Returning back home from a trip with a gift to your friends shows that you had them in mind while you were away. Before you even contemplate the type of gift to buy for your friends, it’s important to think about the very reason why you are buying the gifts in the first place. Vacation gifts are usually given to children or spouses who couldn’t make it with you to the trip, or neighbors who looked after your home or properties while you away. Vacation gifts are also meant for other close family members.
With a long list of things to buy out there to wow your friends, neighbors, kids, or partner, it can becoming confusing a choose a gift these people will like. Thankfully, in this post, we have outlined suitable vacation gift ideas that you can bring back from a trip.
Let’s dive in!
Art
Do you know that your friends or loved ones will cherish even the smallest piece of art? Of course, they will, especially if the piece of art comes with scenes of views and local landmarks of where you travelled to. Presenting a piece of art is a great way to share your travel experiences with your loved ones. These pieces of matted art come in all sizes, including large and postcard sizes. If you have the budget, you can purchase large portraits; those ones they can hang above their couches.
Photos
Another great vacation gift idea is to bring back pictures of your travel experiences, especially if you are low on budget and don’t have the extra cash to purchase something tangible. Make sure you take lots of beautiful pictures of the locations you visited, the hotel you lodged, and important landmarks. Your kids, spouse, and friends back home will be craving to see these pictures. You can even frame the pictures or make small scrapbooks to give as gifts.
Local Foods
Here’s another deal-breaker! If your travel destination is a place popular for speciality foods, cocktails, or beverages, you can make your friends happy when you return home by bringing a little sample of those specialty foods to present as a gift. In addition to the specialty foods, you can also consider purchasing things like local chocolates, nuts, jams, pies, cheeses, beers, wines, fresh fruits, and olive oil.
Attraction-Based
Bringing back attraction-based gifts can wow your friends or family members, especially if you are traveling to a well-known destination or a large theme park. Attraction-based gifts are those gifts that are labelled with where you travel to or your travel destination. You can buy everything from T-shirts to bags and shot glasses to pens that have designs themed around your travel destination.
Hats
If you are visiting a tropical location, bringing back floppy, unique, and hand-crafted hats as gifts to your loved ones back home would blow their mind off and make them love you more. Straw and safari-style hats are perfect gifts to present to your loved ones, especially if the hats are designed with the theme of the location you visited. Alternatively, you can purchase baseball caps from a local shop and present them to your friends when you are back to bade. But make sure the caps are themed around the place you visited.
Spa Products
Spa products are great vacation gift ideas, especially if your trip was to go on vacation to relax. Since you’d be relaxing throughout the vacation, buying spa products that will help your friends or family members relax makes sense. You can visit the spa area of the hotel you lodge to pick up things like shower gels, shampoos, and lotions to take back home with you. You can also stop by at a local store to buy natural sponges to add to the spa products you already purchased.
Jewelry
There is no country or location you visit that you won’t find a jewelry store. A perfect vacation gift in this category include earrings, ankle bracelets, rings, and necklaces. Travel destination like Hawaii and Florida have plenty jewelry options, including tropical-themed pieces, shells and shark’s teeth. You will easily see these gift items in any local gift shop that you stop by, so make sure to bring them back home for your friends or family members.
If you are planning to proceed on your next trip, the vacation gift ideas we outlined above will help you find the perfect gift to purchase for your friends or family members when you return home. So, pack an extra bag that will accommodate the gifts you will purchase. If you are buying something breakable, it would be a good idea to wrap the gift with a thick towel before packing.