When should I order Valentine's Day Flowers?
The answer is, Now. No, not the last minute. Not even the last day, or the last week prior to the Valentine's Day.
And you know why, of course. But if you still would like to hear it from the real florist that has been in business for over 20 years,
it's because there is a huge chance that you are already too late with your order. Yes, we are that busy.
We are crazy busy for entire week prior to Valentine's Day as well, just taking telephone orders, and we stay up for several nights also,
just making, and making, and making, and making all those floral arrangements, and we are crazy busy for the next few days after Valentine's Day as well.
We can barely make all those arrangements that we took orders for, and every second is counted.
We start delivering Valentine's Day arrangements a few days prior to Valentine's Day, because anyone who was too late to order Valentine's Day flowers knows,
that it is better to have them delivered early, than never.
If you think you can just walk into a flower shop on Valentine's Day and have a lots of choices to pick from, you might be very disappointed in that decision.
You might see empty shelves, a few dressed up plants, and a couple of high-end priced gorgeous arrangements, but really, not that much of the choice.
That's because everything that is made, is flying off the shelves. We see this every year. Customer walks in, asking if we have any specials for Valentine's.
That's because they don't know, that we are falling off our feet from extreme tiredness, and no amount of coffee can help any more for us to physically make any more
of the arrangements than we already did, yet still not enough to fulfill the needs as it is.
If you think that Valentine's day flowers are too expensive, you would be shocked knowing how much more florists have to pay, just to get them in.
Yes, it is an issue of supply and demand. But it's also an issue of limited amount of floral designers, and of qualified sales people in entire country on Valentine's Day.
No matter how many more flowers we would order, or how much more help we get every next year, it is never enough.
So, what are the tips not to let your Valentine down with your flowers?
1. Order early.
2. Only order form local florist. There are way too many order gatherers that are not real florists, that advertise cheap flowers on their web sites.
All they do, is collect your credit card numbers. After that, they turn around and try to find a real local florist to make and deliver your flowers.
In return, they take for themselves from 20% to 50% from the amount you paid. What do you think their success rate in having real florist jumping over the hoops, trying to deliver cheap flowers, is? Have you ever heard of flowers never been delivered? See the thing is, pretty much every real local florist has their own web-site these days as well. But you just don't see it on the first page of Google, because they don't usually pay for the online ADs like the order gatherers do. These order gatherers often pretend being real local florist too. Because they have nothing to lose. They don't have to pay for retail premises, or the flowers, or designer salary, or the driver tips, none of that. And if you get mad and try to find them after all, good luck with that. They might or might not even have their office in your state, or even in the US at all. They pay for online ADs, take your money, and your Valentine's day flowers are never delivered, or delivered of way lower quality than you expected. Don't blame real hard working local florist for it. They delivered for the value THEY got. Avoid the middle man.
3. If you want your flowers to be delivered in the first part of the day, pay extra for rush delivery. Because another guy will. And delivery drivers are in very high demand on Valentine's day. So, you know.
4. If you are planning on picking up your flowers at the florist yourself, still pre-order. This way you will know that they will have what you ordered, and will wait for you. Tell exact time you think you will be in. Every minute is counted, and you don't want your arrangement being pushed around all day. We can make it happen for you. We just need to put you into your time window, that's all.
5. Don't try to be cheap. Your love for your Valentine has value in it. Let it show. Being a florist is not just smelling roses and picking on the daisies. It is a hard physical work, that requires not just special creative talents, but special craftsmanship skills, vision, and it is something that takes many years and many of restless legs syndromes to go through. Don't try to save on tips for florists, be appreciative and complimentary of their work, and they will show you the real beauty of the flowers. You deserve that.
6. Do order Valentine's Day flowers. Even if your loved one tells you not to. Because it is the memory that they will keep with them for entire year. Until the next Valentine's day. Show them you love them.
So, to answer your question When Should I Order Valentine's Day Flowers, the answer is always the same. Order them now.
