S/O of travel threads - souvenirs/memorabilia

Coffee beans! I love searching out coffee shops to get locally roasted beans. A plus side is there's no indefinite storage solution to maintain (or dust!).

I used to collect magnets but got tired of them on my fridge after a while. I really donʻt collect anything anymore. I do sort of regret not having collected a Christmas ornament from each city.

DH and I always buy a Christmas ornament on our travels to remind us of where we've been. The only guideline is it needs to be something that represents where we were. We have a specific Christmas tree that we decorate with our ornaments.

Add me to the ornament list.😊

Bookmarks. They are inexpensive and don’t take up a lot of space in my luggage or at home. I keep them in a shallow wood bowl.

I just like to buy a few sticker to put in my journal. That’s it. Some times something catches my eye, but there is nothing else I collect.

My favorite souvenir is pressed pennies. Every time I see one of those machines I always scrounge for the right combination of coins to make one! At some point I think I’ll make them into a charm bracelet.

ornaments - and they aren't always designed as ornaments but so long as they can hang on the tree, that's okay

We have a “travel wall” so we try and find a plaque or sign of where we visit and then hang it on the wall. Sometimes it’s a small postcard that I frame or a ceramic plaque. We have found some unique items. I also get a shot glass, I have sooooo many of those, I’m still trying to figure out how to display them.

We are Christmas tree ornament souvenir collectors. Our tree has always been eclectic so the travel ornaments add to the chaos.

We like to get an ornament, but sometimes get something different (or in addition to), especially if it's something iconic to the area. For items we buy together, we mostly limit ourselves to one or two things from each area/city, but they have to be special. We like finding unique things!

We often get something personal for ourselves as well: DH wears a lot of t-shirts so he will usually get a shirt with something unique about the area, while I'll get earrings/jewelry representative of the area/city or sometimes a hoodie if we're traveling to a place where luggage space is not an issue. We kept things small on our cruises and other European trips. We take a ton of pictures too, so that adds to the memories of a place.

We got married 3 days before Christmas and started collecting Christmas ornaments on our honeymoon. I also try and find a sterling silver charm for my travel charm bracelet. DH normally looks for a t-shirt. But he also does that on days that end in y so that doesn’t really count.

In the past we’ve done shot glasses and would occasionally grab a print to have framed or other decoration but we’re not ‘stuff’ people for the most part so we’ve cut down on that.

Mostly pictures. Sometimes ornaments or a piece of pottery. I bought Nick a leather key chain that has these round token charm things that we can order for destinations to add to it.

I began collecting souvenir tea towels when I was in London in 1986 as a 19 year old ...

I am not well traveled so I don't have a huge collection but I was lucky that my late MIL brought me one from Provence, France and dd#1 brought me one from Switzerland that she got on a school trip!