How to send flowers to Guatemala from the US
Sending flowers to Guatemala from the United States trips people up in three places: the clock, the address and the currency. None of it is complicated, but it helps to know before you are staring at a checkout page.
1. Buy from the florist, not from a relay
Most of what ranks for “send flowers to Guatemala” is a relay service. They take your order in the US, keep a commission and hand it to whichever local shop they have a deal with. You never learn who made the arrangement or whether it resembles the photo you clicked. Buying directly from a flower shop that is physically in Guatemala City removes both the markup and the game of telephone.
2. The cutoff runs on Guatemala time
Guatemala is on UTC−6 year-round and does not observe daylight saving. That is the detail that catches people: the gap between your time and ours is not fixed, because the US changes its clocks twice a year and Guatemala never does.
Our cutoff for same-day delivery is 2 p.m. Guatemala time. From the East Coast that is 3 p.m. in winter and 4 p.m. in summer. From California it is noon in winter and 1 p.m. in summer. If you are cutting it close, message us on WhatsApp before you order and we will tell you honestly whether it makes today.
3. Addresses work by zone
Guatemala City is laid out in numbered zonas, and an incomplete address is the number one cause of a late delivery. Ideally you have the street or avenue, the number, the zona, and a landmark — gate color, building name, guard booth.
If you do not have it exactly, which is normal after years away, we confirm it with the recipient ourselves. We just need their phone number. If it is meant to be a surprise, we handle the call as delivery coordination without saying who is sending.
4. You pay in quetzales
Checkout is in Guatemalan quetzales (GTQ), not dollars. Your card works normally; your bank converts at its own rate and may add a foreign transaction fee depending on the issuer. Arrangements run Q80 to Q2,900, roughly $11 to $375.
We quote in quetzales on purpose. Publishing dollar prices would mean publishing numbers that go stale every time the exchange rate moves.
5. The card message
Handwritten, in Spanish or English, in your words. Send us the text and we write it. If you would rather it go out in Spanish and are not confident writing it, tell us what you want to say and we will phrase it naturally.
6. You get a photo of the delivery
When the delivery is done we send you a photo of the arrangement on WhatsApp. It is the only real proof that it arrived, that it looks like what you bought, and that it reached the right person. Relay services almost never do this.
If nobody is home
It happens, especially with weekday deliveries to a house. We call the number you gave us first. If nobody answers, we leave the arrangement with the guard booth, the building reception or a neighbor who agrees to receive it, and we send you a photo of who took it. If there is nobody at all, we reschedule for the next available window and confirm the new time with you.
This is why we ask for the recipient’s phone number even when the gift is a surprise. Without one, a missed delivery turns into a lost day.
Dates that need advance booking
Three dates fill up every year, and on those we cannot promise same-day delivery:
- May 10 — Mother’s Day in Guatemala. It is a fixed date, not the second Sunday in May. If you are in the US, your Mother’s Day and hers are different days.
- February 14 — Valentine’s Day, called Día del Cariño, and here it includes friends and family.
- December 23 and 24 — Christmas Eve dinner is the main event, not Christmas Day.
Deliveries outside the capital need more lead time in general. We ship to all 22 departments, but the date is agreed in advance rather than same-day.
Getting started
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