When all someone wants in life is to wander the world, buying them gifts for Christmas can be something of a nightmare (unless you have the cash for a one-way ticket that is). However, if you delve a little deeper, there are plenty of great things you can get a travel lover. The trick is to break it down into two key areas: gifts to inspire and gifts that are useful. Here are some of our top presents to give the traveller in your life this year.
Travel planner: This is such a useful gift for someone who loves travel but isn’t necessarily going to go ‘travelling’ for a few months. In the planner you can put all of the places you’ve been, all the places you want to go and all the things you want to see. Essentially, it’s a way to organise your travel throughout your life, allowing you to tick things off as you see them and prioritise where you want to go. The best planners will also have category breakdowns, so you can select holidays based on what you’re looking for at any given time, such as European city breaks for example.
Scratch map: If your travel lover is also partial to some travel-inspired interior design, you can’t go far wrong with a scratch map. Invented in 2009 by Luckies of London, they have a gold foil layer that can be scratched off once the country has been visited. Underneath the foil is the nation in colour and its capital. Pop these in a glass-less frame to make a really beautiful and unique gift.
Travel guides: Part of the joy of travelling is learning about new cultures and countries, but this has to start before you begin your travels. Travel guides are brilliant for inspiring people, helping to plan a trip and learning important information about a given country. There are loads out there too, covering everything from standard tourist stuff to information about going off the beaten track.
Useful giftsHigh quality camera: A more expensive gift, a high quality camera is often the tool a traveller needs to inspire them to take their next trip. Once you’re able to capture the places you visit and the experiences you have in high quality technicolour, suddenly your desire to explore the world becomes a mandate to record and communicate to others through visuals. After all, it is through powerful images that we get an understanding of cultures and events.
Care package: When you’re travelling, it’s often the comforts of home that you miss and need the most. If you have a loved one who’s currently wandering the world, send them a care package with all of their favourite things they can’t get overseas. This might be Yorkshire Tea, Cadbury’s chocolate, a certain hair product or perfume, or a good book (finding a decent book in a hostel book exchange can be a nightmare).
Trek towel: You can’t travel without trekking and trekking is hard work. Consequently, you sweat. However, lugging around a normal towel isn’t practical. A trek towel is lightweight, antibacterial and can be folded up and put in a rucksack.
Tablet: A tablet can be really useful for a traveller, especially if they go away for short periods of time. They’re more lightweight than laptops and easier to use than smartphones but still allow you to surf the net, use apps, take images, email and read. It also means you can better track your travel and keep in touch with life back home.
Subscription to online streaming services: Netflix (or Prime – whatever you choose) is the dream when you’re on the road but it’s an unnecessary expense for many cash-strapped travellers. Consequently, giving this as a gift would be very much appreciated, as it means people can still kick back and watch movies and shows on the other side of the world – a welcome break from trekking, night buses and lugging your luggage around everywhere.
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Booked my trip to the Philippines with Eshores. Nick was great, I had a lot of changes which he always accommodated, he made sure I was 100% happy before booking. He gave me a lot of recommendations which was really helpful. I’d definitely book with them again.
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A professional and experienced team that always deliver a quality service. Customer focused and willing to go the extra mile to help with planning the perfect trip! (Special mention to Michelle Porter - absolute star!)
Great service from Kelly - always spoke to same person and had her direct contact details . She tailored our holiday to exactly what we requested and within our budget. Kelly was able to answer lots of questions about the resists and included private tours and transfers. Highly recommended
Eshores was recommended to us by a friend and I am so pleased with the service. Booking our holiday and visit to family in Kenya has been made so easy and effortless. We will definitely by using you again and wish to say a big Thank You 😊
Emily has handled our Thailand holiday booking from start to finish ! She has been so accommodating and even with my constant tweets to the travel plans she has always been so helpful and reassuring that it needs to be just right ! Thanks to Emily I feel like we are now set and ready…
Shores were very easy to deal with, listened to what we wanted from our holiday and provided a very good travel package at a reasonable price. I would use them again and their representative, Dave, was never pushy or frustrated by any changes requested throughout the process.
Such an efficient service. I got in touch with a slightly complicated holiday request at quite short notice and the holiday was arranged later that day. Excellent price and very happy with all the arrangements so far
I was delighted with the quick response from Nick after enquiring about Island Hopping in Greece. Within 2 days he had got back to us with a quote for our holiday. All flights, hotels, ferries and private transport were arranged. Fantastic customer service and absolutely delighted with the standard of the hotels and the cost…
We found Nick to be very helpful and he changed things around for us so we got the best out of our holiday and nithing was to much trouble.
I’m a repeat customer and always choose eShores because of the consistently excellent service. Kadie is fantastic professional, patient, and very helpful throughout. She takes the time to explain everything clearly and makes the whole process stress-free. I would absolutely recommend Kadie for her excellent service. Thank you so much!
Really helpful planning a trip poor Rob managed to Coe with my menopausal brain fog nonsense and we ar looking forward to our Greek island hoping trip for my fiends 60th! Will update once we’ve been!
The staff were excellent and tremendously facilitating. Nothing was too much trouble and if our holiday is as good as their service, it will be tremendous.
I have used e-shores many times over the years. Thailand 3 centre holiday. Bali 3 centre holiday. Greek island hopping. 3 centre trip to Australia. Have just booked another Greek Island hopping holiday for this year and now also looking at the USA. Hannah is brilliant. She takes time to understand your likes and dislikes,…
Very good service. Knowledgeable about the destination offering tips and advice. Very helpful. Quick to respond. Thank you Michelle!
My booking experience with eShore in particular with David was very good my request was dealt promtly and accuratly very quick and friendly and also accurate information was provided
Dave was great at helping me to plan our Egypt multi centre holiday. Can't wait to fly away...
I was recommended E-shores from my parents who used them for travelling holidays in the past. To date i have booked two holidays, one more challenging logistically than the other. I dealt with kadie on both occasions who was very friendly, knowledgable & patiant to get the trips exactly where i needed them. Would highly…
Excellent service from Dave Felton, senior travel consultant. Dave always goes above and beyond to give you exactly what you want with a holiday. We have been a customer of eshores for more than 8 years and we would use any other company
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