How to Wait for a Package Delivery
TL;DR
- Waiting for a package can be tedious due to broad delivery windows (9h-18h).
- You can pass time by reading, watching movies, doing chores, or exercising.
- If you can’t wait at home, consider sending the package to your workplace, a hotel, a parcel collection point, or a friend’s address.
- Use tracking tools to estimate delivery times; express shipping takes 24-72 hours, while standard shipping can take 2-5 days.
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The inconvenience of waiting for a package delivery
Courier companies usually give a broad time window (between 9h and 18h) for the pick up or the delivery. Being available at home during that whole period of time is not easy, mainly because of worktime schedules or appointments during the day. There are many things you can do to make time go faster when you are waiting for a package delivery. If you don’t want to wait for the courier or you can’t stay at home waiting for the delivery, you can think about different destination address. Booking your shipment on our platform will allow you to constantly track your order online and to book a door-to-door service to any address.
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What to do while waiting the courier at home
When you’re waiting for a package, you can check on the tracking page the status of your shipment or ask that information to the courier company, to predict the delivery time. In case you are already at home waiting for the courier, you may wonder how to wait patiently for the package delivery. Below you can find some useful tips on what to do while waiting for a package.
- Read a book – You wonder how to make time go faster if you are home waiting for the courier to show up? You can start a new adventure or explore new worlds without leaving your own chair. If you focus your mind on this, you will be sure that the time you will spend waiting for the delivery will not be wasted.
- Watch a movie or a TV show – You still haven’t watched the last season of your favourite tv-show or the last year Oscar-winning movies? Waiting for the courier can give you the chance to do that. Just turn on your laptop or your TV and enjoy.
- Catch up with your chores – A way to make time go faster while doing something useful can be tidying up your apartment. Since you are forced to be at home waiting for the package delivery, you can clean the house or do some chores.
- Do yoga or exercise – Last tip on what to do while waiting for a package is good for your health and helps you to keep calm and be patient while waiting for the courier: do yoga or exercise.
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Alternative solutions when you can’t be home waiting for the courier
Sometimes is not possible to be at home to wait for the courier and receive the package. This problem can be easily solved by choosing a different delivery address. Providing an alternative location for the pickup or delivery of your package not only you will avoid the boring situation of waiting at home for your delivery but you can be sure that someone will receive the parcel for you.
- Ship the package to your workplace – One of the possible solutions is sending your personal delivery to your work address. This way you will avoid asking your boss if you could take the day off in order to wait for the courier at home the whole day.
- Send the parcel to a hotel – If you are travelling for holidays or for a business trip, you could ship your luggage from or to the hotel and avoid carrying too much weight with you. The reception can collect or hand over the luggage for you.
- Use a parcel collection or a drop off point – Parcel shops or drop off points can be used both for pick-up and delivery and it’s a great solution to save time. Having the chance to receive your package in a close and safe location at any hour of the day has its advantages as you won’t have to wait for the courier all day long.
- Ship to a friend or a relative – One of the most common alternative solutions is asking to a friend or a relative to be wait for your parcel. The easiest way to ask this favour to your friends or relatives is to write directly their own name and address in the delivery or pick-up details.
How many days do I have to wait the courier for my parcel delivery?
Waiting for a package to arrive can be boring especially when you don’t know when to expect the delivery. Online tracking tools and notifications can help to know the status of the shipment and predict when the delivery will take place. According to the distance and to the chosen service, the number of days you have to wait before the delivery may change.
- Express shipping. The package should be at its destination within 24 hours when you are shipping on the same continent and 48-72 hours when shipping worldwide.
- Standard shipping. As a general rule, the package should reach its destination between 2 and 5 days. You can check the estimated delivery time for your route with our online calculator.
The joy of receiving your package
In the end, the ways you can spend your time at home waiting for the courier can be different. It doesn’t really matter how you chose to spend that time without getting bored. What really matters is receiving your package and enjoy whatever you ordered.
If you are planning to send something, contact us and we will be happy to help you feel that joy.
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About the author
Marcel Nahtigal is Head of Marketing at Eurosender, specializing in digital strategies to enhance customer connections in logistics.
