Ho ho ho! Nobody travels more than Santa Claus, so if you’re looking for gift ideas for the frequent traveler on your list, perhaps asking the big guy in the red suit for tips on how he makes the miles pass would be a good place to start?
However, if that doesn’t work, I will do my best to fill in, by writing on this page 25 unique and never seen before Christmas gift ideas for frequent travelers.
Of course, a good place to start when searching for gifts for travelers of any type is by browsing the rest of this website: you’ll find articles on gifts for business travelers, travel gifts for women, and all sorts of travel gifts.
25 Unique Christmas Gifts for Travelers
- Violight UV Toothbrush Sanitizer: seriously, it may sound like a wierd gift, but have you ever seen those studies on bacteria in hotel rooms? Getting sick while traveling is no fun! This unique case not only protects your toothbrush from getting icky, it uses UV light to sanitize it from germs. Voila! Health obstacle removed!
- Leatherbound Travel Journal: These days, every hipster and their brother has a Moleskine notebook. Go for something more unique, a soft-leather bound travel journal that looks like it was picked up from a Nomad trader on the Mongolian steppes. Now that’s the kind of journal a real traveler should have!
- Merino Wool Socks: When you spend a lot of time on your feet covering miles, it can be rough on your feet. A great pair of breathable comfy socks can do a lot to keep feet healthy: consider Smartwool and Healthy Feet brands.
- GSM Quad Band Cell Phone: There was a time when travelers amassed phone cards, and queued up at the hostel to make a call, or (worse) paid over $2 a minute to call from the hotel. Not anymore. These days, you get a good unlocked quad band GSM cell phone (sometimes called World Phones), swap out your home Sim card for a local Sim card (buy 15 EUR of prepaid time from any kiosk), and you’re good to go, phoning at the same rates the locals pay! You can even buy prepaid cards that give discounted rates for calling overseas, making keeping in touch with home easy as well.
Disappearing World Book: Most travelers just love exploring the world. Sometimes you manage to visit a place at a moment in time that becomes frozen in history– your experience and the history of that place become locked together, something that no one can take away from you. That’s what this book is about.- Shoot, did I really promise 25 different ideas?! That’s a lot of travel gifts. Well, I will be adding more ideas to this list soon. In the meantime, I’m going to leave it up to you to browse to some of the other categories on this site so that you can discover more great gifts for travelers on your own!
More Links:
Sketchy Santas: Creepy Holiday Pictures on Photo Blog (time.com)
Review: Modern Family – Undeck the Halls (tvsquad.com)
Reader Suggestions for Great Christmas Gifts for People who Love to Travel
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