diff --git a/pyicloud/base.py b/pyicloud/base.py
index 81d7707..65baa50 100644
--- a/pyicloud/base.py
+++ b/pyicloud/base.py
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class PyiCloudService(object):
         if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
             return as_unicode
         else:
-            return as_unicode.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
+            return as_unicode.encode('utf-8', 'ignore')
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<%s>' % str(self)
diff --git a/pyicloud/services/findmyiphone.py b/pyicloud/services/findmyiphone.py
index 9e15a8d..58941a8 100644
--- a/pyicloud/services/findmyiphone.py
+++ b/pyicloud/services/findmyiphone.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class FindMyiPhoneServiceManager(object):
         if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
             return as_unicode
         else:
-            return as_unicode.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
+            return as_unicode.encode('utf-8', 'ignore')
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return six.text_type(self)
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class AppleDevice(object):
         if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
             return as_unicode
         else:
-            return as_unicode.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
+            return as_unicode.encode('utf-8', 'ignore')
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<AppleDevice(%s)>' % str(self)
diff --git a/pyicloud/services/ubiquity.py b/pyicloud/services/ubiquity.py
index 30c7ec5..5cb6020 100644
--- a/pyicloud/services/ubiquity.py
+++ b/pyicloud/services/ubiquity.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class UbiquityNode(object):
         if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
             return as_unicode
         else:
-            return as_unicode.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
+            return as_unicode.encode('utf-8', 'ignore')
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<%s: '%s'>" % (