Courier Service Options—Eight Things a Courier Can Do For You
When you’re trying to decide between parcel post, parcel delivery and a courier, it’s important to know exactly what you need done and how sensitive the materials are that you’re shipping. These eight options offered by a courier service may help you decide whether you need a messenger or just a delivery truck.
- Air couriers: air couriers help businesses ship packages all over the world cheaply and quickly by taking up cargo space normally used for passenger luggage. Your messenger carries the manifesto onto the plane, along with two carry-on bags and reserves his luggage space for your package.
- Full service delivery: Messengers can deliver a wide variety of items, including mail, packages, documents and items that can’t go through the mail. Note that most items refused by mail are also refused on planes, but bike messengers can deliver them.
- Speed: Messengers make themselves available at a moment’s notice and are not bogged down with hundreds of other packages.
- Security: One person will handle your package from pickup to delivery. It won’t be handled by dozens of people you don’t know; only by one you trust.
- Tracking: There will be someone with your package at all times. Your package won’t disappear unless they do.
- Signature: Your messenger will require a signature before leaving the package.
- Specialization/Individualization: If you’re looking for special services that can’t be offered by post or parcel, you will need to go with a messenger.
- Committed Delivery Times: Unlike parcel and post, messengers commit to specified timeframe within minutes. Everyday services can only commit within hours or days.
Remember, when you are choosing to use a courier or parcel system, knowing what you can afford is key. Many messenger services are too expensive to merit the benefits.
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