When you are traveling, you will usually find some great things to send the folks at home. But if you are on a more extended trip, it is not always practical to lug gifts around with you. Added to that, the more you buy, the higher the chance that you will have to pay extra for getting the luggage home.
Packing your luggage can be something of a pain. A simple solution is to send the gifts home while still traveling. In this post, we will look at ideas for gifts that make an impact, and that can easily be shipped.
Jewelry
A piece of jewelry is always likely to be appreciated and will be something that the receiver is able to cherish for a long time to come. Many quality jewelers, like ItsHot offer safe international shipping at a reasonable cost. They’ll make sure it gets to where it is supposed to be.
A Disposable Camera
This is a fun gift and can be quite a thoughtful one. Take pics with someone special in mind, and they can have them developed when they receive it. These will be pics that no one else has seen and won’t have been splashed all over your social media pages so can be something special.
A Souvenir Painting
Can you find a small painting that captures the essence of the town you are visiting? Something as small as a postcard is easy enough to mail and can provide another unique look at the place you are visiting. It is far better than some generic postcard as well.
A Scarf
Listed by Forbes as a top gift for a traveler, a scarf can also be an ideal gift to mail home. A silk scarf is feather-light and inexpensive to ship. A woolen scarf is bulkier and so pricier to send but will be able to stand the rigors of going through the mail.
Something Locally Made
This is a pretty standard gift but should be thought through before you pop into the post office. You have to be careful with items that are extremely fragile and should avoid anything that might go off. Be careful of anything organic in nature as some countries have very strict rules when it comes to these.
So, a chocolate bar from Switzerland could be a good idea. A cannoli from Italy, on the other hand, would be a bad idea.
This also applies to crafted items like wood and paper, for example. Say that you decide to send someone in Australia some elephant dung paper or an untreated wooden carving from Africa, it would be a waste of time. The customs authorities would not allow it into the country.
A Book from the Area
Books can be shipped fairly easily and can give the people at home a great idea of what the area you are visiting is like. It could be a travel book relating to the area, or a book written by a local, or even a recipe book. Just make sure that it relates to the area somehow.
Conclusion
These gifts don’t have to be huge – in Dubai, for example, it is easy to get a small, embroidered bookmark that will easily fit into an envelope and not add much weight.
Choose gifts that you know that the person will appreciate and that will be meaningful to them.
