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Arriving before you do

Shipping to a hotel before you get there

Address the parcel to the hotel with your own name and arrival date on the attention line, and budget for a handling fee at the desk: the three published policies we read charge $6, $10 and $4 per package. The rule people miss is the early-arrival limit, since a box that turns up too soon can pick up a daily storage charge.

Three policies quotedLive Las Vegas quoteChecked 2026-07-28
Price a box to a hotel ZIP
Parcel waiting at a hotel front desk
The desk decides

Handling fees, storage windows and what the front desk will sign for are set by the property, not the carrier.

Three hotels, three published fee schedules

Hotels publish these terms rather than hiding them, and the numbers vary enough to be worth a look before you ship. All three were read on 2026-07-28 from the properties' own pages.

Policies read from each property's published page on 2026-07-28. Terms are set per hotel and change without notice, so confirm with the property you are actually booked into.
PropertyHandling feeTiming and storage terms
Walt Disney World Resort hotels$6 per packageApplies to packages received through the front desk or delivered to the room. Items needing age or identity checks must be accepted by the guest in person, per disneyworld.disney.go.com.
The Westin Washington National Harbor$10.00 per package, 5 lb and upAsks that packages not arrive more than three days before the guest, and states a storage fee of $25.00 per package per day may be assessed beyond that. Pallets and crates are not accepted, per marriott.com.
Fort Lauderdale Marriott North$4.00 first package, $2.50 each afterStorage complimentary up to 7 days, then $2.50 per package per day. Outbound handling runs $15 per package or $30 per crate on top of postage, per marriott.com.

A 5 lb box to the Las Vegas strip, quoted 2026-07-28

Conference and wedding shipments cluster in a handful of ZIPs, so we priced one of them. The parcel is a 12 x 10 x 6 in box at 5 lb, quoted from Newark on one day, with the whole board shown rather than the winner alone.

Newark, NJ 07102 to Las Vegas, NV 89109, captured 2026-07-28. Prices are the complete checkout amount for each service.
CarrierServicePriceQuoted transit
UPSGround Saver$19.14window not quoted
UPSGround$19.306-7 business days
USPSGround Advantage$19.645-6 business days
FedExGround Economy$20.507-8 business days
UPS2nd Day Air$31.432-3 business days

Fifty cents separated the three cheapest rows, and the cheapest of them carried no transit window at all while the next two quoted 5 to 6 and 6 to 7 business days. That matters more than usual here: a parcel that lands after checkout is a parcel the hotel has to forward or refuse. Working backwards from the arrival date beats optimizing for the cheapest row.

Quote your own box to Las Vegas

How to write the label

Publication 28 puts the attention line above the recipient line, so the guest name goes on top and the hotel underneath, then the hotel street address, then city, state and ZIP. Add the arrival date beside the guest name; Disney asks that mail clearly feature the word Guest on the front along with the date of arrival, per disneyworld.disney.go.com, checked 2026-07-28, and the Westin property publishes the same shape as a two-part attention line carrying guest name and arrival date.

The rules that catch people out

Three of them recur. First, a hotel will usually refuse a package for someone with no reservation on file, because there is no name to attach it to. Second, an early delivery can convert a handling fee into a daily storage charge, which is why the three-day and seven-day limits above are worth reading. Third, anything requiring a signature from the addressee, or an age check, has to be handed to the guest rather than the desk.

When the front desk is the wrong plan

If nobody can be named, or the property will not accept deliveries, park the parcel on the carrier network instead. A Post Office hold or a carrier pickup location keeps the box in a staffed place until the traveler collects it with identification, and it sidesteps handling fees entirely. We sell US domestic parcel labels only, so a hotel outside the United States is outside what our checkout can price.

Hotel delivery questions

How do you address a package to a hotel guest?

Guest name and arrival date go on the attention line above the hotel name, then the hotel street address, then city, state and ZIP. Publication 28 places the attention line above the recipient line, and hotel policies such as the one published by Walt Disney World Resort ask for the word Guest and the arrival date on the outside of the box.

Do hotels charge to receive a package?

Often. Of three published policies read on 2026-07-28, Walt Disney World Resort hotels list $6 per package, The Westin Washington National Harbor lists $10.00 per package for anything 5 lb and up, and Fort Lauderdale Marriott North lists $4.00 for the first package and $2.50 for each one after it.

How early can I ship something to a hotel?

It depends on the property and the limits are tighter than people expect. The Westin Washington National Harbor asks that packages arrive no more than three days before the guest and states that $25.00 per package per day may be assessed beyond that, while Fort Lauderdale Marriott North stores packages at no charge for up to seven days.

What if the hotel will not accept the package?

Send it to a carrier pickup point instead. A Post Office hold or a carrier location keeps the parcel in staffed hands until the traveler collects it with identification, with no handling fee from the property and no dependence on a front desk being willing to sign.

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