what stuff do you usually buy as souvenirs from the different places you visit?

It depends on the place. When I went to New Orleans, I got a magnet with a streetcar on it. But when I went to Chinatown in San Francisco, I got a little doll.I also have some sand from the beach and some shells.And when I went to Montreal, I got a small Quebec flag.It all depends on the place.

I usually buy postcards as souvenirs. I have a small collection of postcards and this is a way to both remember the places I've visited and enrich my collection.

I tend to go crazy in souvenir shops I love them but I remember when I went to New Zealand I decided to buy a sticker from each town I stayed in and stick it on my suitcase, I got back and showed by beautiful sticker covered suitcase off, I looked like a world traveller, then when I went back to work someone broke into my flat and took my suitcase filled with all my precious things.... oh well I still have my memories.

I usually like to get accessories and stuff that I can display around the house. Sometimes, I also buy books which have interesting stuff about the place I visited. When I went to Nigeria a couple of years back, I bought a book about the life of a Kenyan girl and it had everything about their traditions.

I also bought t-shirts and keychains. That is what i always buy. I also buy sweets, or any candies from that place. When we visited Batangas before i buy some coffee and some delicacies. I got to know what is the famous food from that city and i usually buy it and some souvenirs with the name of the city on it.

well i also buy something memorable from place where i go. likes t-shirts, pin ups. small things that i could bring it back home.

I am a tee shirt freak i love them i buy shirt from almost ever place i vist and i will also by shirts from business in my area I have one shirt i go from Hell yeah thats a realtown it says i have been to hell and back LOL

i buy very traditional things like showpieces ,i prefer that it has to be made from local stuff,u know what i mean ,like if i go to sea beach then it should be of shells and all .

Sea shells are nice. I still have a little sand and some shells and pretty polished rocks from here and there, but lately we've mostly been buying small stuffed animals. We particularly like the ones that sing and dance or say funny things. Since we travel quite a bit, we are starting to get quite a collection. Pretty soon we might have to buy them their own little apartment house, because they are starting to crowd our space a bit.

As a kid I collected Keychains. So I would usually always purchase keychains when I'd go places. Actually I still do. Shot glasses are always nice to have also. Sometimes I still like my stuffed animals or a book or painting/poster of something I saw while I was there. I worry too much about what to get family than myself though. and I end up forgetting to get myself anything special.

I like tee shirts too. I usually collect post cards and key chains from every place I go too. My brother likes to get shot glasses from every place he visits. I also have a little collection of coconut monkeys from three places so far. I also like to keep money as a souvenir.

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Hi secretbear!I only went on a real vacation once in my life to the Dominican Republic and bought 2 large paintings for us,2 small for my mom and his mom,2 t-shirts and brought some sea shells.All the other vacations we usually buy pens,paintings,t-shirts and stuff like that.The last vacation though,my boyfriend bought me a fleece red coat from a zoo to wear this fall and its nice and toasty,a sweater and teddy for our daughter and a sweater for my boyfriend,all from the zoo.The most souvenier i love the most is another vacattion we took this summer.My boyfriend stopped at an antique store(i love them!!)and i bought a antique bracelet made out of 2 small spoons bent to form a bracelet.It fit my very small wrist to a T!Its my most prized posession,besides my daughter lol,that i love.:):):)

T-shirts. Other times it little things here and there but nothing too crazy. Like I have a bahamas photo, its nothing much but its some little decal I stick to the fridge. Other times its seashells from the beach or other things to expand my collections.

I used to collect those souvenir coffee travel mugs, but not so much lately. I am saving my money so collecting stuff is out of the question. I tried to collect pamphlets but my husband decided to throw them away. I guess he does not want people to know where we went. We do not have that much space to stuff collections anyway.

Either clothing or ornaments for the home, maybe a small picture/painting, candles, accessories and things like that. SOmetime I even collect postcards too.

When I went to the Bahamas last year, I bought a lot of tshirts. I would have loved a straw hat, but didn't get one. Perhaps on the next go round. I bought plenty of postcards, some Bahamian dollars, I have a couple of magnets from there; One I got from there had a hibiscus flower on it. I thought it was real cute.but I usually get just tshirts, magnets and postcards.

hi secretbear, When I travel, I like to collect shot glasses from differnet cities. I buy collector spoons from differnt places, to give to friends. I buy T-shirts for my sons. I buy postcards of the most famous places in big cities, or far away cities. I have brought home lizards, and live crawfish from Louisiana, on the airplane. This is the weirdest thing that I have done. It was before 9-11. I would probably not be able to do that now, and get away with it. Happy posting..

I hardly travel.. And the only place i have visited was bangkok :) its a nice place with friendly ple around.. What i bought back was just a couple of tees :(

Hi secretbear - My husband likes to collect key chains from different places. I collect refrigerator magnets. We just traveled cross-country from California to Virginia, as we were moving back home. We got almost every state we went through but did miss some. We decided that is a good excuse to have to go back there again someday! LoL! We drove through California (of course), Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, and Virginia. I had never been to a few of those states before so it was fun. I would like to take the drive again someday though so we can spend more time in each state. As far as collecting items from places we travel to... I do try to buy my teenage son a t-shirt from different places we go. It can get kinda expensive though so I do not get to buy as many as I'd like to. Sometimes I buy other small, relatively inexpensive, things I might see along the way that really catch my eye. I bought my mom a nice wind chime in New Mexico that was painted and had "New Mexico" painted in little letters on the bottom part of it. There are sooo many things I'd love to buy from places I go but monetarily I just can't afford to purchase them... maybe someday! :)