Christmas season is here! If you will give gifts to family and friends who have been bitten by the travel bug, 1 Piso Fare recommends these Christmas gift ideas. Oh, these are not only great gifts pang-Pasko, you can give these useful travel related gifts suggestion all year round!
We often find ourselves racking our brains to think of a great gift, we made things easier for you today.
For our 1Pisofare readers, we made sure that these gift items suggestions are useful for travelers and jet-setters from travel-preparation, to the actual journey, and even post-journey when you are organizing photos and notes. Hope you’ll love our travel related gift recommendation list!
Check out The Top 20 Gift Ideas for Filipino Travelers we have listed below.
BACKPACK. Give a traveller a sturdy backpack as a gift. Pick one that has a lot of compartments to accommodate enough of the traveller’s stuff, ideal for a frequent backpacker. Backpacks comes in many sizes and prices vary depending on brand / style / size etc.
Good local brands you can check out includes Hawk backpacks, Summit backpacks, Knumbela backpacks, etc.
Popular imported brands for backpacks includes Osprey, Deuter, REI, Converse, Nike, and many more.
Buy during Luggage Sale so you can enjoy discounts!
NECK PILLOW. It helps to make long travels relaxing. For travels that allow you time to sleep during the trip, resting on the neck pillow protects both your head and neck. You can go for cute, funky, cool, pillows or those with special features like herbal-infused for a more relaxing nap.
EYE COVER. This can be paired with the neck pillow and your eyes can be protected as well. We saw some eye cover from Penshoppe and Bench accessories stores.
POWER BANK. Any traveller will appreciate a power bank. Mobile gadgets for anyone, especially a traveller have already become more of a necessity rather than luxury. It serves as a communication tool during the trips we take. So an extra power source comes in as super handy.
Asus mobile-size power bank sells for P999. There are lots of cheaper options with good quality, check out SM Cyberzone stores, canvas first!
BLUETOOTH SPEAKER. A portable audio accessory is the perfect gift idea for the traveller who loves to bring his or her music along in the travel.
We love our Logitech Bluetooth speaker! Long lasting battery too!
BEACH BLANKET. Best given to travellers who mainly travel where there are beaches.
SHAWL. The shawl as a gift to a traveller you know can serve him or her more than one good purpose, as a cover or a scarf for example.
MINI TRAVEL BOTTLES. These will help in maximizing the space in the luggage, used as mini containers for the traveller’s toiletries and some cosmetic items. Best especially for those friends and family members who don’t buy check-in baggage, and just rely on the 7 kilos of hand-carry allowance. *Make sure the travel bottles are 100 ml or smaller if you want containers for hand-carry bag.
ORGANIZER POUCH. A pouch that is an organizer at the same time can hold more than one tiny item. It also helps save space in the luggage.
TRAVEL POUCHES / PACKING CUBES. You can store underwear, socks, cosmetics and toiletries on individual pouches. This will ensure that the essential things inside a traveller’s luggage are not all over the place. It will be easier to locate those items later too.
Each of the 1Pisofare team has more than 2 sets of packing cubes scored during travel expos. One set usually comes with 4 pouches of different sizes. Price was P250 to 500 per set. You might find cheaper travel pouches / packing cubes in Divisoria stalls.
SUNGLASSES. For a traveller who frequently takes trips in the summertime, a pair of this will guard their eyes from the sunlight.
PASSPORT COVER. The passport is a very important document or proof of identification. A passport cover will prevent this from any possible damage. You can buy personalized passport cover from online sellers or during bazaars.
WATER BOTTLE. This is an ideal gift for travellers who are into outdoor activities like hiking.
LUGGAGE BAG. If the traveller you know is the traveling-since-birth type of wanderlust, a replacement luggage or maybe a spare one is a great gift idea. Get one during sale of luggage in malls!
PERSONALIZED BAG TAG. This tag will help you identify your luggage from the other baggage immediately.
MEDICINE KIT. Minor ailments like a headache can occur at any time whether you are traveling or not. Especially when you are traveling, in a foreign place by yourself and the headache happens in the middle of the night. The thought that you have a medicine kit tucked away in your bag will give you a sigh of relief.
TRAVEL STATEMENT SHIRT. This type of shirt can have a statement imprinted in front or at back that could say: “I WAS BORN TO TRAVEL” “WANDERLUST” “TRAVEL IS LIFE”, and many more!
MULTI-CORD ORGANIZER. We have mentioned earlier that mobile devices are now a necessity. Most travellers bring more than one type of gadget. Each gadget could have a designated cord. A multi-cord organizer will ensure that there will be no cords and/or USB cables scattered in your luggage or backpack. It will be easy to locate which cord is which.
You can check out AliExpress.com (only buy from highly rated sellers) for cord organizers – lots of choices there, but delivery takes an average of 45 days to the Philippines.
LIFEPROOF CASE. The lifeproof cases are designed to protect the traveller’s gadgets. This is an essential gift to those who are specifically high on adventure during their travels, as they have a bigger chance of exposing their devices to damages.
PHOTOBOOK VOUCHERS. This is the hottest trend when it comes to preserving your photos. Just buy a discounted voucher, get the code, prepare your photos, upload them, and do some styling and layout using the templates available on their website. Plus, you might even chance upon when Photobook Philippines offers FREE photobooks 6 x 6 soft cover! They have these freebies from time to time, and they sometimes offer them to new sign-ups to their site. 
TRAVEL JOURNAL. Yes, there are notepads that are pre-installed on smartphones that many favors for its handiness. But there are those who would still go for the traditional journal for their travel notes preparation and journey records.
For some travelers, noting beats writing down in ink the little notes on the journey. This affordable travel related gift – notepads and notebooks with inspiring quotes or photos of iconic destinations comes in various sizes, designs, and brands too!
Some of these items we listed here are not only great gifts for the pinoy traveler but also perfect gifts suggestion for girlfriend, sisters, brothers, friends, the whole lot!. 🙂 Or you can buy them as gift for yourself!!!
There are still lots of gift choices out their that we are sure the one who will receive your gift will love. Search and look for the perfect one!
Gift-giving is year-round, and we could be giving or receiving gifts more than once in a year, depending on the occasion. Sometimes we even give or receive gifts without any occasion to consider, or at times they come as thank-you gifts. We hope that this 1 Piso Fare list of Christmas gift ideas / year-round gift recommendation is useful to you.
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