Sending flowers? Many florists emphasize the importance of including alternate phone numbers with your order. For instance, provide both a cell phone number and a home phone number (if applicable). Perhaps a work phone and a cell phone if no home phone is available.

Thankfully it doesn't happen often, but sometimes florists need to reach the sender before the flowers can be delivered. This obviously slows down progress while florists are on the phone trying to get answers to simple questions. Some questions we see a lot are:

• "That color is not available. Can I substitute it with the same flower in a different color?"
• "The hospital will not give me a room number. What is the recipient's room number?"
• "No one's home. Is it alright to leave them along with a note or return later?"

These are just a sprinkling of the questions we hear all of the time at Flower Shop Network. Local florists across the country have the same questions but are unable to receive answers because no alternate phone number is listed and the other line isn't available or working.

Avoid this! Simply include any two or more of the following numbers and you should have no problems getting your flowers delivered quickly!

• Cell phone number
• Home phone number
• Work phone number
• Fax number
• Number of a close friend or number if no other second number is available

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