I’ve definitely fallen for the overpriced souvenir trap—like the time I spent $25 on a “handmade” keychain in Rome, only to see the same one at the airport for half the price. But I also love bringing home little pieces of a trip, like a ceramic bowl from Morocco or a handwoven scarf from Peru that I actually use. Now, I try to avoid the obvious tourist shops and look for something more unique (or edible—I’ll always buy local snacks). What about you? Do you collect souvenirs, or do you skip them to save money and suitcase space?

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We get practical souvenirs such as a lion door knocker in Italy, a handmade scarf in Turkey, and nice wine corks in Greece. ect. Our theory is if we get a little nick knack it’s just gonna sit and collect dust until we toss it a year or so later. The trick is to go off the beaten path and shop where the locals do. Take a cab or car outside the main cities and find unique shops there to get your souvenirs!

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We used to relocate a lot so we had to keep a very minimalistic rule when it came to impractical purchases. We would collect interesting postcards from our trips to put in frames.

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We had a family member who did that, they had so many photo albums of places that he had been ( traveled for work) and it was always a post card from that town and 20-30 photos of things he found interesting. We kept all the post cards ( there were never any people in the photos just towns and nature) and now we have at least 500 post cards from the 70-80’s from all over the country, that we are not sure what to do with!

I love to get useable things for my house - or jewelry that I’ll wear again.

I usually get refrigerator magnets from the various countries and/or major cities that visit.

Skin care or oils, Jewelry, perfumes, hand made scarves, snacks, spices , coffee, tea. If nothing else a magnet from wherever lol

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