Cut Off Dates for NZ Christmas 2023 Gift Baskets + Hampers
**Christmas Day *2024* will be celebrated on Wednesday 25th December**
We strongly suggest placing your Christmas gift order as early as you possibly can to ensure your gift reaches it destination in time. We have a delivery date selector during the checkout process, where you can order in advance + choose a date in the future for delivery.
We are happy to include a 'please open on' sticker on the outer carton of any orders that do not contain perishables. Please let us know when checking out if you would like us to take care of this for you.
Ordering ahead of time also ensures that we have the stock available to fill your order - we will struggle to get extra stock the closer it gets to Christmas.
We recommend that Corporate Christmas orders are placed as soon as possible to avoid any disappointment. Keep in mind it's not unusual for some workplaces/government offices close the week before Christmas.
Please see below for our schedule of cut off dates for ordering Christmas Gift Hampers, Baskets, Boxes + Tins this Christmas 2024 season:
We will continue to dispatch gifts after the cut off dates, however we cannot guarantee delivery before Christmas.
These dates are subject to change:
- North Island (Non rural) - please place your order BEFORE 10am THURSDAY 19th December.
- North Island (Rural) - please place your order BEFORE 10am WEDNESDAY 18th December.
- South Island (Non rural) - please place your order BEFORE MIDDAY WEDNESDAY 18th December.
- South Island (Rural) - please place your order BEFORE TUESDAY 17th December.
Saturday deliveries - Saturday delivery is notoriously unreliable. For this reason, it is at your own risk - sorry! Please ensure you choose the Saturday delivery shipping option at checkout - there is an extra charge for this. If the extra fee isn't paid, then it will be sent on a standard courier service. Saturday delivery is NOT available for any rural or SOUTH ISLAND addresses.
Rural Deliveries - Delivery to rural addresses CAN take 2-3 days longer depending on how rural the recipient is. Some rural courier drivers do not deliver each day. You can check if an address you are sending to is rural on the Courier Post website HERE.
- Tokoroa- we will hand deliver in Tokoroa up until MONDAY 23rd December. Please ensure your orders for Tokoroa Christmas Gift Hamper + Basket delivery are made before 2pm FRIDAY 20TH December.
We will continue to put Christmas orders on the courier up until the last courier pick up on Monday 23rd December. Please understand that if your order is placed AFTER the cut off times stated above, it MAY NOT arrive in time for Christmas Day.
Other IMPORTANT information:
- Due to the busy nature of the Christmas Season we may run low on certain products, our substitution policy states that we will replace with a similar item of equal or higher value. We will also only send cheese if we believe it is safe to do so - otherwise we will substitute with an item that works with the theme of the gift you have chosen.
- Because of the craziness that is the Christmas season, you may experience a 24-48 hour delay in your order being dispatched from the time you place your order.
- Our couriers will attempt to deliver the gift basket to the address you specify. If you give us specific instructions for signature required or to leave in a safe place the courier will follow those instructions (unless there is nowhere safe to leave the gift in which case they will leave a card).
- In most cases it is quicker to have items sent to a business address.
- Our orders are now sent 'signature not required' - we have found from experience that it avoids your recipient having to chase packages at the courier depot should they not be home at the time of arrival.
While we do our absolute best to ensure timely delivery of your gift, there are some situations that are out of our control, these are:
- You supply the incorrect address
- No access to the property and no-one to collect it.
- There is no where safe to leave the gift, so the courier leaves a card to call.
- Recipients have moved or gone away on holiday.
- The item is not collected, or re-delivery arranged once a card has been left.
Please do not hesitate to contact the team at The Pressie Box should you require any further clarification around the delivery of your packages this Christmas. You are welcome to email us or give us a call on 0800 555 153.
We have a beautiful range of Christmas Gift Ideas for your Christmas Gifting this year! From delicious award winning cheeses, to decadent NZ made chocolate there really is something for everyone.
1 comment
Received one of your gorgeous box of goodies for xmas today, what a joy to receive,
will keep your details to use , fantastic selection .Well done
Therese Hodgson GlenEden.