Holiday Gift Ideas??

doschicos
Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:50:35 +0000

Most of my holiday shopping is for the two groups the OP mentioned - college students and parents in their 70s/80s.

My college kids have pretty much everything they need and are not consumers for the most part. They are also living in small spaces and will most likely be transient in the next 5 years or so. They like gifts that are Experiences - concert tickets, airfare for international trips (both big travelers), ski passes. A little clothing here and there, camping supplies, etc. We’ve also started giving them contributions to Roth IRAs.

For parents, who either have everything they need or are actually paring back on their possessions, we also do experiences with gift cards to the hot new restaurants, to shows, to the local breweries. They enjoy the outings and no clutter.