A Gift for your Travel Host

Posted by Jennifer W. Miner Sep 10, 2006

Recently, I compiled a small list of my favorite high-tech travel gadgets. But now I'm thinking about travel host gift ideas. For example, it's good manners to bring flowers, or a bottle of wine or whatever, when you've been invited to someone's home for a dinner party. If you've been invited for a weekend stay in their summer home, respectable gifts usually have to do with home beautification, like a classy Waterford vase, or something related to where their vacation home is located. If you've been invited to be a guest in a beach house, for example, it's typical to bring an ocean-themed gift to your host.

But being part of Generation X, or Generation Y for that matter, means that we don't necessarily want to seem typical. A vase? How boring. Ocean themed doodad for a beach side home? Trite. These younger adult generations still like to take swanky trips, and who'd say no to a free weekend in a friend's house - but we want our gifts to say something about us, the givers, as well. Who's gonna say "Here, this gift is like me; boring and trite."

That's why I loved this new gadget (click here for a cute YouTube clip) - it's hilarious and original, plus it can slowly get you drunk. Now, that's something I'd like a gift to say about me! The next time you've been invited for a stay in a luxury second home, consider this as your gift to bring along. It'll be sure to garner you another invite to your hosts' house.