The ultra-busy holiday shipping season is just around the corner but there’s some good news when it comes to how much it will cost you to send packages this year.

The U.S. Postal Service is not adding any additional surcharges for customers this holiday season, meaning no additional fees for residential area delivery, Saturday delivery or minimum volumes. In 2022, postal surcharges were in place from early October to late January and ranged from an additional 25 cents to $6.50.

Last year, USPS processed more than 11.7 billion pieces of mail and packages during the holiday season with an average delivery time of 2.5 days.

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USPS also announced its holiday mailing deadlines.

Here are the deadlines:

Continental U.S.

• USPS Ground Advantage — Dec. 16
• First-Class Mail (including greeting cards) — Dec. 16
• Priority Mail — Dec. 18
• Priority Mail Express — Dec. 20

Alaska

• USPS Ground Advantage — Dec. 16
• First-Class Mail — Dec. 16
• Priority Mail — Dec. 18
• Priority Mail Express — Dec. 20

Hawaii

• USPS Ground Advantage — Dec. 16
• First-Class Mail — Dec. 16
• Priority Mail — Dec. 16
• Priority Mail Express — Dec. 20

Air/Army Post Office, Fleet Post Office, Diplomatic Post Office

• USPS Ground Advantage — Nov. 6
• First-Class Mail — Dec. 9
• Priority Mail — Dec. 9
• Priority Mail Express Military Service — Dec. 15