Bucharest - Post Report Question and Answers
How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?
We used the Embassy post office. They were fantastic and so easy to work with. - Oct 2025
The embassy has pouch and DPO. Currently it takes 3-5 weeks for outgoing mail to reach the US. Items coming from US take 3-4 weeks, but sometimes you get lucky and it comes in 10-12 days. Last summer the mail was faster. I have not used local Romanian post, nor would I, as I have no trust my item would arrive. - Jun 2023
The embassy has pouch and DPO. I've used local DHL to send an urgent piece of two-day mail and it was excellent. I have not used local Romanian post. - Mar 2019
DPO. - Jun 2018
DPO. - Jan 2013
Embassy - May 2011
We have diplomatic pouch and DPO.You can now mail packages from the embassy if you set up an account with USPS and print your own label. - Dec 2009
The mail service is pretty good if slow for letters. Packages are a pain to receive so we tell people not to bother. - Dec 2008
Local post service is ok. We use the pouch when necessary but very much miss APO. - Feb 2008
I have pouch access and the embassy association sponsors a "homeward bound" during Christmas. - Jan 2008

