"Communications
Mail service between the United States and Guyana is fairly reliable. Airmail letters from home usually
take two weeks to arrive in Guyana and four to five weeks to arrive in the United States from Guyana.
Surface mail may take months. The further Volunteers’ sites are from a large city, the less dependable and
frequent the mail service.
During training, your address in Guyana will be
During training, your address in Guyana will be
Peace Corps
PO Box 101192
Georgetown, Guyana
South America
Some
Volunteers and their families sequentially number their letters to keep track of how many were sent and
received. This is one way of knowing whether someone is just too busy to write or if letters are not
arriving.
As for packages, Volunteers are responsible for paying import duties on items mailed to them from outside the country. The customs process for obtaining sent items is often lengthy, although the duty on items is generally minimal. Customs will notify you directly if you have been sent a package. Peace Corps/Guyana cannot help get these packages released from customs. Small padded envelopes are recommended over boxes.
One alternative to shipping packages through regular mail is to send items through a service, such as DHL International or FedEx. Both companies have offices in Georgetown, but their services are expensive. You can have items sent through these companies to the Peace Corps office in Georgetown, but you must provide the street address and phone number. (The street address for the Peace Corps is 33A Barrack Street, Kingston, Georgetown, Guyana. The phone number is 592.225.5073.) Another alternative is a local company, Laparkan, which offers relatively inexpensive air freight service to Guyana from New York, Toronto, and Miami. Surface mail for packages takes four to six weeks.
We do not recommend that family or friends send money, airline tickets, or other valuables through the mail. Airline tickets can be paid for in the United States and picked up in Guyana by using a reference number. There are also several travel agents in Georgetown to facilitate the purchase of airline tickets. "
As for packages, Volunteers are responsible for paying import duties on items mailed to them from outside the country. The customs process for obtaining sent items is often lengthy, although the duty on items is generally minimal. Customs will notify you directly if you have been sent a package. Peace Corps/Guyana cannot help get these packages released from customs. Small padded envelopes are recommended over boxes.
One alternative to shipping packages through regular mail is to send items through a service, such as DHL International or FedEx. Both companies have offices in Georgetown, but their services are expensive. You can have items sent through these companies to the Peace Corps office in Georgetown, but you must provide the street address and phone number. (The street address for the Peace Corps is 33A Barrack Street, Kingston, Georgetown, Guyana. The phone number is 592.225.5073.) Another alternative is a local company, Laparkan, which offers relatively inexpensive air freight service to Guyana from New York, Toronto, and Miami. Surface mail for packages takes four to six weeks.
We do not recommend that family or friends send money, airline tickets, or other valuables through the mail. Airline tickets can be paid for in the United States and picked up in Guyana by using a reference number. There are also several travel agents in Georgetown to facilitate the purchase of airline tickets. "
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