

ZIP CODE

Opening

Closing

NPS-COCO RIVER

1130 CREEKSIDE WAY

34108

12:00pm

4:00pm

NPS-NAPLES

1200 GOODLETTE RD

34102

12:00pm

4:00pm

FMY-CAPE CENTRAL

1030 SE 9TH AVE 

33990

12:00pm

4:00pm

PGR-MURDOCK BR

19190 Toledo Blade Blvd Front

33948

12:00pm

4:00pm

VEN-VENICE

350 W VENICE AVE

34285

12:00pm

4:00pm

PGR-PT CHARLOTTE

3740 Tamiami Trl

33952

12:00pm

4:00pm

BSP-BONITA SPRINGS

26150 OLD 41 RD

34135

12:00pm

4:00pm

Sunday 12/15/2019:

OFFICE

ADDRESS

ZIP CODE

Opening

Closing

NPS-COCO RIVER

1130 CREEKSIDE WAY

34108

12:00pm

4:00pm

NPS-NAPLES

1200 GOODLETTE RD

34102

12:00pm

4:00pm

FMY-CAPE CENTRAL

1030 SE 9TH AVE

33990

12:00pm

4:00pm

SAR-GLENGARRY

935 N BENEVA RD STE 801

34232

12:00pm

4:00pm

PGR-MURDOCK

19190 Toledo Blade Blvd Front

33948

12:00pm

4:00pm

BRA-LAKEWOOD RANCH

5910 Post Blvd

34211

12:00pm

4:00pm

VEN-NORTH PORT CITY

4975 CITY HALL BLVD

34286

12:00pm

4:00pm

VEN-VENICE

350 W VENICE AVE

34285

12:00pm

4:00pm

PGR-PT CHARLOTTE

3740 Tamiami Trl

33952

12:00pm

4:00pm

PGR-PUNTA GORDA

130 E Marion Ave

33950

12:00pm

4:00pm

BSP-BONITA SPRINGS

26150 OLD 41 RD

34135

12:00pm

4:00pm

In addition, we have our Self Service Kiosks at the following locations for your use 24/7:

Page Field Post Office, 2655 N. Airport Rd., Fort Myers 33907
Cape Coral Post Office, 1030 SE 9th Ave., Cape Coral 33990
Estero Post Office, 20791 Three Oaks Pkwy., Estero 33928
Lehigh Acres Post Office, 1201 Business Way, Lehigh Acres 33936
Bonita Springs Post Office, 26150 Old 41 Rd., Bonita Springs 34135
Coco River Post Office, 1130 Creekside Pkwy., Naples 34108
Naples Post Office, 1200 Goodlette Rd., N. Naples 34102
Lakewood Ranch Post Office, 5910 Post Blvd., Bradenton 34211
Braden River Post Office, 4112 53rd Ave., E. Bradenton 34203
Glengarry Post Office, 935 N. Beneva Rd. #801, Sarasota 34232
57th Avenue Post Office, 2005 57th Ave., W. Bradenton 34207
Sarasota Post Office, 1661 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota 34230
Southgate Post Office, 2055 Siesta Dr., Sarasota 34239
Gulf Gate Post Office, 2875 Ashton Rd., Sarasota 34231
Palma Sola Post Office, 115 75th St., W. Bradenton 34209
Osprey Post Office, 333 S. Tamiami Trl., Osprey 34229
Sun City Center Post Office, 1645 Sun City Plz., Sun City Center 33573

2019 Holiday Shipping Deadlines

The Postal Service recommends the following mailing and shipping deadlines for expected delivery by Dec. 25 to Air/Army Post Office/Fleet Post Office/Diplomatic Post Office and domestic addresses*:

  • Dec. 9   — APO/FPO/DPO (ZIP Code™ 093 only) Priority Mail® and First-Class Mail®
  • Dec. 11 — APO/FPO/DPO (all other ZIP Codes) Priority Mail and First-Class Mail services
  • Dec. 14 — USPS Retail Ground service
  • Dec. 18 — APO/FPO/DPO (except ZIP Code 093) USPS Priority Mail Express® service
  • Dec. 20 — First-Class Mail service (including greeting cards)
  • Dec. 20 — First-class packages (up to 15.99 ounces)
  • Dec. 21 — Priority Mail service
  • Dec. 23 — Priority Mail Express* service

Alaska

  • Dec. 18 — Alaska to mainland First-Class Mail service
  • Dec. 19 — Alaska to mainland Priority Mail service
  • Dec. 21 — Alaska to mainland Priority Mail Express service

Hawaii

  • Dec. 19 — Hawaii to mainland Priority Mail and First-Class Mail services
  • Dec. 21 — Hawaii to mainland Priority Mail Express service

*Not a guarantee, unless otherwise noted. Dates are for estimated delivery before December 25. Actual delivery date may vary depending on origin, destination, Post Office™ acceptance date and time and other conditions. Some restrictions apply. For Priority Mail Express® shipments mailed December 21 through December 25, the money-back guarantee applies only if the shipment was not delivered, or delivery was not attempted, within two (2) business days.

Busiest Mailing and Delivery Days

Thanks to more people shopping earlier and shopping online, the Postal Service’s “busiest day” notion is now a thing of the past. Instead, the Postal Service now has a busiest time, and it starts two weeks before Christmas. Beginning the week of Dec. 9, customer traffic is expected to increase, with the week of Dec. 16 - 22 predicted to be the busiest mailing, shipping and delivery week.

Skip the Trip and Ship Online

Consumers don’t even have to leave home to ship their packages, simply visit usps.com. The Postal Service anticipates Dec. 16 will be the Postal Service’s busiest day online with more than 8.5 million consumers predicted to visit usps.com for help shipping that special holiday gift. And usps.com is always open.

It’s estimated nearly 400,000 consumers will use the Click-N-Ship® feature and other online services on Dec. 16 to order free Priority Mail boxes, print shipping labels, purchase postage and even request free next-day Package Pickup.

New this year

There have been some changes made to how you can ship your packages this year. For safety reasons, as of Oct. 1, you can no longer drop off stamped packages – which means using individual stamps as postage – that are more than one-half inch thick and/or weighing more than 10 ounces into blue collection boxes, building mail chutes, or Post Office mail slots. Instead you must go to a retail counter or use the self-service kiosk (SSK) to purchase a postage label. If you opt to use the SSK, to buy a postage label, you can drop off your package in the package slot, not the mail slot, at a Post Office. If a restricted package is found in a collection box, mail chute or lobby mail slot it will be returned to sender. Mail that is returned to sender will have a Customer Return Label attached explaining the restrictions and reason for return. So don’t take any chances this year, make sure to follow the new package mailing guidelines.

Click-N-Ship customers are unaffected by this change.

Additional news and information, including all domestic, international and military mailing and shipping deadlines, can be found at the Postal Service Holiday Newsroom: usps.com/holidaynews.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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