{"id":37,"date":"2010-07-29T17:58:25","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T17:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/office-services\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2026-08-11T11:47:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:47:57","slug":"packing-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/staff-faculty\/packing-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Shipping and Travel Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chathamjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/hhw.jpg\" alt=\"assortment of chemicals: glue, paint, gas, fertilizer\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0995091477019188;width:157px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you are a student arriving on campus or a parent sending items from home, we recommend that you first look over the guidelines for what is allowed to be shipped. Planning ahead will better guarantee that packages arrive without delay or return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\">Carrier Restrictions and Prohibited Items<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every major carrier service has its own set of shipping restrictions that customers must follow. Before you ship items to or from campus, please use the information below to check if any of your items are prohibited:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fed74111 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usps.com\/ship\/shipping-restrictions.htm\">United States Postal Service (USPS)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ups.com\/us\/en\/support\/shipping-support\/shipping-special-care-regulated-items\/prohibited-items\">United Parcel Service (UPS)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/shipnow.gb.fedex.com\/prohibited-items\">FedEx<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhl.com\/discover\/en-sg\/ship-with-dhl\/essential-guides\/prohibited-and-restricted-items-for-shipping-with-DHL\">DHL<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\">Air Travel Restrictions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to shipping restrictions, many common items are not allowed on airplanes. If you are flying on your way to campus, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/travel\/security-screening\/whatcanibring\/all-list\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/travel\/security-screening\/whatcanibring\/all-list\">click here<\/a> to see a complete list of approved and prohibited items from the TSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are a student arriving on campus or a parent sending&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1220,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/1220"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}