I think the very best way to send a letter to Germany is to hire a Gulfstream to fly me DC to Houston, give me the letter, then I'll fly the G650 from Houston to the closest airport to the recipient. I'll drive to the recipient and hand deliver it. Then I'll jump back on the G650 and fly home.
If that's too much, I can fly first class on Emirates or Lufthansa; even United will suffice.
Seriously, the Postal Service International Priority Mail does well at getting stuff across the Pond, but if it needs to be there fast (2 days), you can't beat FEDEX.
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Posts: 31443 | Location: Loudoun County, Virginia | Registered: May 17, 2006
Just send by USPS. First-class international or priority mail international if you are really concerned. I wouldn't be concerned about delivery reliability to Germany.
I have to send correspondence to France on a regular basis. USPS is fine. Just be sure that the proper postage is affixed and the address formatted properly. I found that the French postal service can be picky sometimes on addresses.
Posts: 17238 | Location: Stuck at home | Registered: January 02, 2015
FedEx, everything else is stupid expensive or slow.
I send important stuff FEDEX to Italy, it's 3 days. I just sent a USPS priority letter to the UK and it was 4 days to New York, then 7 days to Londay, 2 days to Newcastle.
Posts: 1233 | Location: Rockwall County (God's Country) TX | Registered: February 14, 2007
Of those you listed, DHL is the biggest air logistics company internationally
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Posts: 19664 | Location: The Free State of Arizona - Ditat Deus | Registered: March 24, 2011
Originally posted by 12131: It's gone out FedEx. Thanks, gentlemen.
If it's any reassurance, in my last company, I had to oversee air freight of small parts to Germany on just about a weekly basis to either Schweinfurt or Thalheim and I used FedEx. Never had any problems getting there except when we entered the wrong address one time.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
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