Boston Baskets · California → Massachusetts

Send Gift Baskets to Massachusetts from California

Distance is the part people worry about and the part that does not matter. You order from California; the basket is built in Massachusetts and driven to a Massachusetts address on the day you choose. Being most of a country away changes nothing about the route, the date or the price.

The Amazon Rainforest Gift Set
The Amazon Rainforest Gift Set
Gourmet Cookies & Champagne Gift Basket
Gourmet Cookies & Champagne Gift Basket
Grand Cheese & Wine Gift Basket
Grand Cheese & Wine Gift Basket

The CA end and the MA end

One address decides the delivery, the other only satisfies your card issuer. The Massachusetts one is the one that matters; your CA address simply has to match your statement.

What you fill in

  • Your details The California address your bank holds, plus a number and an email that reach you.
  • Why they are asked for Card authorisation, and a way to reach you if the delivery hits a problem.
  • What happens to them Nothing is printed on the gift and nothing is passed to the recipient.

What the recipient's side needs

  • Where it goes Street address and ZIP code inside Massachusetts — home, office, hospital, hotel.
  • Which day Set on the product page. The dates shown are the ones genuinely open to that address.
  • A number for the driver The recipient's, in case the address needs clarifying on the day.

Check before you choose a basket

Enter the ZIP code you have. A Massachusetts one is inside the area; anything else is not, and you will be told so plainly.

Area now, date on the product page. Baskets are made up for a booked day rather than sent out same-day, and orders of $100 and over carry no delivery charge.

The delivery terms, briefly

Booked, not rushedThe basket is made up for the day on the order — same-day delivery is not something this store offers to anyone.
The date is your choiceSet it on the product page from the days open to that address; checkout confirms the window.
Delivery chargeFree on orders of $100 and over. Under that it is shown at checkout before you pay.
If nobody is inThe instruction you write at checkout is what is followed — a neighbour, a porch, a reception desk.
AlcoholReleased only to a person 21+ who shows photo ID. Nobody 21+ at the address means it cannot be left.
Moving the dateCall 1 (888) 912-2388. Changes are straightforward before the basket is assembled and awkward afterwards.
Problems on arrivalThe window for perishable items is 24 hours — that is what makes a replacement possible.

What you are charged from CA

Same prices, same termsWhat a Boston customer pays is what you pay. The order's origin has no effect on the total.
Sales tax follows the deliveryTax is worked out from the Massachusetts address the basket is delivered to, not from your address in California. It is shown at checkout before you pay.
The delivery lineOrders of $100 and over carry none; smaller ones are priced at checkout.
Nothing to pay on arrivalThe gift arrives paid for. There is no cash-on-delivery step and no invoice in the box.

The message that goes with it

There is a message box at checkout. Whatever you write there is printed on the card and attached to the basket — punctuation, line breaks and all.

Short reads better than complete. There is room for a greeting, not a paragraph.

The gifts that travel furthest to be ordered

Ranked on out-of-state orders since January 2023. A different six appear on each state's page, drawn from the same honest list. Against the store as a whole, senders in California lean toward champagne gifts (about 1.5× the rate of senders overall) since January 2023. $121 is the median California order since January 2023, taken before delivery — the midpoint of the list. The one seasonal peak on this route since January 2023 is December, at roughly 1.8 times a normal month.

Where these baskets end up

Destinations for CA senders since January 2023 — town by town, as a share rather than a count.

27%Bostonof gifts sent from California since January 2023
8%Brooklineof gifts sent from California since January 2023
7%Cambridgeof gifts sent from California since January 2023

Start from the contents

If you need to ask something from CA

Where it has got toOrder tracking shows it, and the email trail covers the same ground without you having to look.
If you need a person1 (888) 912-2388. For anything that can wait, the contact page is simpler.
Identification at the doorAny basket containing alcohol requires photo ID and an age of 21+ from whoever takes it.

Delivery pages by town

Each has its own page, with that town's delivery detail and the gifts sent there most.

  • Boston
  • Brookline
  • Cambridge
  • Somerville
  • Newton
  • Winchester
  • Medford
  • Waltham
  • Massachusetts

Before you order from California

Do I pay CA tax on this?

No — the tax follows the Massachusetts address the gift is delivered to, not the address your card is registered to. It appears at checkout.

Which dates can I choose?

Whatever the product page shows for the Massachusetts address you are sending to. Those are the days genuinely open to it, and the window is confirmed at checkout.

Does my card need a Massachusetts address?

No. Enter your California address exactly as your bank holds it — that is what the authorisation is checked against — and put the Massachusetts address in the delivery fields.

Can I send a basket with wine or spirits in it?

Yes. It is handed only to someone 21+ who can show photo ID, so it is worth telling the recipient to expect it — if nobody there can, the basket cannot be left.

What does delivery cost?

Nothing on orders of $100 and over. Below that the figure is shown at checkout before you pay.

Is the order paperwork in the box?

No — the receipt goes to your email. The basket carries the card and nothing else.