Best Gifts for Travelers?

[SarahS]

Calling all travelers -- what travel-related gift would you love to receive this year? (Something other than a free trip, that is!) Share your wish list here.

[Metravellongtime]

Besides a free trip, which would be the best gift ever, I'd love to get the next best thing ... a travel gift certificate! Sites like bedandbreakfast.com and hotels.com offer gift certificates for globetrotting loved ones. It would give me an excuse to plan another trip!

Also, I think a charitable donation in the name of your recipient to an international cause makes a great gift for travelers. Does anyone have any suggestions for international charities that they give to around the holidays?

[squidoo17]

I think aside from a free trip, the best thing I would like to have is a luxurious luggage bag. Its good to have a very nice luggage with my trip...

[LadyLuvsTravl]

Well, since I can't get a free Italy trip, I'd go with a "Pacsafe" bag. Just like to be safe. Especially the type that goes across your body. Hands free and safe!

[MaryMarck]

A good camera :P or a big travel bag thats what I want beside free trip.

[Traveling Granny]

Metravellongtime asked for suggestions for international charities that could be contributed to in honor of a person. Here are some (certainly not an exhaustive list): Nothing but Nets ($10 buys a mosquito net), Mercy Corps which now has various kits that can be purchased for educational and other purposes, Oxfam, Doctors without Borders, Heifer International which allows you to buy various kinds of animals, Unicef which allows you to designate which country you want your donation to benefit. One of my favorite charities is a Christian organization--Compassion International--which is a child sponsorship program primarily but there are other aspects of the program that you can make one-time contributions to.The other charities I listed above aren't religiously affiliated (at least, I don't think they are) so if you are non-Christian, you would probably prefer to donate to one of those. I think they are all reputable charities which do much good.

[ptrjakson]

The best gift will be some which stays in our memory for long time like getting a gift of this Ten-Language Talking Translator could be a lifesaver because while traveling to non english speaking country it will be very helpful .

[solander]

what about some device to kill time in the airports/trains/stations like an ebook, ipod, etc.
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