Dubai - Post Report Question and Answers
How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?
Dip mail. Otherwise, use courier services to ship things back home. Emirates Post is unreliable. - Mar 2021
DPO and pouch. - Jan 2021
DPO. - Dec 2016
DPO (U.S. government mail system) is very slow. 4-6 weeks for packages. 6-8 weeks for letters. - Jul 2013
Mail gets here, but it helps to use one of the delivery companies. Aramex has some sort of program where you can have a PO Box in the USA to which mail/packages can be sent, and they will automatically be forwarded to Dubai. - Aug 2011
Use your company's PO Box. There is no home delivery service. Depending on who collects your mail it can be pretty safe. I've had a number of things never arrive. I would not recommend you get things which are valuable sent to you here. - Jan 2011
