Tips and advice

Sending A Parcel ?

The Do’s and Don’ts

• Do pack items in a suitable shipping box.
• Do use double walled boxes.
• Do make sure you have the full address, post code, local contact number for the recipient clearly on the label.
• Do use good quality packing tape or reinforced carton tape on the top and bottom of your parcel.
• Do use protective packaging such as bubble wrap and protective foam.
• Do re-pack multiple small boxes into one large box.

ALL PARCELS NEED TO BE PACKED WITH SUITABLE PROTECTIVE PACKAGING AS THEY TRAVEL THROUGH AUTOMATIC SORTING CONVEYORS.

• Don’t tape or strap multiple boxes together, if they separate it is impossible to identify the owner.
• Don’t use old or recycled boxes.
• Don’t pack your items in plastic of fabric bags.
• Don’t use twine or rope to secure your parcel.
• Don’t pack a parcel in Kraft paper.
• Don’t expect “fragile” or “this way up” labels to protect your package . Parcel conveyors and automated sorting machines DON’T read these labels.

The following items are not acceptable for carriage to any destination:

1.         MONEY (coins, cash, currency paper money and negotiable instruments equivalent to cash such as endorsed stocks, bonds and cash letters), COLLECTABLE COINS AND STAMPS;

2.         EXPLOSIVES, FIREWORKS AND OTHER ITEMS OF AN INCENDIARY OR FLAMMABLE NATURE;

3.         HUMAN CORPSES, ORGANS OR BODY PARTS, HUMAN AND ANIMAL EMBRYOS, CREMATED OR DISINTERRED HUMAN REMAINS;

4.         CASH ON DELIVERY CONSIGNMENTS;

5.         FIREARMS, WEAPONRY, AMMUNITION AND THEIR PARTS;

6.         FOODSTUFFS, PERISHABLE FOOD ARTICLES AND BEVERAGES REQUIRING REFRIGERATION OR OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL;

7.         PLANTS AND PLANT MATERIAL, INCLUDING SEEDS AND CUT FLOWERS (CUT FLOWERS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO CERTAIN DESTINATIONS, INFORMATION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST);

8.         LOTTERY TICKETS, GAMBLING DEVICES WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW;

9.         PERISHABLES (OTHER THAN UNDER (7)) unless advance arrangements are made;

10.       PORNOGRAPHY AND/OR OBSCENE MATERIAL;

11.       HAZARDOUS WASTE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, USED HYPODERMIC NEEDLES AND/OR SYRINGES OR MEDICAL WASTE;

12.       WET ICE (FROZEN WATER);

13.       CONSIGNMENTS REQUIRING CARRIER TO OBTAIN ANY SPECIAL LICENSE OR PERMIT FOR TRANSPORTATION, IMPORTATION OR EXPORTATION;

14.       CONSIGNMENTS THE CARRIAGE, IMPORTATION OR EXPORTATION OF WHICH IS PROHIBITED BY ANY LAW, STATUTE OR REGULATION;

15.       CONSIGNMENTS WITH A DECLARED VALUE FOR CUSTOMS IN EXCESS OF THAT PERMITTED;

16.       DEAD ANIMALS OR ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN MOUNTED;

17.       PACKAGES THAT ARE WET, LEAKING OR EMIT AN ODOR OF ANY KIND;

18.       PACKAGES THAT ARE WRAPPED IN KRAFT PAPER;

19.       LIVE ANIMALS AND INSECTS;

20.       CONSIGNMENTS THAT MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO, OR DELAY OF, EQUIPMENT, PERSONNEL OR OTHER CONSIGNMENTS;

21.       Perishable or temperature controlled goods, remains;

22.       Valuable goods (e.g. money, precious metals and stones, jewelry and genuine pearls, objects of art, collector’s items, antiques);

23.       Goods the damage or loss of which would result in high consequential damages (e.g. volumes with sensitive data);

24.       Phone cards and pre-paid cards, e.g. for mobile phones;

27.       Valuable documents (e.g. securities, acceptance bills, savings books);

28.       Tobacco products and liquors;

This list of goods fall outside the terms and conditions of ParcelsWorld Loss/Damage Cover also include fragile items which aren’t particularly well-suited to an automated sorting process. Parcels are sorted using an automated process. These machines cannot read “Fragile” or “Breakable” labels.

Customers that book these items through the ParcelsWorld booking service, do so entirely at there own risk. This means that it is your responsibility to ensure that your packaging is sufficient for the product when be processed through an automated conveyorable sorting system.

Should any damage occur to these items during transit, there is no cover for loss or damage, compensation, reimbursement or refund, or other amount payable by the parcel carrier or ParcelsWorld to the customer.

• Alloy Wheels ( unless boxed seperate )
• Antiques
• Bathroom suite
• Car body work of all kinds
• Ceramic(s)
• Computer monitors ( unless boxed in an original fabric box including styrofoam  )
• Electronic equipment ( unless boxed in an original fabric box including styrofoam  )
• Glass (all items containing glass or glass-like materials are shipped at your own risk)
• Hamper
• Musical instruments ( unless in a hard case )
• Paintings
• Picture (framed or otherwise)
• Porcelan
• Pottery
• Suitcases
• Tiles

Also include:

• goods which are insufficiently packed;
• goods which require special handling or careful treatment (because they are e.g. particularly fragile or can only be transported upright or only lying on a certain side)

It is not enough to simply place a “Brakeable” or “Fragile” label on the box. Parcels are sorted.

     Parcels

• Parcels are collected and delivered from Monday to Friday. There are no collections or deliveries on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.

• Parcels are collected between 9 am. – 6 pm. or 5 pm – 9 pm if selected.

• Evening collection between 5 pm. - 9 pm. available only for Co. Dublin collections. An additional fee of € 10 + Vat applies.

• Parcels are delivered between 9 am – 6 pm.

     Pallets

• Pallets are collected and delivered from Monday to Friday. There are no collections and deliveries on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.

• Pallets are collected between 9 am. – 6 pm

• Pallets are delivered between 9 am – 6 pm.

In preparing your parcels/pallets please note the following max. dimensions:  

Parcels

Weight 31 kg

Length 175 cms ( longest size )

Girth - Combined dimensions: 300 cm (2 x height + 2 x width + longest side) 

Pallets – standard pallet size

Size 120 cms x 100 cms

Height – 200 cms

Weight of the single pallet cannot exceed 1 tone

How to calculate the girth of the parcel

The girth is the total measurement of all the sides of your parcel. First grab a measuring tape and measure the length, width and height of your parcel and follow the formula below:

                  Max.  Girth – 300 cm ( 1 length + [2 x width] + [2 x height])

We will use the following measurements to explain how to work out the girth:

Example 1

Length 100 cm, width 50 cm and height 50 cm. To work out the girth of a parcel you simply take the longest dimensions (in this case it is the lenght (100 cm) and then you take two smallest dimensions ( in this case width 50 cm and height 50cm), and you multiply them by two ( you receive result of width 100 cm and height 100 cm). In the next step you add these three figures together. This gives you 300 cm. This is the girth of your parcel. To use this formula, it is important you always measure your parcel in centimeters (cm).

Example 2

Length 40 cm, width 50 cm and height 80 cm. To work out the girth of a parcel you simply take the longest dimensions (in this case it is the height (80 cm) and then you take two smallest dimensions ( in this case lenght 40 cm and width 50cm), and you multiply them by two ( you receive result of width 80 cm and height 100 cm). In the next step you add these three figures together. This gives you 260 cm. This is the girth of your parcel. To use this formula, it is important you always measure your parcel in centimeters (cm).

Parcels

All shown prices include Transit Liability cover of  up to € 15 per kg for loss or damage, up to a maximum of 31 kg per parcel.

ParcelsWorld does not offer extended Transit Liability on Europe Service.

ParcelsWorld offers liability cover up to €5000 on request on domestic service only. Additional fee of €6 applies.

Pallets

All shown prices include Transit Liability cover of  up to € 2,5 per kg for loss or damage.

ParcelsWorld does not offer extended Transit Liability on pallet service.