Santo Domingo - Post Report Question and Answers
How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?
DPO - Jun 2024
DPO - Sep 2023
DPO, less than a week turnaround. - Oct 2021
Embassy mail or commercial courier (DHL, UPS, FedEx). - Jan 2021
DPO is fast - about one week. - Jul 2019
The DPO. Amazon orders take one to two weeks. - Jan 2019
DPO, Amazon orders take 1-2 weeks. - Nov 2016
Embassy folks use DPO and it arrives quite quickly. - Apr 2016
Local mail is unreliable, most people use some kind of parcel service. We have the DPO at the embassy. - Jan 2016
DPO - Jan 2016
DPO - Aug 2015
DPO - Aug 2015
Through the DPO at the Embassy. FedEx, UPS and DHL are available but costly. PO Boxes are relative inexpensive as you get charged per weight and the box is located in Florida. - Aug 2014
Through the DPO. - Jul 2013
DPO and pouch. - Apr 2013
DPO. - Apr 2013
Don't count on local mail. - Jan 2013
DPO. - Jun 2012
DPO and pouch here. DPO is quick most of the time, i.e. 7-10 days for Amazon, 4-6 days for Zappos, never more than 14 days for anything else. Pouch can take up to 3 weeks to arrive. - Mar 2012
We have a DPO address or via the pouch. - Feb 2012
dpo - Feb 2012
DPO - Oct 2011
DPO/pouch - Jun 2011
DPO and Pouch - May 2011
dpo - Nov 2010
We use DPO. - Jun 2010
APO works well, but oodly enough, letters from the States also show up at our house address by Dominican post. - May 2009
CPS: this is a costly service, but it's reliable. The regular mail works for letters and cards, but nice things get stolen in customs. - Nov 2008
APO available. - Aug 2008
Diplomatic mail. Goods from example Amazon through Buisness Mail. - Feb 2008
