Overnight courier delivery, pre-9am and timed slots
Overnight delivery means we collect at the end of your working day and deliver before the start of the next one — pre-7am, pre-9am, or a timed slot you name. It costs less than a same day courier run you didn't need.
- One driver, no depot stage
- Price agreed before collection
- Signed proof of delivery
Overnight or same day, which do you need?
It's only ever about the deadline. Has to arrive today? That's a same day job and the van leaves as soon as it's loaded. Has to be there before work starts tomorrow? Overnight does it on an empty road, for less.
Tell dispatch the real deadline rather than the one that feels safe. If overnight meets it, the controller books that instead.
- Pre-7am for a site starting early
- Pre-9am for a first-thing office start
- A timed slot when someone must receive it
- Late collection, after your day ends
What does overnight delivery cost?
Distance and van size, same as anything else we run. For the same distance it comes in under same day, because the van isn't held for you through the working day.
Book the slot you actually need rather than the earliest one available — pre-9am costs less than pre-7am, and most sites can't take a delivery before staff arrive anyway.
- How early the slot is: pre-7am costs most
- Road miles between the two ends
- Van size, from panel van to 7.5 tonne
- Friday to Sunday nights, priced as weekend
How booking works
How does booking a Bulb Transport courier work?
- 01
Tell dispatch what you are moving
Use the quote form or call dispatch with the collection and delivery postcodes, what is travelling and when it needs to arrive.
- 02
Get one fixed price and a dedicated vehicle
Dispatch confirms a fixed price and sends one vehicle and one driver for your job alone, with no hubs and no handovers.
- 03
Track it and receive proof of delivery
Follow the vehicle live while it is moving. The signed proof of delivery is emailed to you as soon as the job is complete.
Vehicles used
Which van runs an overnight job?
Book an overnight delivery
Tell dispatch about the job
What's moving, where from and where to, and the morning deadline. The level is already set to overnight.
Faster by phone
0344 823 4006Dispatch answers day and night, including weekends and bank holidays. If the job is already urgent, call rather than type.
What happens next?
- 01A controller reads it and calls the number you gave.
- 02Vehicle, price and collection window confirmed before anything is booked.
- 03The nearest vehicle comes to you.
Why Bulb Transport
Why book with Bulb Transport?
One vehicle, one driver, direct
Your job travels alone in a dedicated vehicle from collection to delivery, so nothing is sorted, shared or transferred on the way.
Dispatch that answers, 24/7
A person answers day or night, every day of the year, and gives you an answer within 60 seconds.
A fixed price, agreed first
The price you are quoted is the price you pay. Dispatch confirms it before the vehicle moves.
Live tracking and proof of delivery
Follow your vehicle live across the UK, and receive the signed proof of delivery by email on completion.
FAQs
Questions we get asked
How late can you collect for an overnight run?
Later than most people expect, because the desk is staffed all night. The real constraint is arithmetic: road miles between the two ends, subtracted from the slot you need. A 6pm collection reaches most of mainland Britain pre-7am.
Is overnight cheaper than same day?
For the same distance, generally yes. The van isn't standing by for you through the working day, so you're paying for the run rather than the wait.
Can I get a guaranteed pre-7am or pre-9am?
Both are standard slots, confirmed before the job is booked. If the distance makes one unachievable from the collection time you can offer, dispatch says so when quoting, not at half past six the next morning.
What if nobody is there that early?
Tell dispatch and the slot moves to when somebody will be. There's no benefit in arriving at seven if the first person on site gets there at nine.
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Not quite overnight?
Needs to be there by morning?
Give dispatch the deadline and it goes tonight.