From Thailand with love

December 18, 2006 8:55 AM

How long should I expect postcards and small packages sent from Bangkok to New York and Los Angeles to spend in transit?
posted by chickletworks to Travel & Transportation around Thailand (5 answers total)

In my experience, and I lived in BKK for several years, outbound from Bangkok was usually pretty quick, about 5 days or so. Coming into Thailand was much slower.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 9:16 AM on December 18, 2006

I get both postcards and packets from a friend in Thailand, and the transit times vary wildly. Some arrive in a few days, sometimes either cards or packets take several weeks. Probably one in three is very delayed. Perhaps some vanish entirely, but we don't keep track.
posted by anadem at 10:57 AM on December 18, 2006

Response by poster: Thanks so much, guys! The hivemind really does know all.
posted by chickletworks at 1:31 PM on December 18, 2006

My experience, years ago, was that many things mailed from Bangkok never arrived at their destination. Has this changed?
posted by Xurando at 5:28 PM on December 18, 2006

I never lost anything in mail in Bangkok, either coming in or going out, in the nine years I was there.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 6:49 PM on December 18, 2006