Does next day delivery include weekends and holidays?

Next day delivery is counted in business days, so a weekend or a public holiday at your origin pushes the dispatch day forward and the promise with it. The transit count starts from the day the carrier takes the parcel, not the day the customer places the order.

Carriers count transit time in business days, so a Friday order that misses the cutoff does not dispatch until the next business day, and a next day promise lands on the following Tuesday, not the Saturday. The map walks the dispatch day forward past a weekend before any verdict is shown.

Does next day delivery count the weekend?

Usually not. The business day count steps over Saturday and Sunday unless your settings add a Saturday dispatch day. That is why a next day promise made on a Friday afternoon is really a promise about the start of the next business week, and why the fallback line matters more at the end of the week than in the middle of it.

What about a public holiday at my origin?

A public holiday at your origin is a day the carrier does not collect, so it pushes the dispatch day forward the same way a weekend does. Cutoff Promise Checker reads the public holidays you list for your origin and steps the dispatch day past each one, so the promise is stated for a day the carrier actually works.

How do you state the promise so it stays honest?

State it in business days and name the cutoff, so the customer can see where the weekend falls. Where a zone cannot be reached on the next business day, give a fallback line for orders placed after the cutoff. The map returns the corrected cutoff clock and the fallback day rather than a bare next day claim.

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Frequently asked questions

Is a Saturday delivery counted as next day?

Only if your carrier delivers on a Saturday and your settings add a Saturday dispatch. Unless that is set, a next day promise skips the weekend.

Does a holiday at the destination matter?

The map steps past a public holiday at your origin, because that is the day the carrier collects. A destination holiday is not part of the transit table you paste.

What if the customer needs it by a specific date?

Give the required-by date and the map works back to the cutoff that meets it, naming the next dispatch day when the cutoff has passed.