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If you are sending liquids, paints, perfumes or wheels, please press the tile below that best suits your requirements.
For over 30 years, Overland Express has carried your gifts, your goods, and your good intentions across borders and oceans - most often, to the sunlit hills and cobbled streets of Spain.
Once we roamed the roads with our own fleet of vans. Today, we partner with modern legends - DHL Express and UPS - to bring you world-class parcel delivery at prices that won't leave your wallet weeping.
🌍 Why Choose Us? Because Some Things Are Too Precious to Gamble With
✨ Speed with Grace
While others promise and pause, we deliver - typically in 1 to 2 working days. From Manchester to Madrid in the blink of a working week.
✨ Trust the Titans
No mystery couriers here. Only UPS, DHL Express and Parcel Force, trusted names that treat your parcel like royalty.
✨ Premium Service, Modest Price
Thanks to our long standing partnerships, you get elite delivery at rates the average mortal can only dream of.
✨ Wrapped in Protection
Standard cover up to £50.00, with the option to insure up to £20,000.00 - because love, art,
and tech gadgets sometimes carry more than sentimental value.
✨ From Your Door or a Drop-Off Point
• All UPS Services: will arrive like a well-timed poem at your doorstep
• All UPS Services: offers local drop-off points for when you'd rather not keep your slippers on
📑 Sending to Spain in a Post-Brexit World
Once a simple song, sending to Spain now needs a few more verses - but fear not, we've set the music.
✔️ Your Commercial Invoice, Composed for You
As you book, we craft the paperwork behind the scenes - no ink-stained fingers required
✔️ Need a Commodity Code?
We've included the common ones. If your parcel's contents are more obscure, you can consult Gov.uk to find the perfect line in the customs sonnet.
✔️ Label With Care
Print all three pages of your invoice. Place them lovingly in an envelope marked “Commercial Invoice” and tape it securely to your parcel -
like the seal on a letter to a long lost friend.
📦 Note: This service covers mainland Spain and local islands only - not distant isles or overseas territories, where dragons may yet dwell.
🎁 Packaging: The Art of Protection
Not all heroes wear capes. Some come wrapped in double-walled cardboard and bubble wrap.
Here's how to pack like a poet packs a heart:
• Use a strong cardboard outer box (required due to COVID-era handling rules)
• If fragile or valuable, double-box it:
•Wrap your item in bubble wrap
•Place it in an inner box
•Wrap that box and place it in a larger one, cushioned with packing peanuts
• Tuck an extra label inside the parcel - a whisper of wisdom, should the first one wander
These gentle precautions make a world of difference - especially if you've chosen our enhanced insurance. Our insurers, like a careful editor, will want to see that you took every step to protect your masterpiece.
✨ Ready to Begin Your Parcel's Journey?
Use our Quote & Book tool above to start the adventure.
Questions? Musings? Curious about customs rules in Catalonia? Write to us: sales@overlandexpress.co.uk
✈️ How Long Will It Take?
| Destination | Days |
|---|---|
| Send a parcel to Madrid | 1 to 2 |
| Parcel to Seville | 1 to 2 |
| Send parcel to Barcelona | 1 to 2 |
| Delivery to Valencia | 1 to 2 |
| Cheap courier to Alicante | 1 to 2 |
| Shipping to Bilbao | 1 to 2 |
🎒 For Gifts, Goods, and Grand Gestures
Whether it's a token of love, a contract signed in haste, or something priceless that simply must arrive safely - Overland Express carries your parcel with care, experience, and just a touch of poetry.
Published: 04/02/2026
Don't just take our word for it, see what other people are saying about us.
Feline Guitars has partnered with this small company for several years and consistently received excellent service and competitive pricing. Before that, we dealt directly with UPS, but found communication increasingly difficult. In an industry that's becoming more automated and impersonal, the personal attention and support offered by this team is both refreshing and greatly appreciated.
Feline Guitars
Southwell Guitars has been using Overland Express for several years to ship our instruments around the world. Unlike most major courier companies, which typically don't insure musical instruments, Overland Express offers a specialist insurance service tailored specifically for them—providing peace of mind for both my customers and myself. I also appreciate how accessible Stuart and Tim are—they're always easy to reach if I have questions or need assistance. Their support was especially valuable during the disruption caused by Brexit and the COVID pandemic. Overland Express is my go-to courier for shipping guitars, something I do regularly, and I recommend their services without hesitation.
Southwell Guitars
I've been using Overland Express for several years now to ship a significant number of both electric and acoustic guitars annually. I needed a shipping company that not only offered competitive rates but also provided insurance that would genuinely cover the full value of the instruments in the event of loss or damage. That's exactly what I found with Stuart and the team at Overland Express. They work with top-tier couriers and offer affordable insurance options for worldwide guitar shipping. In all the years I've used their service, I haven't encountered a single issue. Their service is fast, dependable, and it's a real advantage to have easy access to someone who can promptly assist if anything does come up. Highly recommended.
Loxley Custom Guitars
If you are sending liquids, paints, perfumes or wheels, please press the tile below that best suits your requirements.
Some of our competitors supply budget services at a fraction of the cost cheaper than our premium services, budget services can take up to 5 days to deliver vs overnight for our services, which means your customers are more likely to return, all for the sake of a couple of pounds.
The only information that we require to provide a quotation are the sender's and recipient's postcode along with the dimensions of the parcel. We don't ask for your email address at this early stage as we have no intention of sending follow up emails should you leave before completing the booking.
UPS, DHL, DPD, Parcel Force, APC, FedEx to name but a few courier providers that we have a working relationship with. These providers do fluctuate depending on what offers they can provide us with and the level of satisfaction that our customers have received from these parcel delivery companies.
The whereabouts of your parcel delivery can be instantly tracked by entering the tracking number into our courier partners web-site (links can be found on this site). The status is usually updated at every significant stage, which will allow you clearly see when the parcel has reached its final destination.
High value items are always risky to send by courier, some providers will not even accept such items let alone insure them. We offer both, we can ship expensive items worldwide and provide insurance up to £20,000.00 (exclusions apply) for just 2.00% of the items declared value.
Our UK call centre based customer support team are available to take your telephone call or answer your email questions on working days between 0830hrs and 1730hrs UK time. We also have a live chat facility on this web-site which is available at the same times as the call centre.
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Middlesex
United Kingdom
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