{"id":25341,"date":"2018-12-12T02:12:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T18:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=25341"},"modified":"2022-10-09T21:25:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T13:25:14","slug":"christmas-packaging-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/christmas-packaging-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Christmas Packaging Mistakes (How to Avoid Them)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you going to be away from family for the holidays? Have you started your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/holiday-shopping-guide\/\">Christmas shopping<\/a> already? It will soon be time to send them off (you need a head start to beat the postal delays) and to make the postal process smoother, here are a few simple tips by <strong>collectplus.com<\/strong> that you should know when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/mail-parcel-forwarding-services\/\">sending packages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The tips have been organized into an infographic to make things easier for you, and touch on things like how to provide internal protection (for fragile items), how to label and seal your packages properly, what sort of container to use, and the maximum dimensions allowed, as well as other limitations set by the couriers you should be aware of.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s get those packages safely to where they are supposed to go, shall we?<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/gift-wrapping-ideas\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 18 Creative Gift Wrapping Ideas\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">18 Creative Gift Wrapping Ideas<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/gift-wrapping-ideas.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-16440 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/gift-wrapping-ideas.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">18 Creative Gift Wrapping Ideas<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe all love receiving beautifully gift-wrapped boxes almost as much as the gift itself. If you are the...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/christmas-packaging-tips\/packaging-mistakes-christmas-edition-3.jpg\" alt=\"common packaging mistakes\" width=\"720\" height=\"5586\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you going to be away from family for the holidays? Have you started your Christmas shopping already? 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