<p>None of the small parcel carriers offers real-time tracking. UPS and FedEx scan their parcels at certain check points such as posession, station, and hub scans. The USPS does offer tracking of Express Mail parcels, but it isn't as good of a system. It is the only carrier that will deliver 365 days/year though. They do not offer tracking for Priority Mail, they offer Delivery Confirmation. This service, provided free if you print your label at USPS.gov, merely shows that the letter carrier says it was delivered. Large customers like school and mail order companies get scanned at the delivery station, usually the local SCF. </p>
<p>None of the carriers actually deliver to the person named on the package as someone stated above. They get delivered to the mailroom, and many times get signed off after a cursory package count, not an individual receipt of each package.</p>