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Shipping to Hong Kong or the UAE: what your address needs

Neither uses postcodes, so the rest of the address has to carry the detail. What to include so your order is not held.

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Written by Albert Gajsak

Hong Kong and the UAE do not use postcodes, and that is fine — but it means the rest of the address has to carry all the detail, and an order whose address is missing detail can end up waiting with us until it is completed.

For Hong Kong, include the flat, floor and block as well as the building name, street and district — for example "Flat 1B, 1/F, Block 1" and then the building and street. A building name alone is not enough for the courier to hand the parcel to you.

For the UAE, include the villa or building name and number, the street, and the area and emirate.

In both places, add a phone number. Couriers there routinely call or message to arrange the handover, and a parcel without a reachable number is much harder to deliver.

If you have already ordered and think the address may be missing any of the detail above, message us here, or email [email protected], with your order number and the full address — before dispatch we can simply update it. If you received an email from us asking about your address, that is why: reply with the missing pieces and the order can move. See I received an email asking to confirm my address. Do I need to reply?

Some other destinations need extra information too — Saudi Arabia is covered in Shipping to Saudi Arabia: we need your National Address number.

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