UPDATE 01-2025: After the pandemic in 2023, three orders were lost because of no tracking (all from Europe). When shipping to the Philippines, tracking is required otherwise the order will be lost (stolen). Even regular mail does not arrive without proper tracking.

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The majority of my orders are from overseas (due to the lower cost of items plus sometimes cheaper shipping) & unfortunately the shipping to the Philippines is really slow for postal delivery (an average of 4-5 weeks) but I've learned to accept it. If items are shipped through other services (DHL International, etc.), I can usually get packages within 4 business days. Locally, shipping from Manila to Cebu takes around 2-5 days.

UPDATE 07-2019: So after a visit to the locally post office to see if any of my recent orders arrived, I was informed that Manila is now shipping all mail to Cebu by boat! Yes, instead of moving forward - the postal service has decided that boats are better instead of planes for getting mail to other parts of the country. My contact even said that sometimes they don't get mail some weeks & that means instead of the regular 4-5 weeks delivery time I can now expect an additional 1-4 weeks before receiving my orders :(

UPDATE 09-2019: Delivery times are now going over 47 days due to stormy weather.

UPDATE 10-2021: Due to the "pandemic", it appears deliveries are taking around an additional 2-3 weeks to arrive BUT they did arrive (21 out of 21 so far but not listed on the "Orders" page)!

UPDATE 07-2022: Based on a recent deliveries (both parcel & "registered letter"), items are arriving in Manila after 1-3 weeks of being shipped from other countries BUT it's taking another 5 MONTHS to arrive in Cebu/Mandaue!! So until delivery times improve, I won't be ordering overseas for a while...

Here are the current shipping times to the Philippines (based on orders I have placed)

If you plan to visit the Philippines & in specific, Cebu, then you're welcome to get in touch in advance!

Thank you!