Chicago Baskets · the United Kingdom → Illinois
Send Gift Baskets to Illinois from the United Kingdom
You are in the United Kingdom; the person you are thinking of is in Illinois. Chicago Baskets closes that gap the simple way — you choose the basket, give their address, and see the estimated delivery date at checkout before you pay. Nothing is held at a border.
What you fill in from the UK, and what happens next
The form wants a delivery address and a billing address. The delivery address decides availability and the estimated date; the billing address only has to satisfy your own bank in the United Kingdom.
Your side of the order
- Where your card is registered Your own address in the United Kingdom, written the way your bank has it — street address, town 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 the address before you order
Chicago Baskets plans its deliveries across Illinois. Put the recipient's ZIP code in for a first answer — worth doing from the United Kingdom before you choose a basket.
The area answer is immediate; the estimated date comes at checkout. Deliveries are planned; same-day is not offered, and there is no delivery charge on orders of $100 and over.
Delivery terms worth reading first
A planned deliverySame-day delivery does not exist on this store, so nothing depends on the hour you press the button.
The dateCheckout shows the estimated delivery date for the address before you pay. Dates are estimates, not guarantees.
Delivery costFree on orders of $100 and over. Below that the charge is shown at checkout before you pay, in US dollars.
On arrivalMost baskets are left without a signature. Anything you write in the delivery note is what is followed.
Wine, beer and spiritsWhere the law permits it. Someone 21+ has to take delivery and show photo ID.
Changing a delivery(312) 449-2070 is the fastest route. Changes are easiest before the basket is prepared.
Something not rightFive business days from delivery is the limit for reporting damage; photos are needed.
Paying from the UK, in US dollars
US dollars throughoutBasket prices, delivery and any add-on are all in US dollars. The store never converts to pounds sterling.
Your bank convertsYour card is billed in US dollars and your bank in the United Kingdom converts it to pounds sterling at its own rate on the day, adding whatever it charges for a foreign transaction. That figure belongs to your bank; we never see it.
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.
Nothing is asked for on arrivalThe total you pay covers the basket, any add-on and the delivery. The person receiving it is never asked to pay anything.
Your message, and how it is printed
The greeting is yours to write and it goes in at checkout. The card is printed in Latin characters, as used in English.
As you type itWhatever you write in English is what is printed; the card is not re-worded or corrected.
A few lines work best — the card is a card, not a page.
Gifts sent from abroad, in order
This is what senders outside the United States have sent most since December 2022. The figure against each basket is its position in that list, and nothing else. The median order from the United Kingdom is $114 before delivery since December 2022 — half come in under that and half over. The one seasonal spike on this route since December 2022 is December, at roughly 4.2 times a normal month. Order sooner rather than later.
Custom Champagne Gift Baskets
Build to your budget
#1 with senders abroad
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Touch of Elegance Wine Gift Set
$94.99
#3 with senders abroad
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Custom Gourmet Gift Basket
Build to your budget
#4 with senders abroad
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All Things Chocolate Gift Basket
$127.99
#6 with senders abroad
View giftUptown Wine & Truffles Basket
$39.99
#11 with senders abroad
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Cheese, Crackers & Wine Gift Basket
$141.99
#15 with senders abroad
View giftOn the receiving end of a British order
Shares of every order sent from the United Kingdom since December 2022, by the town it was delivered to. Each has a page of its own with that town's delivery detail.
56%Chicagoof gifts sent from the UK since December 2022
Other ways to look
After you have ordered
Checking on itUse the order tracking page, or wait for the email — every change generates one.
Reaching usCall (312) 449-2070, or use the contact page. From the United Kingdom the phone is worth it when the delivery is close; otherwise the form is simpler.
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.
Delivery pages by town
Each of these has its own page, with the delivery detail for that town and the gifts sent there most.
- Chicago
- Downers Grove
- Glen Ellyn
- Naperville
- Highland Park
- River Forest
- Evanston
- Arlington Heights
Before you order from abroad
Does ordering from abroad delay the delivery?
No. The delivery follows the recipient's address, so the order's origin changes nothing about when it arrives.
What will delivery cost me?
Nothing on orders of $100 and over. Below that, the charge appears at checkout in US dollars before you pay. There is no surcharge for paying from outside the United States.
What should I put in the billing address?
Exactly what your bank has: street address, town and postcode. The postcode goes in its normal form. Getting it right is what makes the card authorisation go through first time.
Does the recipient have to pay anything?
No. The basket, any add-on and the delivery are all settled when you order. Nobody is asked for money at the door and no invoice follows.
What language can I write the card in?
Whatever you like, as long as it uses Latin characters, as used in English. English prints as written.
What happens if nobody 21+ is there for an alcohol basket?
It cannot be handed over. Photo ID and an age of 21+ are required at the door, which is why a warning to the recipient saves a wasted trip.