Why Your Same-Day Deliveries Are So Expensive and How to Avoid Overpaying!

Most businesses just accept that same-day deliveries are expensive and all couriers charge the same. The real reason? - They’re asking the wrong people for quotes.

🚚 Local Couriers Charge Full Outbound Rates

When you request quotes from your preferred local couriers or hauliers, you’re only seeing quotes from drivers who are based in that area — which means they’re charging the full outbound rate.

If your urgent load is going from London to Leeds, your local London couriers all need to quote you a hefty rate to leave the London area, to mitigate the risk of not finding a return load home from Leeds, later that day - effectively, you're covering there and back! However, a Leeds based courier, that has just delivered in London and is now looking for a load back, is just looking for extra money for a journey they have got to make anyway - thats where the REAL savings are for your same day deliveries!

That’s what the ASAPToday platform was built for — connecting your urgent job with those professional, non local drivers who are in the area right now, and offering significant discounts for a load home.

⏰ Mid-Morning Is Prime Time for Backload Quotes

If you can, wait until after 11 a.m. to post your same-day load.

By then, the early risers have finished their first full priced delivery and are searching for another job, to top up their day, or to get them home.

Local drivers who still haven’t found work are also more flexible by mid-morning — they’d rather take a slightly cheaper job than sit idle all day.

So, instead of rushing to book a courier to collect at 8 a.m., hold off until the mid-morning window.

You’ll get access to both local drivers looking to fill their day and non-local drivers looking for a load home — and that’s when the real savings appear.

🕒 Stop Booking Too Early — “Last-Minute” Wins in Same-Day

Here’s the part that surprises most people:

Booking too far in advance almost always costs more.

Hauliers like to plan a day or two ahead — they’re moving truckloads and like to schedule loads a day or two in advance, if they can.

But same-day couriers?

They’re only planning an hour or two ahead.

Their whole model runs on what’s happening now.

If you book a van job too early, your “local courier” might accept it just to secure the business, then quietly post it on a platform like ASAPToday, an hour before its due to be collected, to find a discounted quote — and pocket the difference.

By posting your job last-minute, you cut out that middle step and get the best real-time quotes directly from drivers on the road.

🧭 In Summary

If you want to avoid overpaying for your same-day deliveries:

1. Don’t just request quotes from local couriers.

   Local drivers charge the full outbound rate, while the best quotes come from non-local drivers empty in the area — and the ASAPToday platform connects you to all of them in real time.

   
   

2. Send your same-day delivery after 11 a.m if you can.

   Mid-morning is when both local and non-local drivers start looking for extra work or a load home, making it the perfect time for discounted quotes.

   
   

3. Try to book last minute (within 1 hour for vans, 1 day for trucks).

   Same-day hauliers plan a day or two ahead, but couriers plan an hour or two ahead — booking too early usually means you’ll overpay.

🚀 The Smarter Way to Book

If you’ve ever wondered why your same-day delivery quote feel so high, now you know — it’s only the norm if you're just requesting quotes from local couriers, to collect early doors, way in advance!

The ASAPToday platform compares local and non-local driver quotes in real time, helping you find the best rates and the fastest response.

👉 Get your live same-day delivery quote at asaptoday.co.uk