Gift Basket Delivery in Alexandria, LA

Gift Basket Delivery ships gift baskets to Alexandria and the rest of Rapides County, Louisiana. Gourmet, fruit, sympathy, birthday and get-well baskets are packed to order by our gift basket partners and shipped 2-day, sooner in some regions: you choose the delivery day at checkout, and an order placed by 3:45 PM Eastern can arrive as soon as two days later.

Need it today? A local florist partner of James Cress Florist designs and hand-delivers fresh flowers and fruit baskets in Alexandria the same day; order by 2:00 PM Monday to Friday or 12:45 PM Saturday (Central time).

Ships 2-day, sooner in some regions · choose the delivery day at checkout Order by 3:45 PM Eastern for the earliest delivery daySame-day flowers and fruit baskets by a local florist · order by 2:00 PM Mon–Fri, 12:45 PM Sat (Central)Rapides County · ZIP 71301, 71302, 71303, 71306, 71307, 71309,…Packed to order by our gift basket partners

Gift baskets delivered to Alexandria, LA

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Hospital, senior living, hospice, campus & hotel deliveries in Alexandria

A basket ships by parcel to a street address, so it cannot go to a PO box, a graveside or a service. What it can do is reach a bedside, a resident's door, a campus mailroom or a hotel front desk, as long as the order names the person the way that place expects. Below, the kinds of places in and around Alexandria that boxes get sent to, how each one receives a parcel, and a local example laid out the way the label should read. For a service itself, the same-day flowers on this page go by hand through the local florist.

Hospitals

Parcels go to the hospital's receiving desk or mailroom and are brought up by staff, so pick a delivery day that lands before the expected discharge. Baked goods, fruit and snack boxes suit a room; nothing that needs a fridge. Where a unit does not allow fresh flowers, a basket or a plant is the surer gift.

Ship to Patient's full name, unit and room Alexandria Hospital Acute care hospital with an emergency department5900 Coliseum BlvdAlexandria, LA 71303

Also near Alexandria: Oceans Behavioral Hospital of Alexandria and Longleaf Hospital, and 1 more.

Senior living and nursing homes

Reception signs for the box and staff bring it through, so a weekday delivery reaches the resident faster than a Saturday one. Soft baked goods, fruit and sugar-free boxes are the usual choice.

Ship to Resident's name, building or apartment number Belle Grande Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 139 beds172 Versailles BlvdAlexandria, LA 71303

Also near Alexandria: Lexington House and Matthews Memorial Health Care Center, and 5 more.

Hospice care

Reception signs. Most senders choose something the relatives keeping vigil can share: coffee, tea, cookies, fruit.

Ship to Patient's name, and the family contact if you have one Heart of Hospice1001 Bayou PlaceAlexandria, LA 71303

Also near Alexandria: Christus Hospice St Frances Cabrini.

Colleges and campus mailrooms

Campus mailrooms hold parcels for pickup and notify the student, so a text to say a box is on the way helps. Exam weeks and move-in are the busy times; care packages go out two business days ahead.

Ship to Student's full name, residence hall or mail center, box or room number Central Louisiana Technical Community College Public, 1,000 to 4,999 students516 Murray StreetAlexandria, LA 71301

Hotels

The front desk matches the box to the reservation and hands it over at check-in. Ship for the day the guest arrives or the day before, never for after checkout.

Ship to Guest's name and check-in date SureStay by Best Western Alexandria SureStay Hotels6017 Old Boyce RdAlexandria, LA 71303

Also near Alexandria: Candlewood Suites Alexandria By Ihg and Hotel Bentley.

Verified Places checked by Gift Basket Delivery team · September 2026 · Sources: CMS Provider Data Catalog, NCES IPEDS, Overture Maps Foundation. Names, addresses and facility facts come from those public datasets and are checked by hand; spotted one that has moved or closed? Let us know and it comes off the page.

How delivery to Alexandria works

Gift baskets (shipped)

  1. Choose the basket and the delivery day you want. The calendar at checkout shows the days available for your recipient's ZIP code: an order placed by 3:45 PM Eastern can arrive as soon as two days later.
  2. Your basket is packed to order by one of our gift basket partners.
  3. It ships 2-day to Alexandria; you get a shipping confirmation with tracking when it leaves.
  4. The carrier brings it to the door, the front desk or the mailroom on the day you chose, so it is worth checking that someone will be around.

Next-day delivery is offered for some regions at certain times of the year; the checkout calendar shows what is available for your recipient's address.

ZIP codes we ship to in Alexandria: 71301, 71302, 71303, 71306, 71307, 71309, 71315.

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Flowers and fruit baskets (hand-delivered the same day)

Order bySame-day delivery
Monday–Friday2:00 PM
Saturday12:45 PM
SundayNot available*

Times are your recipient's local time (Central). Flowers and fruit baskets on this page are fulfilled by James Cress Florist (family-run since 1903) through a florist near Alexandria that it has vetted: that shop makes the piece from fresh stock and brings it to the door by hand. *Sundays: the florists in that network deliver only on a few major holidays. In the rare case that no florist near Alexandria can take the order, the full amount is refunded.

If I order a basket today, when can it reach Alexandria?

Baskets ship 2-day, sooner in some regions, and you pick the delivery day on the calendar at checkout. An order placed by 3:45 PM Eastern can arrive as soon as two days later; the calendar shows the exact days open for your recipient's ZIP code (71301, 71302, 71303 and others).

Can a basket be shipped to Alexandria Hospital?

Yes. Alexandria Hospital is inside Alexandria, and the box goes to its street address. Address the box to the patient's full name with the unit or room number and use the hospital's street address. Hospitals take parcels at a receiving desk or mailroom and staff bring them up, so pick a delivery day that lands before the expected discharge; a box that arrives after the patient has left sits in the mailroom until someone claims it. Fresh flowers are not allowed on some units, so for intensive care or oncology a basket or a plant is the surer gift.

When to ship what to Alexandria

Baskets travel by parcel and can wait on a step for an afternoon, so the month decides the contents. Thirty-year averages for Alexandria, month by month, with the ones that matter marked.

  1. Jan 60°39° Wettest
  2. Feb 64°42°
  3. Mar 71°49°
  4. Apr 78°55°
  5. May 85°64° Heat
  6. Jun 91°71° Heat
  7. Jul 93°73° Heat
  8. Aug 94°72° Heat
  9. Sep 89°67° Heat
  10. Oct now 80°55°
  11. Nov 69°45°
  12. Dec 61°41° Wettest

October in Alexandria: afternoons around 80°F, nights around 55°F. Nothing in the forecast averages argues against a doorstep delivery; any basket in the catalog travels well.

Heat (May, June, July, August and September). Afternoons average 85°F or more, peaking near 94°F in August. Send chocolate, cheese and fresh fruit to a workplace or a front desk in these months; baked goods, nuts, coffee, tea and spa baskets can take a doorstep drop.

Wettest months (January and December). Around 5.5 and 5.3 inches of rain on average. Boxes are sealed, not waterproof: a covered porch or a workplace address keeps the packaging presentable.

Weather only matters for the shipped box. The same-day flowers on this page are carried in by a local florist and handed over, whatever the month.

Normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020, Alexandria Intl Ap station, 3.8 miles from Alexandria. Heat: average high 85°F or more. Freezing: average low 32°F or less. Snow: 2 inches or more in the month. Wettest: the two months with the most rain.

Where we ship in Alexandria

Alexandria, LA · Rapides County Alexandria Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

Alexandria sits in Rapides County, Louisiana, within the Alexandria metro area. Our gift basket partners ship gourmet gift baskets, fruit baskets and bakery gift boxes to homes, offices, hospitals and campuses across Alexandria, and a local florist hand-delivers flowers the same day.

ZIP codes
71301, 71302, 71303, 71306, 71307, 71309, 71315
County
Rapides County, Louisiana
Metro area
Alexandria
Gift baskets
Ship 2-day, sooner in some regions; order by 3:45 PM Eastern for the earliest delivery day, and pick the day at checkout.
Same-day flowers
Flowers and fruit baskets by a local florist partner of James Cress Florist; order by 2:00 PM Monday to Friday or 12:45 PM Saturday (Central time).
Nearby
Libuse, Woodworth, Gardner, Boyce, Tioga

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