How long does it take for a letter to reach your SO's country?

[Honour]

Takes about 5 days from here to AZ.

[stephanieaz]

It takes 5-10 days for my letters to get to him. Sometimes they arrive super fast and sometimes... not so much! A few of his have gotten to me within 2-3 days, but they usually take a week. No letters have gotten lost yet *knocks on wood*, but one did get really delayed! It was strange too because I sent a card to his mom at the same time and she got hers right on schedule. Our envelopes have been opened by postal workers though and some envelopes arrive looking pretty beat up.

[hmrambling]

I'm in Louisiana and she's in Connecticut and takes a week.

Seems like a whole 'nuther country.

[Karura]

My last package and first one I sent him took two months... crazy! I sent it from Macau to Chile, but still I'm used to send packages between me and my mom when I'm in Portugal (so between Macau and Portugal) and it only takes a week, so I never expected it to take two whole months. I thought it was lost or stolen...

[chizatlauren]

I sent an envelope of cards and letters to my SO and it took 3 weeks and 2 days to reach him.
(From Philippines to the US)

The lady at the post office then told me that it would take at least 10 days, but during peak season, it takes longer.

Hi LadyDeath, which courier carries your packages and letters in the Philippines? I'm from the PH too, and I have no idea how I can send a letter and a box of goodies to my SO in the US.

[Jaka]

letters need more or less 4 to 5 weeks if they ever get there (which they normally dont)
packages well... one needed 2 weeks another one more than 2 months. One never got there.
The other way around it needs about 3 weeks.

[kacie]

letter tend to be around a week, packages up to around 2 weeks. Posting my easter gift today just to make sure it gets there in time.

[Alsfia]

From Finland to England letters usually take 2-5 working days (depends on if I'm too lazy to drag myself to the post box 50 metres away before half 3 or not :P ) and a parcel 5 days +. I've sen't 2 parcels so far, both rather big and heavy, and it took exactly 5 working days for both, even if one was during Christmas... The other way around you can add atleast 2 days on the letters as well as to the parcels... I posted a parcel from England to Finland (during Christmas though, so I expected it to take a bit longer) and I arrived a week and a half before the actual parcel (I sent it about 5 days before I left... On the other hand it was crackers, so I imagine the customs were a bit confused... Probably had to look the law over fireworks up :P )

[Oldblighty]

When I used to write to my then pen pal, now my hubby it used to take anything from 5 days to a month. Then again it had to go through certain clearances before it reached him, so I allowed for this. But it was so frustrating waiting to hear from him. Especially as it was our ONLY way of communicating back then, no phone calls just letters & the odd visit when I could afford it. So if we had any problems you couldn't just discuss it straight away, it took time & that caused us many problems. I'm glad I don't have to rely on snail mail anymore, although I did enjoy it at the time....

[leah_c]

I've sent a couple letters and a few packages to my SO, from the US to Northern England, and it gets there within a week at most, usually 4-5 days or so. It all depends on what day I send it (Monday versus Saturday) and the postal service.

[babyphace05]

about 3 weeks. you really have to plan ahead or just leave it as a surprise so both of you are surprised when something gets there! lol

[TooFarAway]

Bottom line: It takes WAY too long xD

[Klarka]

I have it three weeks from czech republic to south africa and when i want it super quick then it´s two weeks. But when i sent a peckage it took a month!!! And i was so angry cause thought they lost it!

[Alle1770]

Mail service between Argentina - Sweden has worked pretty well the times we've sent each other stuff. Takes about 2 weeks or so, but the things are always whole and not broken which is always a plus!

[Xperimance]

It usually takes about 2 weeks for me from South Africa to Germany. However, I remember getting a postcard 1 month after it was sent to me :/