I love it when celebrations are based around a theme. I once attended a wedding that had a baseball theme so instead of signing a guest book, we signed baseballs! The tables at the dinner were named after famous baseball stadiums and the gifts given to each guest were old-fashioned Coca-Cola glasses. Another wedding I attended had a golf theme and yet another had a “Fruits of the Spirit” theme.
Are you celebrating a special occasion? Why not make it a travel themed one? Here are some ideas:
- If you’re having a luncheon or dinner with numerous guests invited, name each table after a country.
- If it’s a wedding, give Travelon luggage scales or Heys’ luggage scales to members of the wedding party. One customer of ours bought 60 luggage scales to give to each of the guests attending her father’s 60th birthday.
- Wrap gifts using maps.
- If there are children in the wedding party, help them catch the travel bug by giving them a cute travel pillow or fun travel game.
- Have appys from around the world for a bridal shower or birthday bash.
- Packing organizers such as Rick Steves’ packing cubes and jewelry rolls, make popular gifts.
- Decorate tables and halls with maps, globes or palm trees.
- Small gifts for guests could include the luggage locks, Swedish-designed fork/knife/spoon combo Spork or a rechargeable mini flashlight.
- I heard about one bride-to-be who sent out with her wedding invitations, luggage tags that had a picture and the name of the city where the wedding was taking place.
Travel is such a fun theme to work with. Enjoy the party!
