Air courier travel is one of the easiest ways to travel free - or at very low cost - and there’s a growing need for couriers, meaning more chances for more people to travel to many more places than they ever thought possible. Courier firms - those recruiting air couriers - deal in time-sensitive material, items that must be transported from one location to another, in the shortest possible time. Some courier companies operate on purely domestic routes, say between major towns and cities in the UK, and often use road couriers or domestic airlines involving little hassle and few delays. It’s a case of handing the package over to a delivery driver, or having a member of staff accompany a package on a short flight. There are few security hassles, few likely delays possible, and most items reach their destination in a couple of hours. But items being transported between countries are an altogether different matter, mainly due to rules and regulations enforced at Customs at airports on route.