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10 Quirky Gift Ideas to Delight the Traveler in Your Life

by East by Midwest November 5, 2019
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Want to entertain both yourself and the traveler in your life? Then give them a delightfully quirky gift! These quirky gift ideas for travelers are sure to bring on the laughs!

I love giving my brothers slightly ridiculous (but always fun) gifts. I’m almost giddy with excitement while I wait for the time to open gifts.

Some of the gifts below are as practical as they are fun. Some of the gifts below are as impractical as they are ridiculous. But all of these gifts will bring laughs for you and the recipient!

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Luggage Tag Quirky Gift Ideas for Travelers

Luggage Tag

I get such a kick out of this luggage tag.

This luggage tag will delight its recipient. Plus, it will bring on the laughs for the airport luggage crew and your recipient’s fellow passengers.

We could all use a few more laughs at the airport!

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Compression Socks Quirky Gift Ideas for Travers

Compression Socks

Yes, compression socks are the underwear of travel gifts.

But when they look this much fun, the traveler in your life is sure to love them!

Plus, when you gift these compression socks, you’re giving the gift of both laughs AND health to your recipient. You’re basically the hero of gift-giving!

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Airplane Foot Sling

Airplane Foot Sling

Travelers are often looking for convenient ways to make their flights more comfortable.

Cue the airport foot sling. This contraption hooks over the tray table, creating a sling for your traveler to rest their feet.

It’s borderline ridiculous, but that’s one of the reasons this gift is so much fun!

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Instant Camera

Instant Camera

No one needs an instant camera, but as they say in the movie Love Actually, “I don’t want something I need. I want something I want.”

Give your traveler something they want this year with an instant camera! They’re super fun to take on trips to create a vintage-feeling experience.

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Eye Mask

Eye Mask

On the inside, this eye mask is practical.

On the outside, this eye mask is meant to brighten up a fellow passenger or flight attendant’s day.

Give the gift of joy. Gift this eye mask.

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Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch

Airplane flights and airport layers can stretch the limits of self-entertainment.

Books, podcasts, and movies can grow old.

Help your traveler pass the time by giving them a Nintendo Switch this year. The long travel times will fly by!

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Scratch Off Map of the World

Scratch Off World Map

This map invites the debate of what it means to “visit” a country. Does a layover in Madrid count as visiting Spain? Does eating pizza on the border of Italy count as visiting Italy?

Bring on the good-natured debates by gifting this world map to your traveler. They’ll love scratching off each country they’ve visited – after they’ve met the definition of “visiting” that country.

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Wireless Karaoke Quirky Gift Ideas for Travelers

Wireless Karaoke

Want to help your traveler make friends? Then gift them with wireless karaoke!

Your traveler will be the most popular person at the airport during an agonizingly long flight delay! (Alternatively, they could also be the most annoying, but hey, let the good times roll!)

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Face Mask

Face Mask

Enable your traveler to embrace the latest self-care trend by gifting them with a face mask to put on mid-flight.

It’s completely ridiculous, but also a completely useful way to pass the flight time.

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Ancestry Kit

DNA Kit

One of the coolest parts of traveling is visiting the home countries of your ancestors. Standing where they stood. Seeing what they saw. Experiencing what they experienced.

Help your traveler have that same experience by gifting them this DNA kit. They’ll be making travel plans to visit the lands of their ancestors in no time!

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Comments or Questions?

Have a comment or a question? I’d love to hear from you! Visit me on Instagram @eastbymidwest and leave a comment or DM, or send me an email at pam@eastbymidwest.com.

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