Top Gifts for Travelers for $10 and Under

Recreational travelers are very lucky people, not because they can afford to travel but because they are destined to experience the wonders of the world first hand, the striking beauty that the rest of us can only dream about. How often your fellow traveler brings you an exotic souvenir and tells you a breathtaking tale about how it was acquired, and you listen to the story with your jaw dropped? Doesn't it make you a bit jealous? ...and frustrated, as you struggle to find a gift for your travel-loving friends, the gift that will be remotely as exiting for them as their presents for you. The following list of gifts for travelers under $10 will give you some ideas.

Home Soil
Even hardcore travelers prone to a "home sick" syndrome - that's what makes a sentimental home-soil-filled capsule a perfect gift for a barely-seen-at-home person. Engraved with a personal message and filled either with soil of their birth place or the sand of the beach where they met the love of their life - this is a worthy competitor to an exotic souvenir. Remember, once the capsule crosses the borders on its way out, its value (even if only sentimental) instantly increases sky-high.

Pack It Sack
Packing right stuff or packing stuff right? That is the question. Traveling is about seeing the spectacular destinations, but a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Actually, it starts with packing. This Eagle Creek Pack will keep the traveler's essentials (tickets, maps, documents) protected from an accidental spills during their happy traveling.

The Cheap Bastard's Guide to... (the book)
This book, available in a variety of big-name destinations from San Francisco to New York, is a valuable guide full of inside information on budget traveling and affordable entertainment. Filled with free museum visits, affordable restaurants, free snacks, discounted tickets and freebies alike this pocket guide is a must-have book for every traveler.

Sleep Mask and Ear Plugs
The only downside to staying in a budget motel from "The Cheap Bastard's Guide" could be the noisy intersection right outside of your window - in this case the pair of ear plugs and a sleeping mask will help you to enjoy the good night sleep anywhere and save you a fortune on a next day coffee galore. Gave a mask last Christmas? Go for an inflatable pillow - perfect for traveling on a bus, train or an airplane.

Travel Gear Security Belt
Whether it's a wear-on-a-neck money and passport organizer or semi-professional money belt - travel gears adds a sense of security to all - from novice cross country road trip explorer to a foreign country traveler.

This is a list of five popular gifts under $10 that you can delight any traveler with, but if you are giving a present to someone special to you - add a self addressed stamped envelop with a traveler's pen to sweeten the deal.