Beautiful Travel Gifts to get for your Loved Ones this Christmas

A great part of traveling, equally as wonderful as the entire experience, fun and adventure is the thrill of returning home. And perhaps what makes it as great, is the joy of having you back and the excitement of what you brought back for your loved ones. Let’s not even play, Oyoyo is not to be joked with around these parts. If you aren’t thinking about it broadly enough you are probably thinking what more is there to take back home aside from chocolates and biscuits? On the surface it seems great but then it is so cliché and doesn’t well represent and bear memories of your travels and adventures. Chocolates and biscuits are too easily consumed and forgotten about.

So what travel gifts can you get for your loved ones?

Before I ramble on about that I would also do well to reverse the positions and suggest gifts to get for your loved ones who love traveling.

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Gifts to Buy When You Travel

Souvenirs.
These could be a local piece of art, a hand-made craft, a framed picture, a t-shirt bearing tribute to the city or town you visited anything that serves as a memorabilia of your adventure. Paintings. Wood and metal work. Bronze work and a ton of others that your loved one would be excited to receive.

Books.
From a local author. Or a language book of the region. Even a recipe and cookery book too would be great. It carries the country or city you visited through those pages to the laps of who you gift them to.

Food
As long as it is well preserved and won’t go bad before your arrival, local delicacies that are well packed and sealed can make great travel gifts. They are remarkably different from anything else that can be gotten from the local store and would tell the person more about the place of your visit than chocolates and biscuits would.

Coins
And paper currency if you would. But coin collecting is a hobby for many for a reason. A collection of coins from your several countries of visit from the Nigerian Kobo to the Russian Ruble.

Postcards
There are still unrepentant romantics who fancy postcards. You can get them customized to add a personal touch and it would remain appreciated for a long time to come.

Your Travel Memoir
If it is robust and rich and filled with heroic stories of saving a baby deer from a marauding lioness in the Safari, a travel memoir could make a great gift.

Gift Ideas for Travelers

If your significant other or sibling, friend or colleague absolutely loves to travel, any one of these gift items would be great for them.

Camera
All the memories they would create with every snapshot they take would be grateful to you

Backpack
There is nothing that is as essential for the serial traveler as a backpack that can take in their most important items as they set off on another adventure. Get them something rugged well designed with lots of spaces. You would have their heart forever.

Compass
A little bit old school, especially with mobile devices coming equipped with maps and applications that give directions. But a compass is still a serious traveler gear and the Christopher Columbus in him would thank you.

Hotel Reservations
Hotel reservations can also make an amazing gift item for the perpetual traveler. If there is a loved one you want to surprise, book them into an all-expenses paid weekend at a resort near them. The Epe Resort and La Campagne Tropicana are a few in Lagos that you could take advantage of.

Travel Mug/Food Flask
To store water and food in, an essential travelers item that cannot be rated enough.

Power Bank
Surely they would need to power their mobile devices away from their hotel rooms or whatever accommodation they are in while on their adventure. Personally I would love this.

This list is by no means exhaustive. There are lots and lots of items a person can still get when coming back from a trip or for a loved one who loves to travel. Headsets, easy wear slippers, neck rests, traveling suitcase, bracelets and lockets, the list is endless. The trick might be to check the stores in and around the airport before departure as well as local markets, arts and museum centers, local online stores. If you are not buying you could make them. How? Let’s say you travel and visit the Coffee Bay, Wild Coast in South Africa, gather some sea shells, get some paint, do your best impression of Picasso and there, you have a collection of specially painted sea shells as gift for your friends.

How to Get the Best out of Black Friday Travel Deals

Nothing gets more exciting for the online shopper than discount sales. And at a time when money seems generally tight, discount sales and promotional offers are like manna from heaven. Enter Black Friday, widely regarded as the beginning of Christmas shopping. Many take advantage of Black Friday sales to replace old gadgets, home appliances, shop for new outfits and generally purchase items they have been coveting for a while.

But while many regard Black Friday sales in terms of products and items from Phones to laptops, fridges to TVs, clothes to jewelry, the massive rush for these items may undermine the availability of travel deals on Black Friday that the businessman or regular traveler would love to take advantage of. Amazingly these travel deals are also available for vacationers and honeymooners and not restricted to the business traveler as resorts and destination vacation spots are also in on offering promotional discounts to cap off the end of an eventful business and calendar year.

So how exactly can you get the best out of Black Friday Travel Deals?

Well, first there is your destination and area of business to consider. Are you off to Abuja for a government function? Or to Lagos to meet up with a bunch of investors or to Port Harcourt for an alumni reunion? From Warri to Calabar to Lagos and Port Harcourt there are unbelievable discounts on luxury hotels for as much as 80% off.

Study the terms and conditions. Promotional offers aren't always a straightforward affair. They aren't necessarily complex either. Usually, terms and conditions for Black Friday Travel deals as with other products and services usually involve time frame and is generally subject to availability. So before you make your bookings for these hotel deals on Black Friday, be sure to confirm that your stay is during the period which the hotel of your choice is offering the offer and that there is an availability of the room or Black Friday vacation package deals that you wish to take advantage off.

Another sure way to get the best out of Black Friday Travel Deals is to book early. There is usually a long ‘online queue' for offers like this and the system works on a sort of first come, first, serve basis. Therefore the real trick to this is to get in and to get in early. Make all your travel plans early, do not leave anything till the last minute and you will be well in position to get the best out of the travel deals available.