Do You Buy Souvenirs When You Travel?
By M Cheung
@Beestring (3416)
Hong Kong
August 6, 2022 7:37am CST
My nephew's wife returned from a business trip to Japan. She bought me a handmade Japanese doll. It is lovely.
When I traveled, I bought souvenirs for myself, my brother's family, and close friends. They were momentos of my visit and I wanted the people around me to know that I thought of them while I was off in paradise. I didn't buy refrigerator magnets or keyholders because my brother's family and friends were not collecting them. I bought local handicrafts, T-shirts with designs specific to that place. I also bought local snacks which I found delicious. Do you buy souvenirs when you travel? What kind of things do you usually buy?
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@sharon6345 (319376)
• United States
6 Aug
I don't travel but when I did I would find something in a local store that I liked. Anything over priced I left on the shelf.
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@sharon6345 (319376)
• United States
6 Aug
@Beestring Oh yeah because the markup is outlandish. Wholesale is pennies on the dollar.
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@luisga814 (4968)
• Quezon City, Philippines
6 Aug
I do have before like my coworkers happened to travel in Australia then given me a sort of a keychain.
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@luisga814 (4968)
• Quezon City, Philippines
6 Aug
@Beestring Due to apartment moving, I don't where are those keychains.
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@Beestring (3416)
• Hong Kong
6 Aug
@luisga814 Oh, it's a pity. May be you find them some day.
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@allknowing (104030)
• India
7 Aug
I have travelled quite a bit and bought things rather than souvenirs Souvenirs only if I got them free such as keychains and stuff. But most what I bought in every country I visited were chocolates.
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@LadyDuck (401246)
• Switzerland
6 Aug
@Beestring I love books and I want to try the recipes of places I visited once back home.
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@DaddyEvil (88283)
• United States
6 Aug
When my daughter and I traveled, I bought postcards that showed scenes from the places we visited or stayed. I've got a shoebox full of postcards from all over the US. Depending on what was being sold, sometimes I bought my mom some handcrafted item she could put on display in her house.
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@DaddyEvil (88283)
• United States
6 Aug
@Beestring We did... From north to south, east to west coasts. (We live almost in the center of the contiguous United States.)
@Beestring (3416)
• Hong Kong
6 Aug
Wow, a shoebox of postcards. You must have traveled all over the US.
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@Beestring (3416)
• Hong Kong
6 Aug
I love traveling but I haven't traveled in the past two years due to Covid. Have you traveled to other countries in the past year?
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@JudyEv (283236)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Aug
@Beestring We haven't travelled since covid either. I'm too worried about not being able to get home! lol
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@jobelbojel (31478)
• Philippines
7 Aug
It is a reminder for travelers to have something from that country. Have not been out of the country, but when I travelled locally, I bought something that might make me remember I went to the place.
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@1creekgirl (32807)
• United States
6 Aug
I don't buy a lot of souvenirs, but I like something to remind me of the trip.
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@thelme55 (75735)
• Germany
8 Aug
@Beestring It is the same with me. When I am in the Netherlands, I mostly buy their local cheese and their cookies.
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@moonandstars (60737)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
7 Aug
i used to buy fridge magnets but postcard could do or snacks cause, we all love good snacks
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@Beestring (3416)
• Hong Kong
7 Aug
Yes, I like to buy local snacks which are delicious too.
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@Greencindere (616)
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6 Aug
I’m obsessed with fridge magnets and candles and soaps. So I always get those. Not just one or two I buy a bunch and hand them as gifts as well. Local snacks are always a must as well.
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@RebeccasFarm (67765)
• United States
6 Aug
I prefer to not buy souvenirs. I prefer to walk along the shore and pick sea shells for instance, find my own for free.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8088)
• United States
7 Aug
Not really, but T-shirts are always nice to have.
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