Do you buy souvenirs for people when traveling?

Hopefully you had fun on you cruise.  

When my mom and grandma was alive I would get them something. Usually a spoon for grandma and a set of salt and pepper shakers for my mom.... But they collected them so it was a given.... I never did go out of my way to find them but if i saw them some where I wold get them... the thing I like getting from every place I go is post cards but they are more for me... I have a collection.... I want to do a scrapbook with them..... 

No, the only exception us if someone is pet sitting for us and even then I may just buy them dinner when I get back. Last time I think I bought something for someone that requested something was hickory nuts from China, but she gave dh money and told him where to get them and for some reason you cannot get them here even via internet. They were amazingly delicious so I bought a bag for each friend but a bag was about a dollar. On our honeymoon we had a goal of no souvenirs but I did buy a soccer style jacket when I found it at a great deal and I thought it was cute. Personally I hate dealing with crap like some tchotskie from someone's trip to a place I've never been, I have this dolphin figurine from a friend from college, I haven't tossed it because it was a gift so it lives in a box in my parents' basement. Every time I look at it I think about throwing it away but never can seem to do it!

I forgot to say, one of my old bosses loved to travel and he would always bring me back a Christmas ornament from that country... I have about 5 or 6 of them from all over the world. I absolutely love those and they are not cheesy. A four leaf clover from Ireland, a Dutch blue little doll, a old-fashion painted glass parrot from one of the Caribbean islands, a wooden (the wood is special from this area) carved nativity scene from Bethlehem and a few others.

My husband insists that It would be rude to come home empty handed. Otherwise, I would not.

I was going to say the same thing LOL. Half of my fun on a vacation is strolling the markets and shopping. I know that there are a lot of places I've been that my parents and grandparents can't go, and it means a lot to them to have a memento from that place. I usually have a pretty good sized shopping list when I travel, my three grandmothers, my parents, my brother and sister-in-law, my four nieces and nephews, my best friend and my coworkers. 

My parents are usually easy, they like sweatshirts and t-shirts. Occasionally I'll see something that my dad would like different like a hand painted canvas from Paris that was still wet when I bought it. The kids it just depends on what I find, but they all have a shelf of items from me from my travels in their rooms. My grandmothers is usually some kind of fabric piece, my best friend well he usually gets something really unique and personal (I tend to spoil him). 

For my coworkers I have made that a challenge. I try to find something unique and spend no more than $1.50. They came to look forward to what I was going to bring back, and everyone had a little collection on their desks. 

For myself, I have a few things that I typically look for. I collect walking sticks and try to find one everywhere I travel. I also collect decorative boxes, trunks. I have a stack of them in my bedroom. I usually get a Christmas ornament for the tree, plus if there is something that is unique to the location I am going, I will get that. For instance on a trip to Singapore, I went to Arab street which is a garment district type location there and I bought this gorgeous fabric that a coworker turned into curtains for me. I bought tablecloths in St Martin. 

The most fun I had was during a stop in Grand Cayman, I sent everyone I knew, postcards from Hell. 

I picked up some fun stuff like cute little stuffed lambs wearing tartan hats in Scotland for my sis and bff because they were checking in on my cats while I was away, but otherwise no.
Unless I'm traveling with the girls, then, I'll get a tee shirt or something for dh