Undas 2026 from abroad: sending money and flowers for November 1–2

Undas is the first sending moment of the diaspora’s fourth quarter, and it arrives before anyone is thinking about Christmas. In 2026 the grave-visit weekend runs from Sunday, November 1 through Monday, November 2. For a family cleaning and visiting the plot, there are shared costs and, often, flowers to arrange — and for an overseas relative, both can be handled from afar. This page states no remittance rate or fee; those move daily and live on dated pages. It treats flowers as a set of posted delivery services, not a recommendation.

Undas 2026: the dates and how they are classified

How to read this

Two things follow from the table. First, neither day is a regular holiday — both are in the special (non-working) day category, and November 2 is the “additional” one the proclamation attaches to extend the weekend. The distinction matters less for a family gathering than for anyone thinking about how banks, pickup counters and delivery services staff those days. Second, because November 1 is a Sunday and November 2 a Monday, October 31 through November 2 reads as one continuous three-day weekend. That is the window a lot of grave visits and family travel fall into, and it is the reason a send meant to arrive “in time for the visit” is a timing question, not just a cost question.

The two parts of an Undas send

For someone overseas, taking part in Undas usually comes down to two separate things, each with its own mechanics.

The money side, kept on its own pages

An Undas transfer is an ordinary remittance that happens to land on a specific weekend, so the same factors decide it as any send: the payout method drives how fast the money reaches the receiver, and the total cost is a transfer fee plus an exchange-rate margin. This article carries no figure for either, because both move daily and belong on pages that are dated and re-checked. How long a transfer takes by receiving method — cash pickup, mobile wallet, bank deposit — is on how long a remittance takes, and the trade-offs between those payout methods are on cash pickup, bank or wallet for padala.

The one thing worth holding is the timing shape, and it is worth being precise about what is and isn’t sourced here. No authority publishes a number for how much a weekend or a Philippine holiday adds to a transfer: the World Bank’s Remittance Prices Worldwide corridor records a speed band per product and carries no cut-off, business-hours, weekend or holiday field, so there is nothing to cite for a delay figure. That is set out on how long a remittance takes. What can be said without a number is the shape: a transfer that reaches the receiving side while counters, banks or the recipient’s own schedule are closed can sit until that side is open again to release it. A three-day weekend is three days where more of the receiving side may be closed at once.

That is why a send meant for the November 1 visit is commonly placed a little ahead rather than into the weekend itself — not because a rule requires it, and not because any figure says a weekend transfer is slower, but because a send that has already cleared before the family sets out removes one variable from a day that already has travel and a gathering in it. The dated pages are where a real speed for a real amount and method gets worked out; this page states none.

Flowers as a posted service

Sending flowers home for Undas is arranged through florists and delivery services that each post their own terms. This page does not name, rank or recommend one — coverage and reliability vary by area, and a service is described only by what it posts. What holds across most of them is a set of logistics worth understanding before ordering from abroad.

What a flower service posts — check these before ordering from abroad

• Delivery area: a service only works if its posted coverage includes the family's town or the specific cemetery. Many cover major cities and nearby provinces; smaller towns and rural memorial parks may be outside any service's map.
• Cemetery vs home delivery: some services deliver to a residence only, others will bring an arrangement to a named cemetery or memorial park. Cemetery delivery usually needs the exact park name, and sometimes the lawn or plot detail.
• Cut-off time and lead time: each service posts its own order cut-off, and the November 1 rush is the busiest florist window of the year, so same-day or next-day slots fill early. Ordering ahead is the norm around Undas for that reason.
• Substitution policy: florists commonly post that specific blooms may be swapped for equivalents by season and availability, especially during a peak. The posted policy says what can change.
• Payment and proof: the buyer abroad typically pays in the card's own currency at the service's posted price, and many services post a delivery confirmation or photo. Terms differ by service.

Two practical notes sit underneath that list. A cemetery is not a fixed street address, so a delivery to a memorial park depends on the service being able to locate the plot — the specific park name and any lawn or block detail is what makes that possible. And because Undas is the single heaviest delivery day of the florist year, the coverage, cut-off and substitution terms a service posts in late October are the ones that actually apply; a slot that exists in September may not exist the week of November 1. None of that is a rate, and none of it is an endorsement — it is how the posted service works.

Where the rest of the year sits

Undas opens the diaspora’s fourth-quarter sending run. The rest of the year’s sending occasions — birthdays, town fiestas, and the recurring dates a family marks — sit on the birthday and fiesta gift calendar, and the whole Q4 sequence Undas begins is mapped on the ber-months sending calendar. That sequence runs on to the December peak, where 13th-month pay drives the volume and sizing the Christmas padala becomes the harder question. No rate is stated on any of those from this page; the dated remittance pages are where a real cost and speed for a real amount are worked out.

Common questions

When is Undas 2026, and is November 1 a holiday in the Philippines? Undas 2026 falls on Sunday, November 1 (All Saints’ Day) and Monday, November 2 (All Souls’ Day). Under Proclamation No. 1006, signed 3 September 2025 and checked 2026-09-05, both are special (non-working) days rather than regular holidays; November 2 is declared as an additional special (non-working) day. With Saturday, October 31, that makes a Saturday-to-Monday three-day weekend. These dates and classifications are re-issued by proclamation each year, so confirm the current year’s before relying on it.

Do people send money home for All Saints’ Day / Undas? Yes — it is a quieter, smaller sending occasion than Christmas, but a real one. Families visiting graves on November 1 and 2 share the cost of candles, flowers, cleaning the plot, transport and the gathering afterward, and overseas relatives often send toward those. It is an ordinary remittance timed to a weekend, so the usual factors apply: the payout method sets the speed, and a send that reaches a closed receiving side can wait until it reopens. The dated speed and cost pages are where the numbers live; this page states none.

Can flowers be sent to the Philippines for Undas from abroad? Yes, through florists and delivery services that arrange flowers to a home or, in some areas, to a named cemetery or memorial park. Each posts its own coverage area, cut-off time and substitution terms, which vary by location. In practice that means the November 1 rush makes ordering ahead the norm, a service is only useful if its posted delivery area covers the family’s town or the specific cemetery, and cemetery delivery usually needs the exact park name and plot detail. This page describes flower delivery as a posted service and does not name or recommend a particular one.

Is same-day flower delivery available on November 1 itself? Not reliably. November 1 is the heaviest delivery day of the florist year in the Philippines, and services commonly post an earlier order cut-off, a next-day-only window, or a fully booked same-day slate for that date. Whether a same-day order can still be placed on November 1 depends on the individual service’s posted cut-off and remaining capacity that week, not on any fixed rule. This page describes flower delivery as a posted service and names none; the operative cut-off is the one the chosen service posts for the Undas week.

Does an Undas transfer need to be sent ahead of November 1? No rule requires it, and no authority publishes a figure for how much a weekend or Philippine holiday adds to a transfer — the World Bank corridor on how long a remittance takes carries no weekend or holiday field. What can be said is the timing shape: because November 1–2 sit in a three-day weekend, a transfer that reaches the receiving side during it can wait until that side is open to release it. A send placed a little ahead of the visit therefore removes that variable. The dated speed by payout method is on that page; this one states no figure of its own.