Gift Basket Delivery in Opelousas, LA

Gift Basket Delivery ships gift baskets to Opelousas and the rest of St. Landry 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 Opelousas 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)St. Landry County · ZIP 70570, 70571Packed to order by our gift basket partners

Gift baskets delivered to Opelousas, LA

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Hospital, senior living, hospice & hotel deliveries in Opelousas

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 Opelousas 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 Opelousas General Health System Acute care hospital with an emergency department539 East Prudhomme StreetOpelousas, LA 70570

Also near Opelousas: Oceans Behavioral Hospital of Opelousas.

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 Heritage Manor of Opelousas 109 beds7941 I-49 South Service RoadOpelousas, LA 70570

Also near Opelousas: Our Lady of Prompt Succor Nursing Facility and Senior Village Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, and 4 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 Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care426 Heather DriveOpelousas, LA 70570

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 Hampton Inn Opelousas Hampton by Hilton1700 Commerce BlvdOpelousas, LA 70570

Also near Opelousas: Evangeline Downs Hotel and Studio 6 Suites Opelousas, LA.

Verified Places checked by Gift Basket Delivery team · September 2026 · Sources: CMS Provider Data Catalog, 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 Opelousas 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 Opelousas; 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 Opelousas: 70570, 70571.

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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 Opelousas 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 Opelousas can take the order, the full amount is refunded.

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

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 (70570, 70571).

Can a basket be shipped to Opelousas General Health System?

Yes. Opelousas General Health System sits 2 miles out from Opelousas, 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 Opelousas

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

  1. Jan 64°41° Wettest
  2. Feb 67°45°
  3. Mar 74°51°
  4. Apr 79°57°
  5. May 86°65° Heat
  6. Jun 90°70° Heat
  7. Jul 92°73° Heat
  8. Aug 92°72° Heat
  9. Sep 88°68° Heat
  10. Oct now 81°58°
  11. Nov 71°48°
  12. Dec 65°43°

October in Opelousas: afternoons around 81°F, nights around 58°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 92°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 (June and January). Around 7.0 and 6.5 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, Grand Coteau station, 8.7 miles from Opelousas. 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 Opelousas

Opelousas, LA · St. Landry County Opelousas Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

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

ZIP codes
70570, 70571
County
St. Landry County, Louisiana
Metro area
Opelousas
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
Lawtell, Grand Coteau, Leonville, Sunset, Church Point

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