The Thai postal system is very reliable, efficient and economical.
A common service used is EMS or Express Mail Service, which requires a signature by the recipient. The EMS service is offered both domestically and internationally. There is a nice web site on international EMS at www.cat.or.th/new/ems.htm though unfortunately it was still under construction as of March 2000.
For sending packages overseas, you can do the packing at the post office, as they have a packing counter where you can buy packing materials at a very economical rate, and sometimes get assistance. If you are shipping anything in a box, then the standard procedure is to tie a string around the box so that it can be opened and peeked into by customs to verify that what's on the customs slip is what's in the box. If you seal it, then you pay a much higher rate.
There are post offices conveniently located all over the city, and are listed on some of the maps in the map section.
The post offices are open from 8am to 4:30pm, though some don't like to take international parcel shipments after 3:30.
If you don't yet have an address at which you wish to receive packages, then you can receive packages on hold at most branches of the post office. This is called the "poste restante" service. You should ask the sender to PRINT your name clearly, and underline it, too. It will probably be filed under your surname, but sometimes will be under the first name.
The central post office is located near the river on thanon Charoen Krung (about halfway between its intersections with thanon Surawong and thanon Si Phraya). It runs longer hours and is also open on the weekend. Monday-Friday 8am to 8pm, and weekends 8am to 1pm. (You can also make international phone calls there, which is open 24 hours.)
The Post and Telegraph Department (PTD) has a dual-language website but it does not include postal rates or a list of offices on a map as far as I can find. The main web page is at http://www.ptd.go.th and if you click on the button for English then you go to http://www.ptd.go.th/ptdmain_eng.htm. It seems that more information on postal services can be found on the website of the government agency which oversees the PTD, namely the Communications Authority of Thailand, and specifically their web page at www.cat.or.th.
Notably, do not use the post office Money Order service for international transfers. You don't get a money order cheque. It's a farce. Go to a Bangkok Bank or a Thai Farmer's Bank instead. There is an alluring advertisement on the website of the Communications Authority of Thailand (who is in charge of the post offices) at http://www.cat.or.th/new/postal.htm, and you'll see a Money Order place in post offices. Again, don't use it.
The Thai postal system is very reliable, efficient and economical.A common service used is EMS or Express Mail Service, which requires a signature by the recipient. The EMS service is offered both domestically and internationally. There is a nice web site on international EMS at www.cat.or.th/new/ems.htm though unfortunately it was still under construction as of March 2000.For sending packages overseas, you can do the packing at the post office, as they have a packing counter where you can buy packing materials at a very economical rate, and sometimes get assistance. If you are shipping anything in a box, then the standard procedure is to tie a string around the box so that it can be opened and peeked into by customs to verify that what's on the customs slip is what's in the box. If you seal it, then you pay a much higher rate.There are post offices conveniently located all over the city, and are listed on some of the maps in the map section.The post offices are open from 8am to 4:30pm, though some don't like to take international parcel shipments after 3:30.If you don't yet have an address at which you wish to receive packages, then you can receive packages on hold at most branches of the post office. This is called the "poste restante" service. You should ask the sender to PRINT your name clearly, and underline it, too. It will probably be filed under your surname, but sometimes will be under the first name.The central post office is located near the river on thanon Charoen Krung (about halfway between its intersections with thanon Surawong and thanon Si Phraya). It runs longer hours and is also open on the weekend. Monday-Friday 8am to 8pm, and weekends 8am to 1pm. (You can also make international phone calls there, which is open 24 hours.)The Post and Telegraph Department (PTD) has a dual-language website but it does not include postal rates or a list of offices on a map as far as I can find. The main web page is at http://www.ptd.go.th and if you click on the button for English then you go to http://www.ptd.go.th/ptdmain_eng.htm. It seems that more information on postal services can be found on the website of the government agency which oversees the PTD, namely the Communications Authority of Thailand, and specifically their web page at www.cat.or.th.Notably, do not use the post office Money Order service for international transfers. You don't get a money order cheque. It's a farce. Go to a Bangkok Bank or a Thai Farmer's Bank instead. There is an alluring advertisement on the website of the Communications Authority of Thailand (who is in charge of the post offices) at http://www.cat.or.th/new/postal.htm, and you'll see a Money Order place in post offices. Again, don't use it.
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The Thai postal system is very reliable, efficient and economical.
A common service used is EMS or Express Mail Service, which requires a signature by the recipient. The EMS service is offered both domestically and internationally. There is a nice web site on international EMS at www.cat.or.th/new/ems.htm though unfortunately it was still under construction as of March 2000.
For sending packages overseas, you can do the packing at the post office, as they have a packing counter where you can buy packing materials at a very economical rate, and sometimes get assistance. If you are shipping anything in a box, then the standard procedure is to tie a string around the box so that it can be opened and peeked into by customs to verify that what's on the customs slip is what's in the box. If you seal it, then you pay a much higher rate.
There are post offices conveniently located all over the city, and are listed on some of the maps in the map section.
The post offices are open from 8am to 4:30pm, though some don't like to take international parcel shipments after 3:30.
If you don't yet have an address at which you wish to receive packages, then you can receive packages on hold at most branches of the post office. This is called the "poste restante" service. You should ask the sender to PRINT your name clearly, and underline it, too. It will probably be filed under your surname, but sometimes will be under the first name.
The central post office is located near the river on thanon Charoen Krung (about halfway between its intersections with thanon Surawong and thanon Si Phraya). It runs longer hours and is also open on the weekend. Monday-Friday 8am to 8pm, and weekends 8am to 1pm. (You can also make international phone calls there, which is open 24 hours.)
The Post and Telegraph Department (PTD) has a dual-language website but it does not include postal rates or a list of offices on a map as far as I can find. The main web page is at http://www.ptd.go.th and if you click on the button for English then you go to http://www.ptd.go.th/ptdmain_eng.htm. It seems that more information on postal services can be found on the website of the government agency which oversees the PTD, namely the Communications Authority of Thailand, and specifically their web page at www.cat.or.th.
Notably, do not use the post office Money Order service for international transfers. You don't get a money order cheque. It's a farce. Go to a Bangkok Bank or a Thai Farmer's Bank instead. There is an alluring advertisement on the website of the Communications Authority of Thailand (who is in charge of the post offices) at http://www.cat.or.th/new/postal.htm, and you'll see a Money Order place in post offices. Again, don't use it.
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