Jet-Setting Travel Gifts
In Canada, one of our most popular hobbies is travelling. With more people heading to the U.S. or overseas every year, it’s inevitable this holiday season that you will find yourself shopping for a jetsetter of some sort. The good news is there are plenty of things to buy for those embarking on their first trip and even the most experienced traveller.
Anyone who is preparing to embark on their first foray into the world of international travel will have a list of concerns as long as the shopping list they have inevitably made leading up to departure. |
Cactus Creek Undercover Holster
$11.50
Consider buying them something to ease some of those concerns, such as a safe place to store their passport, documents and money. The people at Mountain Equipment Co-op suggest the Cactus Creek Undercover Holster. The durable and light-weight money belt contours to your body, and makes the dreaded fanny pack obsolete. |
MEC’s Fast-Track Carry On Roller
$130
What a hassle carrying luggage can be. It’s not until you find yourself sprinting through an airport, belongings in hand that you realize your luggage is too heavy and burdensome. Buy your travelling friend or family member a smart carry on bag, such as MEC’s Fast-Track Carry On Roller. It’s light weight, only 3.9 kg, has plenty of cargo room -- including a detachable day pack -- and is equipped with wheels and a handle so it can revert easily between roller and backpack. |
iTunes.com
If the person you’re shopping for is already by set up with everything he or she will need during the trip, consider picking something to make airport. Everyone on vacation needs books or music to fill downtime. Buy a gift card from your local book store or prepaid song downloads at iTunes.com. One novel idea is to buy them recorded books that can be downloaded to any mp3 player. |
Portable DVD player
$169.99
A present ideal for people travelling with children is a portable DVD player. It can help a whole family relax amid the stresses of travel. The RCA DRC628 Portable DVD Player has a 8.5” screen, two earphone slots and can even access digital music and vacation photographs.
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The Petzl Headlamp
$45
A gift that works for casual travellers as well as hard-core backpackers is a headlamp. They provide a source of hands free lighting mid-flight, searching for a hostel after dark or touring the wilderness after dark. The Petzl Headlamp is a compact, waterproof LED headlamp with three brightness settings. It comes highly recommended by users as well as MEC staff. |
The Garmin eTrex Legend Cx GPS
$365
If you find yourself shopping for someone who has toured the African safari, hopped across islands in the South Pacific or swathed a pathway through the Amazon jungle, an expensive put helpful gift could be a portable GPS machine. The Garmin eTrex Legend Cx GPS is a handheld waterproof machine that uses up to 12 satellites to update your position anywhere in the world. It will calculate trip times and speeds, trip distances, and the time of sunrise and sunset wherever you are.
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Freeplay Freecharge 12V Mobile Phone Charger
$32
Perhaps the most innovating and unique gift you can give your adventurous friend is the Freeplay Freecharge 12V Mobile Phone Charger. This inexpensive gift lets you recharge your phone’s batteries without having to plug it into an electric socket. Instead, plug in this crank-powered charger and give the machine a few winds. The harder you crank, the more energy you create.
- Matthew Coutts
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