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By: Travels with Children by minnemom » Top Ten Family Vacation Tips

Travels with Children by minnemom » Top Ten Family Vacation Tips — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:50:29 +0000

[...] spend a lot of money on souvenirs. Take photos, buy postcards, smash a penny here and there. Let the vacation be about [...]

By: Sandy F

Sandy F — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:19:45 +0000

Cool idea! We've been doing this for a while, too, but I hadn't thought about it that way. My 16 yo was very excited to have purchased the last Harry Potter book in Italy when she was there over its debut. It's in English, but decidedly continental and a bit different than the American editions. What a keepsake! Sandy F’s last blog post..Reading Comprehension Card Game

By: wandermom

wandermom — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:58:23 +0000

We buy books. And more books. And even more books. Even when we go to museums we buy books - photo books of the exhibits or something like the Pocket Guide to Egyptian Hieroglyphs my younger son insisted on the last time we passed through the British Museum. wandermom’s last blog post..from all the traveling moms

By: Dominique

Dominique — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:51:47 +0000

We’re so bad about buying books on vacation! I remember shipping a huge box of dirty laundry home from Alaska so we could be sure to fit the books we bought up there into our luggage!! I’ve got a huge bag of books we just brought back from our most recent trip to Rhode Island and Connecticut…mostly museum store fodder, too.
College t-shirts, sweatshirts and hockey jerseys are one of our other weaknesses. I always come home with at least a few from each trip.
Come to think of it, a lot of my Christmas tree ornaments came from our travels over the years, too.
Oh…and CDs. We love to bring home local music.
I always say we can’t buy a lot of big items because our house is so small, but you can see why it’s still soooooo full!

You’ll love the books forever, though. I love picking up a book and reliving a trip I took last year, five years ago, twenty years ago…

By: Bridget Smith

Bridget Smith — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:10:30 +0000

What a great idea! Promoting family travel and literacy at the same time, and much more useful than matchbooks or postcars. We haven't started a souvenir tradition, but I'll have to think about it. Bridget Smith’s last blog post..Why Family Adventure Guidebooks?

By: Courtney

Courtney — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:03:22 +0000

On our honeymoon we bought a Christmas ornament...and the tradition began. Every time we visit someplace, we try to buy an ornament (or something that could work as an ornament) for our Christmas tree. It is so fun to pull them out and say "remember when?" as we decorate our tree. But once my girls are a little bigger, I love the idea of picking out books from our travels, too. Courtney’s last blog post..Safeway deals 11/05-11/11

By: Amy @ The Q Family

Amy @ The Q Family — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:15:16 +0000

I admitted that we are the souvenir junkies. Now that I read your post it gave me the idea of looking for book instead of toys or little stuff that they will forget 2 days later. Right now, I tend to look for the ornament from my travel. I love to look at it during Christmas. I also buy Hard Rock Cafe pin.. I know.. not the best place to represent place I visit but I love their design for each location. Then my hubby loves to get his hand on Starbuck City collection wherever we go.. Amy @ The Q Family’s last blog post..Wordless Wednesday: The Pumpkin Witch

By: bookbabie

bookbabie — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:09:27 +0000

I whole heartily agree, of course I'm the bookbabie so I would;) bookbabie’s last blog post..(almost) wordless wednesday

By: MudslideMama

MudslideMama — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:27:13 +0000

Museum gift shops have long been my weakness. Love the books, of course, but I have a bad habit of collecting (too many) fridge magnets. It’s my weakness; no one needs as many fridge magnets as I have.

Very great post!

While this gift shop post here has nothing to do with books per se, it’s all about the gift shops.

MudslideMama’s last blog post..Motherhood of the Traveling Pants

By: Debbie Dubrow

Debbie Dubrow — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:20:11 +0000

We're a big book family too. Somewhere I have a picture of all the children's books we ended our trip to Italy with. It's a HUGE stack. In Paris too, I loved the children's book department at the Bon Marche & there was a wonderful selection of wordless books (including the adventures of Polo which is now available in the US) When I'm here in the states, I have to admit that I don't buy as many books on the road.. I'm more likely to take a digital photo & then order the books I love on Amazon when I return home. The one exception is when we drive down to Portland. I always come back with a trunk full of books from Powells. I love their selection of out-of-print books! Debbie Dubrow’s last blog post..DeliciousBaby Named 20th Most Popular Travel Blog!