What’s it like being a courier service in Los Angeles during the Pandemic?
It's busy. Not from our normal customers, but from newer Covid related clients. It doesn't mean we have to turn anyone down, but some requests are very challenging these days. We've been called quite often [...]
Contactless or Contact-free Courier Service
Since A-1 Courier started many years ago, there have been some great technological breakthroughs. Products like Waze and Google Maps have made life way easier, and of course, so has dispatching drivers via [...]
Delivering Same Day Packages in a Pandemic
No one amongst us probably ever thought we'd get here. As of this writing, COVID-19 is threatening our way of life like nothing before. The date is April 17th, 2020. A-1 Courier has learned a new way of doing [...]
24 Hour Los Angeles Courier Service
Being available 24 hours per day to deliver in the city of Los Angeles is critically important. We've delivered urgent packages for over 25 years. Ranging from servicing the entertainment industry at all [...]
When to use Regular Courier Service and not Rush.
So many customers use a courier especially in Los Angeles and feel that they need to use the more expensive rush service. Their thinking is that since traffic is so bad in L.A., "I better play it safe." [...]
Medical Specimen Delivery with a Courier Service
A courier service can be used for most every delivery you have. In Los Angeles for example, courier services are an integral part of medical lab deliveries. No matter the traffic in L.A., courier services [...]
Human Resources in the Courier Service industry
Here we go. But we need to be careful not to give away do many nuggets to our competitors. A-1 Courier has had great success with the drivers and office staff we've hired over the years.
With regard to [...]
How to Choose a Courier Company That Can Deliver Your Packages the Right Way
It is important to understand that there are many factors that go into selecting a courier service to deliver your packages. What you think will be the cheapest solution, may in fact turn out to be the [...]
Waze and its impact on Courier Services
Quite simply, Waze is the greatest technological breakthrough since A-1 Courier was founded in 1988. Back then we didn't have much of a computer system, but nothing compares to the benefits Waze and other GPS [...]
Customer Service in the Courier Industry
A-1 Courier will do whatever it can to avoid the word "no." In that regard we partner with other companies from time to time to help us out. And, if you ever hear a courier service say that they can always [...]