Are US-Taiwan postcards taking a long time?

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I have one still traveling after 24 days. Is that normal, or should I be worried?

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My first thought is that 24 days of travelling from USA to Taiwan isn’t a cause for worry.

I’ve looked at the profiles of the members sending the most postcards from USA (Explore > Seach > Members > Country: USA > Order by postcards sent).

  1. Averge travel time to Taiwan: 20 days. Median: 16 days.
  2. Averge travel time to Taiwan: 22 days. Median: 16 days.
  3. Averge travel time to Taiwan: 22 days. Median: 16 days.

No need to worry yet, 24 days of travelling is normal.

Postcrossing (and snail mail in general) requires patience. Most of the time, the mail gets there.

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One of my longest traveling postcards took about 180 days to reach Taiwan, so I wouldn’t worry. (Though that one wasn’t sent from the USA) Surprisingly enough, one time a postcard from Taiwan sent to me took only three days to arrive though :sweat_smile:

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Hi, I live East Coast USA, and I just received a Taiwan card that took 26 days. My average received is 20 days. My average sent is 58 :open_mouth: So you are ok still.

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24 days is not really a long time in any circumstances…

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how about 7 days :smiley: I received a postcard from Taiwan today :slight_smile:

Well it had the address printed and the country name in Locel letters too and it was going to Germany
but nevertheless a cool short travel time :wink:

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Just received a card from Taiwan to New York…77 days

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No you don’t have reason to worry! Sometimes the postal services take a long time and sometimes they are quick and efficient. I have a postcard US-Russia that has taken almost 100 days! Don’t worry it’ll get there soon!

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I’m guessing (just a speculation) this might be because Taiwan isn’t a UPU member, and mail has to be routed through a third country (usually the US or Japan, I think). Of course this wouldn’t explain the time taken from the US though…

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Interesting, thank you. I didn’t know it about UPU
I think my postcard to Taiwan is likely to expire soon but maybe will reach in the end.

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One of my Postcards to Taiwan has been traveling for more than 100 days :confused: from India. I believe you cards traveling time isn’t that big cause for concern just now.