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With the holiday season coming up, many people are looking for extra work to earn additional income - whether its for purchasing extra gifts, to take a trip, or just to have some extra money to start the new year right. Fortunately, the holiday season also brings many opportunities to earn some extra income, such as taking a job as a holiday mascot, gift-wrapper extraordinaire, caterer, or even staff for establishments taking on extra servers or salespeople for their extended hours or special sales. Another great opportunity to earn extra income, however, is to become a part-time courier. If you have your own vehicle [car or van] you will become what is classified as an owner driver – and there’s big money to be made. But in addition to the extra income, being an owner driver courier during the holidays has several other advantages, such as those listed below. There are plenty of establishments that need deliveries The post office has an extra load during the holidays, what with the outflow and influx of holiday correspondences, greetings, and packages. This is also true for commercial courier services, as well as for establishments such as florists, department stores, specialty food stores, and the like. There are also many small and home-based businesses that need extra help with their deliveries, or even homemakers that need help delivering gifts and holiday greetings to their friends and loved ones. The rising popularity of online shopping - where consumers can skip the bother of going to malls and spend countless hours browsing for gifts, waiting in line to pay for their purchases, wrapping their gifts, and then lining up at the post office or driving across town to have them delivered - has also created incredible demand for capable couriers, especially owner driver couriers with their own cars, trucks, or vans. To streamline deliveries and make sure you are getting the best value for your fuel costs and time, it is a good idea to register with a courier exchange company. Such companies generally handle large volumes of deliveries and can assign a single owner driver to multiple deliveries to an area. Such companies can also give you repeat business to keep you busy during the holidays and beyond. A courier job takes you away from the hustle and bustle of the holidays Although there are many holiday jobs available, most are indoors inside malls and large commercial spaces. If you’ve ever been inside a mall at peak shopping hours during the holiday season you know it can be quite a jungle, with people pushing and shoving to get the best bargains. The idea of being cooped indoors during the holiday sales among throngs of shoppers can be daunting, or even distasteful, for many. Being an owner driver courier allows you to work outdoors in the fresh air and sunshine, away from the crowds. Anyone can be a courier Anyone with a car, truck, or van can be can be a courier, regardless of sex, age, educational attainment, or past job experiences. In fact, the only requirements are a love of the road and a good driving record. Norman Dulwich is a correspondent for Courier Exchange, the world's largest neutral trading hub for same day owner driver jobs in the express freight exchange industry. Over 2,500 transport exchange businesses are networked together through their website, trading owner driver jobs and capacity in a safe 'wholesale' environment.
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