Air Courier Bargains: How to Travel World-Wide for Next to Nothing [Paperback]

Kelly Monaghan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1996

The subtitle says it all: "How to travel world-wide for next to nothing." Air couriers accompany time-sensitive cargo shipped on regularly scheduled international flights, thus allowing the freight companies to get expedited customs clearance. In exchange, the courier gets a low-priced ticket. In some cases, the courier flies for free.

Monaghan gives detailed instructions on how to become an air courier and maximize your chances for a cheap ticket. The second half of the book contains a directory of virtually every courier company in the world, with contact information, routes and fares.

Includes destination and subject indexes.

Editorial Reviews

From Scientific American

This entertaining guide lays out the unromantic details of shepherding stuff - usually boring business documents - to exotic places. It's an excellent way to see the world on a shoestring budget.

From The New Yorker

[There are] other air courier guides. The difference: This one's actually readable - personable as well as practical.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Intrepid Traveler; 5th edition (June 1996)
• ISBN-10: 1887140026
• ISBN-13: 978-1887140027
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,145,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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54 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Watch out flying aircourier.org, June 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Air Courier Bargains, Seventh Edition: How to Travel World-Wide for Next to Nothing Seventh Edition (Paperback)

One of the things they don't tell you in this book is how fly-by-night some of the air courier companies are. I bought a membership in aircourier.org and it was the worst travel investment I ever made. The customer service is terrible, which actually counts tons when you're trying to arrange a flight. (You might have better luck going through another consolidator, but aircourier.org is really terrible.)

The other thing I found after diligently checking the flight lists is that you can often do better these days just by finding cheap web-fare flights yourself on sites like qixo.com, expedia.com, etc.. I was really disappointed by what I thought would be higher discounts. It's often no more than a few dollars (!!) difference for a lot more hassle.

42 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as you might think, June 15, 1999

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B. Fakhamzadeh "Travelhog" (Delft, Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Air Courier Bargains, Seventh Edition: How to Travel World-Wide for Next to Nothing Seventh Edition (Paperback)

Hailed by reviewers all over the US (according to the book itself), this book definetely does not deliver. Although it is an interesting read, for an hour or so, the bargains it promises can also be gotten when shopping for cheap fairs by your self, at regular discount stores. Not a usefull book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for the traveler with flexability and a leasurly schedule., April 14, 2009

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Ralph Luikart "WizR" (Santa Barbara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Air Courier Bargains, Seventh Edition: How to Travel World-Wide for Next to Nothing Seventh Edition (Paperback)

If you have a truly flexable schedule, are willing to do some paperwork, have little cash but an insatiable desire to see new places, this is the book for you