12 Birthday gift ideas for your friends who love to travel

12 Birthday gift ideas for your friends who love to travel

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2. Travel gear

   A carry-on from Away or Samsonite, or a packing-cube set and a leather passport holder. Around $40-250.

3. A picnic

   A blanket, a basket and a bottle somewhere with a view. Around $20-60.

4. Luggage tags and a packing list

   Leather tags and a printed packing list for the next trip. Around $10-40.

5. A night away voucher

   A hotel or hostel voucher for a spontaneous night. Around $50-200.

6. Noise-cancelling earbuds for flights

   AirPods Pro or Sony WF-1000XM5. Around $200-280.

7. An experience voucher

   A voucher them can redeem for a day out, from a provider such as Virgin Experience Days. Around $40-200.

8. A Dior fragrance

   A Dior fragrance for the group to share. Around $90-180.

9. A sunrise walk

   Wake early, take coffee in a flask and walk somewhere with a view. It costs little.

10. Breakfast in bed

    Pancakes, coffee and a candle on the tray. It costs little.

11. A box of the year

    A shoebox of tickets, notes and small things collected over the past year. It costs little.

12. Open-when letters

    A stack of envelopes, each labelled for a moment: open when you miss me, when you need a laugh, when you cannot sleep. It costs little.

Buying for a traveller

Travel lovers rarely want more things, so go for tools and memories: a travel guide for a place you will go together, a printed map of trips so far or a surprise plan.

Keep the gift light enough to carry.

Buying for your friends

A gift for a group needs to work for several tastes. Choose something shareable, like a game night, a hamper or an experience, and keep it affordable.

Agree on a budget first so nobody feels left out.

If the birthday is tomorrow

Leaving it late is easy to fix: Hotel vouchers, experience vouchers and a personalized game arrive fast, and an oin game is usually emailed within an hour of payment. Add a cake or a card for the table.

Birthdays have a clock, so order anything that ships at least a week ahead and keep the digital gifts for the day itself. A card with a specific memory beats a long message.