Staycation Gift Ideas

When Your Home is All You Need to Relax

Jeanne Marie Kerns
Staycations are becoming more and more popular these days with many people throughout the world. Let's admit it, times are tough all over, and well we just do not have the money to spend on a vacation to another country or state. Instead, people are choosing to have their vacations right inside of their homes. That is where the word staycations comes from.

Do you know someone who is have a staycation and you would like to bring or send a gift to them, but you really are not sure what to give. Take a look below at a few suggestion I have for buying a perfect staycation gift for someone you know.

1. Wine Basket. Here is a perfect, yet elegant gift to bring someone while they are away on their staycation. Choose a nice basket with some colored straw. Buy a few bottles of the wine that suit their taste and place inside of the basket. Set the basket outside their door, announce to them that they have a gift waiting, allow them to enjoy.

2. Cheese and Fruit Basket. Another perfect gift for the staycationers. Choose a nice basket with colored straw as the bedding. Add a few packets of assorted crackers, fruits, and cheese. You could also add a cheese slicer, along with a some fancy toothpicks.

3. Bubble Bath Basket. Now here is one of those gifts you want to keep for yourself. Fill a large basket with assorted bubbles, bath beads, wash cloths, candles, a small bottle of wine, and a couple of wine glasses. Make sure that you secure the wine bottle and glasses well. You do not want them to break.

4. Dinner Delivered. If you are on a staycation, you are not going to want to cook. The whole point is to relax and enjoy your time. Think about what their taste is in food. Get a hold of their favorite restaurant to see if they deliver, if they do not, pick up the food and bring it to them yourself. They will love it!

5. Butler For a Day. Now if your going to give a gift that gives back, hire a butler or you be the butler for the day. Whoever is on their staycation will absolutely love this gift. This will allow them to relax and have someone wait on them hand and foot. Just what vacations should be about.

6. Gift of Massage. Staycations are about relaxing, what better gift is there to give that relaxes you immediately? Of course, you guessed it, their very own private massage. Find a masseuse that is willing to come to their home for a private massage. Be sure that you inform the masseuse that this is a gift and you want the works put on them.

These tips and ideas should help you decide what to give if someone you know has recently announced they're going on a staycation. Help them enjoy their time of relaxation by adding a gift they can use while on their staycation.

Published by Jeanne Marie Kerns

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