{"id":5941,"date":"2021-11-10T09:35:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T17:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/?p=5941"},"modified":"2022-11-18T01:16:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T09:16:31","slug":"standard-vs-guaranteed-freight-shipping-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/standard-vs-guaranteed-freight-shipping-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard vs. Guaranteed Freight Shipping Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to freight shipping<\/a>, things can become pretty stressful when delays come up. Delays happen for a million reasons, including weather conditions, simple traffic jams, highway closures, terminal congestion, missed pickups\/deliveries and the list goes on.<\/span><\/p>\n

It can seem like you have no control over the situation and you really, <\/span>really <\/span><\/i>need your shipment to arrive on time.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is why<\/span> guaranteed delivery<\/i><\/b> services<\/b> exist. That\u2019s right. Some of our carriers will deliver your shipment<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0on time or they will offer you a full refund.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guaranteed services<\/b><\/h3>\n

S<\/strong>ome carriers do offer guaranteed deliveries for LTL shipments<\/b>, even though they are fully aware of everything that can go wrong during shipping. That\u2019s why guaranteed delivery is heavily stipulated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What does that mean? Simply, you pay a little extra for the carrier to treat your shipment as urgent. This does not mean that your shipment will somehow be immune to delays, but <\/span>if any delays preventable by the carrier do occur, you will get your money back.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Warning<\/p>\n

Situations in which deliveries cannot be guaranteed<\/b><\/h3>\n

For example, carriers will not guarantee freight delivery for:<\/span><\/p>\n