Residential Delivery Fee
What is a residential delivery fee?
A residential fee is the fee a trucker may charge for delivering to a residential area.
If applicable, a residential fee will appear on your Flexport quote or invoice as a destination charge.
Delivering to a residence will incur additional costs which may include:
Delivering a full container to a residential address requires additional considerations.
You can also just send a small part of your shipment to your residence.
When does a residential delivery fee apply?
Truckers usually apply the fee when the delivery address is in a residential neighborhood or zoned for residential use, even if a business operates from the property. Residential streets often can't fit a full-size tractor-trailer, and the driver may have no dock or forklift on site. Tell your forwarder the address type before you book. If the trucker finds out at delivery, it may add the fee and related charges after the fact.
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