subject: How Quickly Can Couriers Make Deliveries? [print this page] Courier companies are now capable of making deliveries much faster than most people realize. Although not every San Francisco courier service can make deliveries as fast as some of the fastest companies in the business, if you want your packages delivered fast, you should be able to find a company that is going to satisfy you. Typically, you can get your package delivered as fast as you want to, as long as you're willing to pay for the service. Courier companies use a variety of means to calculate the total cost of a shipment, but one of the most important elements of that cost is how fast you want the package delivered.
If you're willing to pay the most money possible to get the fastest available speed on your delivery, you will be incredibly impressed with how fast deliveries can be made. The entire earth can almost be reached in a single day thanks to next flight out (or NFO) shipping services, and rush shipping. For mid range deliveries, a helicopter can provide you with the fastest times possible. Rush service can have deliveries made within a single city well within the hour in almost every case.
If you want fast service but don't need the breakneck speed of rush or NFO deliveries, you might want to instead choose same day service. Same day service means that your cargo will be delivered by the end of the business day the day you order the service. The only catch to this kind of service is that you'll have to place your order very early in the day in order to receive it.
The following option is to hire next day delivery service. Next day service will complete the delivery by the end of the day following your initial request for service. Like same day service, next day service has an early cut off time. However, that time is usually an hour or two later than the cut off time the same company might have for their same day service.
When you are only shipping within the city that you live in, you have more options for fast delivery service. Many delivery services will phrase their inter-city services in terms of how many hours it will take them to make a delivery. These are usually intervals of an hour, such as one hour, or two hour delivery services. In some larger cities, couriers will instead offer 1.5 or 2.5 hour delivery services.
