how to become a courier?

eddis said:

Hello,
Can anyone help me with some information or advice, how to turn into
bicycle couriering in London. I have never done that before, so Id like
to ask where can I get some skills and start doing that.
thanks to everyone 😉

Call a courier company - now is a good time of year to do it, not many people want to work as couriers through the winter. I was a courier in London a few years back - sometimes the best job, sometimes the worst...

Good luck,

Sam

sssamcz said:

Call a courier company - now is a good time of year to do it, not many people want to work as couriers through the winter. I was a courier in London a few years back - sometimes the best job, sometimes the worst...

Good luck,

Sam

what were the good / bad points...

penguinonabike said:

what were the good / bad points...

short version
Good - you get to ride your bike all day
Bad - you have to ride your bike all day....

long version doesn't tell you an awful lot more - you can probably work most of it out...

sssamcz said:

short version
Good - you get to ride your bike all day
Bad - you have to ride your bike all day....

long version doesn't tell you an awful lot more - you can probably work most of it out...

hehe lol
i have always thought of it but time has added weight to my frame ..

sssamcz said:

short version
Good - you get to ride your bike all day
Bad - you have to ride your bike all day....

long version doesn't tell you an awful lot more - you can probably work most of it out...

Hey,

I was thinking of trying it out myself. I received a delivery a couple of weeks ago from a cycle courier in Manchester.
I was wondering how it works:
Do you get paid per hour, assignment, distance?
Can you do it on a part time basis? (Test the water etc.)
How well does it pay? (Obviously it would be less in Manchester compared to London)
Why did you stop?

Calling all Couriers - Answers Pleaaaase !

well what i did was go to a pub called the duke of york and go up there ans see if the guys new of coureir companys to go to or tyr to go to compainys like blue arrow in oxford street best time is about no becouse not meany cyclest like to ride in the winter and you make the monney now thaks ?:eek: