HOLIDAY HOURS:

The shipping department will be closed on the following dates so that our employees can be with their families. Be sure to order before these dates to avoid delivery delays:

Where We Ship

We ship to the Continental USA (including Alaska), Hawaii, and Canada. We do not ship to Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, South America or Mexico.

How We Ship

We ship using all available FedEx services, including Home Delivery, Standard Ground (commercial addresses only), Overnight, 2-Day, 3-Day (Express Saver) and SmartPost (FedEx/USPS combined). Blooms & Branches uses its existing FedEx account, with it's discounts passed along, for all shipments. You may not use your own account for shipments, FedEx or otherwise.

Smartpost / USPS - Returned Shipments

If your shipment returns to the US Post Office due to a wrong address, that was provided by you at checkout, your shipment will remain at the Post Office indefinitely with postage due. Blooms & Branches nor MET Agency will not pay the high returned shipment fees caused by incorrect shipping addresses, which are unrecoverable after your shipment leaves our warehouse.

FedEx - No Signature Required

All FedEx deliveries from Blooms & Branches do NOT require a signature. FedEx will leave the delivery near your front door, or sometimes with a neighbor if there appears to be a security concern. By placing an order, you acknowledge that a signature is not required and you agree to these terms.

Please note that if your delivery address is incorrect, FedEx will charge an address correction-reroute fee which must be paid prior to delivery

FedEx - ASAP Shipping

When We Ship

Orders generally ship within 48 business hours, and up to 5 business days (closed on weekends) during Spring and Fall wedding seasons. Orders that require shipping quotes: Each of our natural products has it's own unique size and weight. If your order requires a shipping quote, your fee will be quoted after your order has been received and sized, usually the same business day. On these oversized items, your order will be finalized only after you have confirmed your final total with the shipping fee.

About Flat Rate Shipping Fees & Shipping Quotes

Natural branches sometimes run larger and heavier due to frequent changes in harvest areas. In turn, the cost to ship will increase due to the increase in box size and the weight. If the actual FedEx shipping fee exceeds your flat rate shipping fee, we will send you a quote for the shipping fee for your confirmation.

If your shipping quote exceeded your flat rate shipping fee, this is because your natural branches are larger and/or heavier due to frequent changes in harvest areas. In turn, the cost to ship has increased due to the increase in the box size and the weight.

Your Stated Event Date

If you entered a date that your event will take place, and your estimated order arrival date will occur afterward, we will hold your order and contact you with options. We do this as a courtesy to you, our customer, to make sure your items will arrive in time for your event by the date you indicated.

PayPal Payments and Shipping

If you are paying by PayPal, you may not receive a PayPal invoice until your shipping quote has been confirmed by you. Once confirmed, your shipping total is added to your payment amount, and then the PayPal Invoice is sent to you.

Items With Shipping Included: Orders that include shipping are offered within the lower 48 continental United States. Hawaii, Alaska and Guam require a separate shipping quote.

Shipments to Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam

Additional shipping is required for orders to these locations. Hawaiian shipments may sometimes ship via USPS at no additional shipping charge, however transit times are substantially longer.

Canada/Mexico Shipments
We ship to Canada daily. Canadian shipments can take up to 11 transit days due to customs clearance. Please be aware that FedEx charges additional fees for shipping to Canada. Additionally, duties and taxes need to be calculated after your order is received by us, and the additional charges will be sent to you via email for confirmation before your order and payment is processed. Mexico does not allow our products to be imported.

UPS and USPS (Postal Service)
We do not ship via UPS. No exceptions. We occasionally use USPS for small packages and for shipments to Hawaii and Alaska

Shipments Refused On Delivery
All returns require a Return Authorization Number (see first paragraph of this page). If you refuse delivery of a shipment (for any reason) and the order is returned to us by FedEx or the freight carrier, the shipment will be rejected at our warehouse and a refund will not be issued. Again, all returns require an RMA request and approval.

Shipment/Order Cancellation

Orders that have shipped cannot be canceled. An RMA request must be submitted once the order arrives via the shipper. Please click here to view our Return Policy.

Shipments via Freight Carrier (Freight Truck)

There are no returns, exchanges or refunds on these shipments of perishable floral products once they leave the warehouse. All sales are final. Please inspect all shipments upon delivery for accuracy. This does not include FedEx shipments. Please note that if your delivery address is incorrect, the freight carrier will charge an address correction-reroute fee which must be paid prior to delivery. If the payment is not received, we will instruct the carrier to send your shipment to salvage and no refund will be given.

Freight Shipments - Customer's BOL

Freight shipments and pickups arranged by customers (not Blooms & Branches) are required to schedule and pick up orders within 48 hours of order availability. Once the customer is notified that the order is ready, it must be removed from the warehouse within 48 hours. Unclaimed shipments will be assessed a daily storage fee of $50.00, as the order must be moved to an offsite facility for storage. Once the storage fee is billed, it must be paid before the order will be released.
Orders that remain unclaimed for a period of 14 days will be cancelled and placed into stock, and will be issued a refund, minus the accrued storage fee. If the order is a customer order, there will be no refund issued.

I Think My Order is Wrong / Item Appears Damaged

We want to make it right! Email us at least two clear photos (use a digital camera or camera phone) of your items and let us take a look at what went wrong. Please make sure the photos are at least 250 pixels high (3 inches) and at least 250 pixels wide (3 inches) so that we can see the item clearly. We'll do our best to correct your order. Any orders corrections are sent via ground shipping, and is under the discretion of management.

Please let us correct any problems before filing a charge-back. If a charge-back is filed before we are allowed to respond, we will only respond to the charge-back. All further communication will be made through the charge-back process and we will make no further corrections to your order. All damage MUST be reported with 48 hours after delivery. No exceptions.

Glass Items

If you ordered glass vases and they arrived broken, please notify us immediately. Great care is taken to ensure that your vases arrive intact, however mishaps during transit can sometimes result in breakage. Blooms and Branches is not responsible for breakage from use or mishandling after your shipment has arrived. If you receive broken glass items, please provide photos of the damage via email.

Incorrect Quantity

If you received the wrong quantity, we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt of your order. We will immediately correct the quantity discrepancy.

Wrong Items Shipped

FedEx shipments: We will correct this by immediately issuing a FedEx Call Tag for the order. If you decide to keep the wrongly shipped items (for any reason), we will refund the difference for the wrongly shipped items. Wrong items received must be reported within 48 hours of receipt, otherwise we will assume that you are keeping the items. To ship a replacement for the wrongly shipped items, or process a refund, we must be able to retrieve the wrong items for shipment back to our warehouse (at our expense). Freight shipments: Please inspect all shipments upon delivery for accuracy.

Orders are normally shipped within 48 hours of confirmation (up to 5 days during our busy wedding seasons) in the order they are received and during normal business hours (Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM) subject to available stock on hand. Most of our items can be shipped via FedEx Ground or USPS, while our larger products are shipped via freight. TRANSIT TIMES: The map below shows ESTIMATED shipping delivery times in BUSINESS DAYS. Actual deliveries may to take several additional days. Please order WELL AHEAD of your scheduled event.

* The map above is a general representation of transit times for FedEx Ground shipments to commercial destinations. In limited areas, transit times may differ between shipments to commercial and residential destinations.

* FedEx Ground business days are Monday through Friday (excluding holidays). FedEx Home Delivery business days are Tuesday through Saturday (excluding holidays).

Example: A package shipped via FedEx Ground on Monday with a transit schedule of 2 business days, (not including the day the package is shipped) would be expected for delivery on Wednesday. A package shipped on Friday with a 2-day transit schedule would be expected for delivery the following Tuesday.