Postal services in Santiago / sending a parcel

Arctic_Alex

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• Mar 25, 2023

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End of may, on a Friday, I will have to send some smaller items (including foldable walking sticks) home, that are not compatible with Iberia's hand luggage restrictions. My plane goes in later afternoon and I will arrive in Santiago around lunch time.
Any advice on where to get a parcel (the actual card board box) and then send it home by postal services? Does the postal service near the cathedral sell all that and is it usually crowded?

Or would it be a more relaxed process doing the same the day before in Fisterra?

Excise my ignorance ... but I simply do not know how these things work in Spain/Santiago and I do not want to lose my not that cheap items.

 

J Willhaus

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My husband went to Correos in Santiago in the old town and they helped him select a box when he mailed items and helped him package it up. They were very helpful despite his ignorance of the Spanish language.

 

Arctic_Alex

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J Willhaus said:

My husband went to Correos in Santiago in the old town and they helped him select a box when he mailed items and helped him package it up. They were very helpful despite his ignorance of the Spanish language.

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This sounds very encouraging! Thank you.

 

J Willhaus

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Yes just check the hours online to make sure they will be open when you want to mail something! Sometimes you are ready and they are not open.

 

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It's my understanding that all the airlines will check in poles for free at the Santiago airport - have you considered that option?

 

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trecile said:

It's my understanding that all the airlines will check in poles for free at the Santiago airport - have you considered that option?

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I know, but I would not bet on them taking also a selfie stick, tent pegs and more … furthermore I have a connecting flight ans not much transfer time.

 

trecile

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Arctic_Alex said:

I know, but I would not bet on them taking also a selfie stick, tent pegs and more … furthermore I have a connecting flight ans not much transfer time.

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How much would it cost the check in a bag with those items?

 

Arctic_Alex

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trecile said:

How much would it cost the check in a bag with those items?

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Checking it through to my final destination would make it a totally different tariff hence maybe 50 / 60 EUR extra.
Plus I would need to haven an extra bag which I would not want to carry all the way from Oviedo to Fisterra.

 

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MassNative

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I shipped stuff home from Correos Santiago. They picked out a box for me based on the inventory of things to be shipped.

It was not cheap however, checking a bag on your flight would be less than shipping.

I shipped because we were staying in Europe for several more weeks. It was convenient to ship homes items we did not need for the rest of the trip.

Jim

 

Arctic_Alex

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MassNative said:

I shipped stuff home from Correos Santiago. They picked out a box for me based on the inventory of things to be shipped.

It was not cheap however, checking a bag on your flight would be less than shipping.

I shipped because we were staying in Europe for several more weeks. It was convenient to ship homes items we did not need for the rest of the trip.

Jim

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Well, in my case it would be neither heavy nor large. And it would be sent within Europe. I doubt it would cost more than the 50ish EUR or more I would expect checking in for two flights would cost.

 

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aidan macdhorcaidh

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I know this is not the same but I always take a stick from the hedge on the Camino and bring it home in my bag for reassembly with dowel screws. Lovely memento esp with dates and Camino destinations etched on it.

 

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