Do you want to know why “in transit to next facility” appears again and again in the USPS tracking page? Learn here what it is.
USPS is the national mail service founded in the year 1971. It has around 700,000 active employees working around the clock to ship items to various locations in the U.S.
In Transit to Next Facility USPS
What Will I Learn?
What does “In Transit to Next Facility” means?
- In order to receive the tracking information on the USPS tracking page, the USPS has to scan the item throughout its journey.
- Your parcel is scanned at the USPS centralized distribution centers. After scanned there, it will be transported to the next distribution center located near you by a truck. Until it is being received at the next distribution center, the tracking status will show the message as “in transit to next facility”.
- In Transit = Your item is moving (through a truck, train or something).
- Next Facility = USPS centralized distribution center near your location.
Why does “In Transit to Next Facility” appears repeatedly for more than 3 days?
- USPS has not scanned your item for a while. In order to stop you from worrying about your parcel, USPS simply updates the old status message again and again.
- It has not yet reached the next USPS distribution center. It is still on the truck and so it hasn’t scanned yet.
- ‘In Transit to Next Facility’ is an automated message that will appear after a while if your item is not scanned.
- There is a possibility that your item might have broken (or) missed during the transportation. But don’t panic, the chances are very slim.
Parcel send through USPS has damaged. They can’t assist further since it is not insured.
Is it possible to speed up the delivery process from my side?
No, you can’t. Nothing can be done from your side. But you may try to call the USPS customer care number
and can ask them about your item.
Best Practises
- Don’t send easily breakable items via USPS. The sorting process is handled by the machines to reduce the shipping cost.
- When sending parcels, protect them with a hard case and consider a USPS shipping insurance for your parcel.
- Always include a famous landmark near your home and also provide your personal contact number with the receiver address.
USPS has many hard-working employees but sometimes they can’t deliver items on time. We urge them to try to provide even better service to the people. So, they will stick with USPS for their future shipments.
