Items you might be asked to accompany
abroad include: letters, photographs, legal papers, business proposals,
contracts, computer disks, reports, product prototypes. But
it isn’t just big companies that require your help. You
might also get to accompany urgent deliveries overseas, such as
perishable gifts, animals, children, medicines left behind by
travellers, culinary delicacies for smart international restaurants, and
other time-sensitive items that must reach their destinations safely,
and on time!
The courier is not usually required to
physically collect or accompany the package or even liaise directly
between sender and intended recipient. Usually, all the courier does is
remain responsible for the package between airports.
That ‘responsibility’ rarely involves carrying the package. In fact you
might never get to see what you are accompanying, but that item will be
listed as your personal baggage, and that’s why it travels speedily
through Customs throughout the journey.
Typically you turn up at the airport of departure at a pre-appointed
time, where you are met by representatives of the courier company who
hand over your ticket and process you and the package through Customs.
On board plane you may carry the package or it may travel separately in
some secure place.
At the destination airport company representatives will again process
you and their package through Customs and give you your return ticket
once your role is complete.
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