The 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games are being held in Vancouver, British Columbia from February 12 -28. If you are planning on shipping anything to Canada during that time, you should be aware of several UPS service changes that will be in effect February 1 – 28. These changes may also impact you if you are purchasing a product that originates from a manufacturer in Canada, so its important to plan ahead and order early in order to meet your deadlines.

Due to imposed security requirements and access restrictions related to the Games, the following service changes will apply in Vancouver, Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton, British Columbia:

• All shipments originating outside of Canada to the affected postal codes will have an end-of-day delivery commitment for the time period noted above. Delivery guarantees for international origin shipments of UPS Worldwide Express Plus™ and UPS Worldwide Express™ services will not apply.
• UPS Worldwide Express Plus, UPS Worldwide Express, and UPS Worldwide Express Saver™ shipments originating outside of Canada will require one additional day for delivery to Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton.
• UPS On-Call Pickup® requests for a same-day pickup will not be available in the affected postal codes. All pickups requested through 1-800-PICK-UPS® (1-800-742-5877) and on ups.com will be picked up on the following business day.

Service will be affected in postal codes beginning with the following three characters:

Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B, V6C, V6E, V6G, V6Z,
V7G, V7H, V7J, V7K, V7L,
V7M, V7N, V7P, V7R, V7S,
V7T, V7V, V7W, V7X and V7Y

Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton, British Columbia
V0N and V8B

This information is posted as a Service Update on ups.com, and further updates will be posted if necessary.

If you are working with Quintain Marketing on a project now or in the next month, we will notify you if the above UPS service disruptions will have an impact on the timeline for your project. If you have any questions, you may also contact us directly at 866-788-3226.