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Sending Parcels Abroad For Christmas

If you need to send a parcel abroad this Christmas, NI Parcels can help!

Much like Santa Claus himself, we offer fast and reliable parcel delivery to 200+ countries worldwide. So if you have loved ones living overseas, we can get your gifts safely to them.

We have great low rates for our international deliveries. Excellent news for those with loved ones who have emigrated to countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, America and elsewhere.

Fast Overseas Christmas Delivery

When sending a parcel abroad, a major concern is delivery time. No one wants to send a thoughtful Christmas present in November, only to hear that it arrived mid February!

NI Parcels offers super speedy delivery times on parcels sent abroad. For example, you can book with us today, we’ll collect your Christmas gift tomorrow and deliver it to your Uncle Jim in New York within two days. He’ll be delighted!

Our delivery times will vary depending on the destination and the size of your parcel but the general delivery time for parcels sent abroad is 2-3 days. As Christmas can be a busy period for the delivery drivers, we recommend booking early and leaving an extra day to avoid any delays.

Full Online Parcel Tracking

NI Parcels offers an extremely convenient door to door service, as well as full online parcel tracking. So once the driver has collected your parcel, you can monitor its progress online and see when it will arrive with you.

Package Carefully

We know that when you’re sending a Christmas present, you want it to look exciting with bows and tinsel and fancy wrapping paper. However, we recommend packaging your Christmas present as securely as possible - in a strong, double walled cardboard box, if possible.

We also recommend taking a look at our prohibited and non-compensation items.

Low Cost International Parcel Delivery

We know you have enough costs to cover this Christmas and thankfully we offer excellent low prices on parcels sent worldwide. To find out how much it will cost to send your present abroad, and when it will be delivered, just get a quick quote on our homepage.

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New Routes Added With City Air Express

NI Parcels has added new parcel delivery routes with City Air Express.

These routes are:

NI to UK

UK to NI

NI to ROI

ROI to NI

We currently offer parcel delivery on these routes with the likes of Parcel Force and DPD, however these new options will provide customers with even more variety in terms of price and speed.

City Air Express is one of the most reputable and renowned courier firms, with 40 years experience in delivering goods across the world.

About NI Parcels

NI Parcels is a low cost, quick and reliable parcel delivery service. We compare quotes from top courier companies to provide you with the best price and fastest delivery time for your parcel.

Both individuals and businesses can save up to 80% on their shipping costs with NI Parcels. We offer parcel delivery within Northern Ireland, to Ireland, the UK and to 200+ countries worldwide.

Convenient Parcel Delivery

Sending parcels with NI Parcels is convenient and stress-free. We offer easy online booking and payment which takes just a few minutes to complete.

Once you’ve booked, we provide door-to-door parcel collection and delivery, as well as full online tracking to make things as straightforward as possible when it comes to sending a parcel.

If you need to send a parcel, you can get a quote from us any time!

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12 Things That Will Happen With The Belfast Bikes

With elections coming up on 7th May, the Northern Irish media has been a bit doom and gloom lately...

So naturally, people are feeling a bit downhearted and losing sight of the great things that Northern Ireland has to offer. No one’s in the mood for a packet of Tayto and even Eamonn Holmes' banter can’t put a smile on our faces.

But thankfully, this week the long-awaited Belfast Bikes scheme launched, giving us something more positive to focus our attention on.

Here at NI Parcels, we’re very excited about the impact that Belfast Bikes will have on the city, and hopefully the wider country as time goes on. We have a really great feeling about it, so we thought we’d turn our thoughts into an entertaining little blog post that will distract you from all the negative headlines for at least five minutes.

Here are: 12 things that will inevitably happen with the Belfast Bikes

1. There will be selfies. So many selfies. Caption: “Trying out the new @Belfastbikes” Subtext: “Look how fit and healthy I am and how much I care about the environment and my community. AMENT I GREAT?!”

: Pete Snodden showing us all how it's done! (via @petesnodden on Twitter)

2. The media will talk like it’s the best thing to happen to Northern Ireland and make it look like we’re a progressive place, in line with the rest of the UK. Everyone’s going to be fitter and healthier and Belfast is going to be the centre of the world. (And of course, there’ll be a bunch of negative Nellies who will yap about it.)

3. It will therefore be the greatest novelty in the world for about a month and everyone will sign up and try one out for the craic.

4. Websites and newspapers will compete for the most ridiculous pun infested headlines which we groan at despite being secretly impressed yet sad that we didn't think of them first.

5. There will be pictures of Northern Irish politicians posing on the bikes. And we will make memes with these pictures.

6. Someone will get hurt and there will be calls to ban Belfast Bikes altogether.

7. The helmet issue will become a thing. But nothing will happen with it.

8. More miserable sods will yap about Belfast Bikes and they will be given a funny nickname; ie the coca cola death traps. (Yes, that's rubbish. I'm sure the great Northern Irish public will think of something better.)

9. Some idiot will definitely attempt to put one on top of a Bonfire. Or dump one in the Lagan. Oh wait...

: Theulsterfry.com Literally coming up the Lagan in a bubble.

10. The media will make it look like we have a huge vandalism problem and people will be interviewed on Nolan or UTV Live suggesting that we cancel the entire scheme.

11. Once the buzz dies down and people calm the bap, commuters will start to use them and realise that they are bloody handy.

12. In the end, they’ll eventually become part of day-to-day life and WILL be an asset to the city.

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NI Parcels sponsors new race team: NI Parcels Racing

Today we’re interrupting our usual blog posts, parcel chatter and small business news to bring you something a little bit different...

NI Parcels is announcing sponsorship of its new race team NI Parcels Racing. (Yep, you read that correctly - we do more than send a lot of parcels.)

NI Parcels Racing has entered three cars into the Ford Fiesta Cup for the 2015 season based at Kirkistown, N. Ireland.

The race team consists of three drivers, Paul Stewart (NI Parcels MD), Roy Stewart and Desi McGlade. The three drivers will be battling it out for championship points across 10 races throughout the year.

The Fiesta race series is for 1.25lt Zetec engined Ford Fiestas. Strictly enforced regulations that prohibit performance modifications make it very close and competitive racing. The season also only allows six controlled tyres. It is a fantastic series to watch with battles throughout the grid.

"I am delighted to be competing in this year’s Fiesta Championship and even more so to have three NI Parcels cars on the grid. We will be fiercely battling among ourselves and most certainly there will not be any team orders!" said Paul Stewart, NI Parcels Managing Director.

The rest of the NI Parcels team wish them all the very best. If they can race cars as fast as we can send your parcels, they're onto a surefire winner.

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Christmas Send by Dates

Send you Parcels with NI Parcels this Christmas from only £5.99 (+vat). We can ship parcels within N. Ireland and to over 200 countries worldwide.

Send By Dates

We recommend sending on (or before) these dates to get your parcels delivered before Christmas. Please also check the transit times when getting a quote.

We recommend allowing an extra day when sending parcels during Christmas due to the weather and high volume of parcels.

Sending within the UK:

Send by the 19th Dec for Next Day Services
Send by the 18th Dec for 2 Day Services

International Shipping:

Send by the 17th December for Express Shipments
Send by the 15th December for Economy Shipments

Office Opening Dates

We are closed the following dates

23th-26th December

31st December

1st January

We open as usual all other dates.

If you need to send a parcel in N. Ireland or the UK check out NI Parcels and if you need to send a Parcel in Ireland visit Irish Parcels.

Have a great Christmas and if you have any questions get in touch.

NI Parcels - Quick, Cheap and Reliable Parcel Delivery

NI Parcels is an online courier comparison service that can help you save money on your parcel deliveries.

Individuals and businesses can save up to 80% on their deliveries by using NI Parcels.

We compare top courier companies in the UK and Ireland and provide you with the cheapest price and fastest delivery time for your parcel.

Send a Parcel from £8.99

For individuals and small businesses, NI Parcels is the cheapest solution for parcel deliveries. You can send a parcel from as little as £8.99 (excluding VAT). To get a price for your parcel, simply enter the weight and size of your item on our homepage. We don’t have a price list - all items are individually priced based on their size, to give you the best value for money.

Easy Online Booking

It takes just a few minutes to book and securely pay for your parcel online. You don’t have to create an account - it’s a simple pay-as-you-go system.

Door to Door Service

NI Parcels offers door to door parcel collection and delivery. Book your item online, then we will collect your parcel from your front door or business address, and deliver it to where it needs to go.

Full Online Tracking

We also offer full online tracking of your parcel, so you can keep an eye on your shipment every step of the way and see when it will be delivered to you.

Worldwide Delivery

NI Parcels offers parcel delivery within Northern Ireland, to Ireland, to the Mainland UK, to Europe and 200+ other countries worldwide. We offer extremely competitive rates on all of our international deliveries.

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