Air Courier TravelAir Courier travel, What is it? Traditionally freight sent by air is very expensive so freight companies often use the services of air couriers to deliver goods worldwide. They take advantage of your baggage allowance for their freight and in effect this freight travels with you. The disadvantage of this form of travel is that you are usually restricted to hand luggage only. A lot of travellers do not see this as a disadvantage as they much prefer to travel light. Is it legal? Yes it is perfectly legal, the courier company take care of all the paperwork, bookings customs etc. As a pracaution only deal with established compny names that you know. Is it safe? Yes it is perfectly safe, while the use of freight couriers has declined somewhat since 9/11 freight forwarding companies still use this means of transportation. The security is very strict and you can feel quite safe travelling this way. Most cargo travels on cargo only flights but for some freight forwarders this has disadvantages particularly as the client required their goods urgently. Airlines could use their own staff to accompany the goods ut the costs would be far too high. It works out much cheaper to supply a free or cut price ticket to a courier. How to get started As you are representing the freight forwarding or supply company you must be prepared to travel reasonably smartly, casual is fine as this is the way most of us fly these days. Put together a good C.V. detailing your experience and ambitions. Try to impress upon the company thatb your interest is not just in getting free or cheap travel. Who to apply to? Try looking through the Yellow pages for ideas, list all the international freight forwarders that you have heard of before. To get you thinking
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