Chicago Baskets · Australia → Illinois
Send Gift Baskets to Illinois from Australia
A gift ordered from Australia arrives in Illinois as a domestic delivery, not an import. The basket is finished, presented and taken to the address you give.
Ordering from Australia, delivering in Illinois
Keep the two addresses straight and the rest is ordinary: the Illinois address is where the basket goes, and your Australian address is simply what your card is registered to.
Your side of the order
- Where your card is registered Your own address in Australia, written the way your bank has it — street address, suburb, state and postcode, with the postcode in its normal format.
- A number that reaches you Include your country code. It is only used if a question about the order comes up and waiting for email would hold things back.
- An email you read Everything the order generates — confirmation, any change, the delivery note — arrives by email, not by post.
The recipient's side
- Their side of the form An Illinois street address with its ZIP code — that is what the delivery follows.
- Timing The estimated delivery date appears at checkout.
- Their telephone A US number, so there is somewhere to turn if the door is not answered.
Check an Illinois ZIP code
One box, one answer. An Illinois ZIP code is inside the delivery area, and it is quicker to know that now than after you have chosen a gift.
Deliveries are planned in advance; same-day service is not offered. The estimated delivery date is shown at checkout before you pay. Free on orders of $100 and over.
How delivery works, plainly
A planned deliverySame-day delivery does not exist on this store, so nothing depends on the hour you press the button.
When it arrivesAround the estimated date checkout shows — worth ordering early for an occasion.
What delivery costsNothing on orders of $100 and over; under that you see the charge at checkout before anything is taken.
On arrivalMost baskets are left without a signature. Anything you write in the delivery note is what is followed.
Baskets with alcoholIncluded where permitted by law, and handed only to someone 21+ who can show photo ID.
If plans changeRing (312) 449-2070. The sooner the better — a prepared basket is hard to turn around.
If something is wrongReport damage within five business days of delivery, with photos.
What a Australian card sees
The store prices in USDThere is one currency here and it is the US dollar. Australian dollars do not appear anywhere on the store, and no second rate is applied on this side.
The rate is your bank'sThe dollar amount reaches your bank and your bank turns it into Australian dollars. The rate and any overseas fee are set by them, so your statement may not match a rate you looked up.
No customs, no dutyThe basket is delivered within the United States to an Illinois address. Nothing crosses a border, so there is no customs declaration, no duty and no import handling fee.
Paid in full at checkoutDelivery included, the order is settled at checkout. The recipient sees a gift, not a bill.
The message on the card
The greeting is yours to write and it goes in at checkout. The card is printed in Latin characters, as used in English.
Accents surviveEnglish spellings, accented characters and punctuation all print as written — nothing is stripped.
A few lines work best — the card is a card, not a page.
The baskets that travel best from overseas
The order is senders outside the United States' own, taken from every overseas order since December 2022. Nothing here is promoted; the rank is the rank. Too few baskets have gone to Illinois from Australia for a ranking of its own to mean anything, so the order here is the overseas one rather than a Australian one.
Touch of Elegance Wine Gift Set
$94.99
#3 with senders abroad
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Champagne & Truffles for Two Gift
$84.99
#9 with senders abroad
View giftWarm Wishes Wine & Cheese Basket
$89.99
#10 with senders abroad
View giftUptown Wine & Truffles Basket
$39.99
#11 with senders abroad
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Rustic Italian Gourmet Gift Basket
$241.99
#13 with senders abroad
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Cheese, Crackers & Wine Gift Basket
$141.99
#15 with senders abroad
View giftIf none of those is right
Tracking, questions and changes
Where it isThe tracking page carries the current state of the delivery; the same information is emailed as it happens.
QuestionsThe contact page for the ordinary ones, (312) 449-2070 when something about a booked delivery has to change.
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.
The Illinois end
Each of these has its own page, with the delivery detail for that town and the gifts sent there most.
- Chicago
- Lombard
- Naperville
- Bartlett
- Addison
- Winnetka
- Evanston
- Arlington Heights
Questions from Australian senders
Is this a same-day service?
It is not. Deliveries are planned, which is why the estimated date is shown before you pay.
Will a card registered in Australia work?
The billing fields take an address in the Australian format — street address, suburb, state and postcode — so your card can be entered as your bank holds it. The delivery address stays the Illinois one; the two are separate and neither has to match the other.
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 Illinois. Smaller orders show their delivery charge at checkout.
Can the gift card message be in my language?
Yes — anything in Latin characters, as used in English prints exactly as you type it, accents and all.
Will there be customs or duty to pay?
No duty, no customs charge. The basket is delivered within the United States, so it never crosses a border and there is nothing to declare or clear.
Will they know what I paid?
No. No price, invoice or receipt travels with the basket. What arrives is the gift and the greeting message you wrote.