Gift Basket Delivery in Wilkes Barre, PA

Gift Basket Delivery ships gift baskets to Wilkes Barre and the rest of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. 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 Wilkes Barre the same day; order by 2:00 PM Monday to Friday or 12:45 PM Saturday (Eastern 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 (Eastern)Luzerne County · ZIP 18701, 18702, 18703, 18705, 18706, 18710,…Packed to order by our gift basket partners

Gift baskets delivered to Wilkes Barre, PA

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Hospital, senior living, campus & hotel deliveries in Wilkes Barre

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 Wilkes Barre 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 Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Acute care hospital with an emergency department1000 East Mountain BoulevardWilkes Barre, PA 18711

Also near Wilkes Barre: Wilkes Barre Va Medical Center.

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 Allied Services Meade Street Skilled Nursing 133 beds200 S. Meade StreetWilkes Barre, PA 18702

Also near Wilkes Barre: Embassy of Wyoming Valley and Allied Services Center City Skilled Nursing, and 5 more.

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 King's College Private nonprofit, 1,000 to 4,999 students133 N River StWilkes-Barre, PA 18711

Also near Wilkes Barre: Wilkes University.

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 Motel 6 Wilkes Barre- Pa - Arena884 Schechter DrWilkes Barre, PA 18702

Also near Wilkes Barre: Econo Lodge Arena and Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Wilkes Barre.

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 Wilkes Barre 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 Wilkes Barre; 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 Wilkes Barre: 18701, 18702, 18703, 18705, 18706, 18710, 18711, 18762, 18764, 18765, 18766, 18767 and 3 more.

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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 (Eastern). Flowers and fruit baskets on this page are fulfilled by James Cress Florist (family-run since 1903) through a florist near Wilkes Barre 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 Wilkes Barre can take the order, the full amount is refunded.

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

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 (18701, 18702, 18703 and others).

Can a basket be shipped to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center?

Yes. Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center sits 4 miles out from Wilkes Barre, 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 Wilkes Barre

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

  1. Jan 31°16° Freezing
  2. Feb 35°17° Freezing
  3. Mar 43°24° Freezing
  4. Apr 57°34°
  5. May 67°45°
  6. Jun 74°54° Wettest
  7. Jul 79°58°
  8. Aug 77°56°
  9. Sep 71°49° Wettest
  10. Oct now 59°38°
  11. Nov 47°30° Freezing
  12. Dec 36°22° Freezing

October in Wilkes Barre: afternoons around 59°F, nights around 38°F. Nothing in the forecast averages argues against a doorstep delivery; any basket in the catalog travels well.

Freezing nights (January, February, March, November and December). The average low reaches 16°F in January. Jams, sauces and fresh fruit should not spend a night outside; offices, senior residences and hospitals all receive indoors.

Wettest months (September and June). Around 5.2 and 4.8 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, Francis E Walter Dam station, 7.0 miles from Wilkes Barre. 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 Wilkes Barre

Wilkes Barre, PA · Luzerne County Wilkes Barre Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

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

ZIP codes
18701, 18702, 18703, 18705, 18706, 18710, 18711, 18762 and 7 more
County
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Metro area
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre
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 (Eastern time).
Nearby
Bear Creek, Plains, Pittston, Kingston, Luzerne

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