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| Raina by Hipper.com |
New to France, Hipper.com, are
an online flower delivery service, who aim to safely deliver reasonably priced
bouquets of flowers direct to your door, with no extra delivery cost. They
kindly offered to send me the bouquet of my choice, delivered on the day of my
choice, in exchange for this blog post.
Would the delivery driver find
our village, on the allotted day? Would the flowers have survived their
journey? Would the bouquet look like the website picture I’d chosen? These were
all questions I was keen to find out and here are my honest answers:
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| Hipper.com safe packaging |
Deliveries here can be rather
hit and miss, due to our slightly remote village location, but I’m pleased to
report Hipper.com scored a big hit. Their online tracking service wasn’t very
detailed, all I could glean was that my order was being processed and would be
delivered between 8h00 and 20h00. I was up early and prepared for a long day of
waiting, however, by 10h30 it had arrived. Top marks for you delivery driver
Hipper; on more than one occasion I’ve waited in vain for three days for a
delivery scheduled ‘today’.
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| Safely nestled inside |
It was quite exciting having a
huge box to open and I’m pleased to report the flowers inside were carefully
packaged and double wrapped in cellophane, to ensure the water pocket kept the
stems moist and flowers fresh in transit. Two flower heads fell off as I lifted it from the
wrapping, but once it was in the vase you’d never notice.
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| My Raina bouquet |
I’m no flower arranger, so I
was delighted to see that once I’d unwrapped them, snipped off the base of the
stem (as my Mum taught me) and put them in the vase, they relaxed into shape
perfectly. All I needed to do was to add water and the plant food sachet they
arrived with, and enjoy.
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| Hipper.com website |
I think you will agree from my
photos that the comparison of the picture I’d selected from the website, with
the bouquet I received is almost identical in every way and I certainly wasn’t
disappointed with the service.
I chose Raina, for it’s
seasonal autumnal colour, and delivered to your door for 24.99€ (or £19.99 from
their UK site), I think represents good value for money.
If you ever need/would like to send flowers to
France just click here Hipper.com to see their full selection. For future reference you can also find them on
the sidebar of the blog by clicking on Flower Delivery in France.
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