Hi, I’m going to Chicago from London with my family in February and I’d really like to get a few things from US eBay to take home with me. How will I be able to get things delivered to me when I’m in Chicago?
As another option, there are storage lockers and other places you can have things shipped to as well. UPS and some others have these services. I’ve never lived in Chicago so do some research around where you will be staying.
You can have things shipped to yourself at the hotel, it’s actually quite common e.g.
Firstname Lastname (Guest)
Fancy Hotel Name
123 This Street
This City, State, Zip CodeThat said it might be helpful to notify the front desk that you plan to receive package(s) during your stay in the case they set up a different procedure for that.
Also be aware sometimes you’ll need to check in with the front desk or receiving department if there are any packages for you - More than a few receiving departments at hotels just don’t do the extra work to notify guests that packages arrived for them… this sometimes results in the guest checking out without ever knowing there was something waiting for them to pick up.
Ah I see. So I will need to put in the address of the hotel when ordering something and when I have ordered it, I will need to notify the front desk that there will be a package coming soon. Is that right?
Yup, I’ve done it many times. They’ll just call your room when it arrives.
Call the hotel and ask.
I have done this before and it’s hit or miss if the will hold the package for you.
So, there are people telling you how to ship packages to a hotel, which is fine. The issue is going to be if eBay will let you. Having packages sent to a hotel is likely going to trigger a lot of fraud warnings, especially as your account is from another country.
il probably ship it to a box near the hotel instead. surely theres some usps boxes in the loop