Connecticut Baskets · Australia → Connecticut

Send Gift Baskets to Connecticut from Australia

Sending a gift from Australia to Connecticut does not have to mean a parcel and a wait. The basket is prepared and delivered inside the state; the only long-distance part of the order is your card payment.

The Amazon Rainforest Gift Set
The Amazon Rainforest Gift Set
Uptown Wine & Truffles Basket
Uptown Wine & Truffles Basket
Grand Cheese & Wine Gift Basket
Grand Cheese & Wine Gift Basket

Sending from Australia: what the form asks for

The form wants a delivery address and a billing address. The delivery address decides the route and the date; the billing address only has to satisfy your own bank in Australia.

Your side of the order

  • Your billing address Enter it as your bank in Australia holds it — street address, suburb, state and postcode. The checkout form accepts the postcode in its usual shape.
  • Your telephone number Give the number you actually answer, with your country code. It is used if something about the order needs a quick word.
  • Your email Order confirmation and any update go here — and order tracking asks for it, so use one you read.

The recipient's side

  • Their side of the form A Connecticut street address with its ZIP code — that is what decides the route and whether next-day is open.
  • The date you want Next day where eligible, or a later one; confirmed at checkout.
  • Their telephone A local number, so a courier who cannot get in has somewhere to turn.

Check a Connecticut ZIP code

One box, one answer. A Connecticut ZIP code is inside the delivery area; anything else is not, and it is quicker to know that now than after you have chosen a gift.

This checks the area, not the day. The date is confirmed at checkout; orders placed by 2 p.m. Eastern can go next day where eligible, and delivery is free from $100.

Delivery terms worth reading first

Next day, where eligibleAn order placed by 2 p.m. Eastern — whatever the hour in Australia — can reach an eligible Connecticut address the following day.
A later dateA future delivery date can be requested; availability for the address and the date are confirmed at checkout.
Free from $100Orders of $100 and over carry no delivery charge. Smaller orders are priced at checkout.
Handing it overAge verification applies where the order calls for it; otherwise the recipient's details and your notes guide the courier.
If there is alcohol in itIt goes to a person 21+ with photo ID and to nobody else, wherever the order was placed from.
Moving a delivery(860) 200-6522 is the fastest route. Give two days' notice before processing, or seven in holiday periods.
ProblemsFive business days is the window for damage — photographs of the basket and the box make it quick to settle.

Paying from Australia, in US dollars

US dollars throughoutBasket prices, delivery and any add-on are all in US dollars. The store never converts to Australian dollars.
Conversion happens at your endWe charge dollars; your bank decides what that is in Australian dollars. Nothing here is marked up for paying from outside the United States.
Nothing crosses a borderThis is a local delivery that happens to be paid for from abroad. Customs, duty and import paperwork simply do not arise.
No charge at the doorThe gift arrives paid for. There is no cash-on-delivery step and no fee for the recipient to cover.

Writing the message from Australia

Whatever you want the recipient to read is entered with the order from Australia. Check names and spelling — it is the part of the gift that carries your voice.

Check the spellingNames especially. A correction after ordering depends on how far the basket has got.

Short is better than complete. Say the one thing you want them to hear.

What senders overseas actually choose

These are ranked by how often senders outside the United States have chosen them since January 2023, not by what we would like to sell. The number beside a basket is its place in that ranking. Australia has not sent enough for its own ranking to be worth printing — a handful of orders would give a bestseller that is really an accident. The overseas ranking is used instead.

Other ways to look

After you have ordered

Where it isOrder tracking, keyed to the email and ZIP code on the order, shows the current state; a future-dated order may show little until near the day.
If you need a person(860) 200-6522. For anything less urgent the contact page is the better route from Australia.
If your basket has alcohol in itSomeone 21+ has to be there with photo ID. If nobody is, the basket cannot be left — worth telling the recipient to expect it.

Where you are sending

Go straight to the destination: each page has the local detail and the local shelf.

  • Stamford
  • Hamden
  • New Haven
  • New Canaan
  • Ridgefield
  • Darien
  • Greenwich
  • Fairfield
  • Connecticut

Before you order from abroad

What should I put in the billing address?

Exactly what your bank has: street address, suburb, state and postcode. The postcode goes in its normal form. Getting it right is what makes the card authorisation go through first time.

Can an order from overseas go out for next-day delivery?

Yes, on the same terms as any other order: in by 2 p.m. Eastern, to an eligible Connecticut area, confirmed at checkout.

What should the message say?

Whatever you would say in person, in English — and your name, since a gift from Australia may not be expected.

Is delivery really free over $100?

Yes, on orders of $100 and over, and it applies to your order exactly as it would to one placed in Hartford. Smaller orders show their delivery charge at checkout.

Does the recipient see the order details?

No — they see the basket and your message. The receipt goes to your email, not with the delivery.

Are there rules about the alcohol baskets?

One that matters: delivery is to a person 21+ with photo ID, without exception, whoever placed the order and wherever from.