Hometown connection gifts

 Your 1-minute-a-week shortcut to
always having awesome gift ideas well in advance.

Hi gift-givers! This newsletter serves as your ruby slippers for clicking to get back to that special place…the gift-brainstorming zone.

I am honored to have been a guest on the popular podcast, The Everyday Style School. The host, Jennifer Mackey-Mary asked several questions I’m sure many of you are asking yourselves. Such as, “how do I find gifts for the hard-to-shop-for people (men) in my life?” and “how do I avoid the last-minute gift trap?”. Click here to listen to the interview.

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The “hometown connection" Gift:

• Nostalgia!

• Unique, personalized, thoughtful

• Continued connection to their community

Hometown gift/food baskets:

• Consider Goldbelly.com which allows you to ship iconic hometown foods nationwide

• Some cities may have their own boutique gift basket services that you can find by googling “[insert city name] gift box”. For example, Cleveland in a Box, Chicago in a Box, Home Sweet Home Georgia Basket

Other hometown gift items:

• Hometown clothing apparel

• Customized hometown crossword puzzle or trivia game

• Customized map items - Etsy has many options including map prints, glassware, clothing, phone cases, drink coasters, light switch covers

Hometown experience gifts:

• Hometown memory letters

• Virtual hometown walking tour - find someone locally who can walk around on a video call

• Pay for sports streaming services so they can watch their hometown team while living in another region (NFL Sunday Ticket, MLB.tv, NBA League Pass)

• Who do you know who is longing for further connection to their hometown?____

Forward this email to:

• Your friends/family with spouses or loved ones who live away from their hometown

And introduce them to your favorite 1-minute-a-week shortcut to always having awesome gift ideas well in advance. They can read past editions and subscribe here.

Please reply to this email ~ or ~ click the button below if you have stories of awesome gifts that you can share with the community that fall under the below topics:

• Handwritten letters as gifts

• Any memorable gift you’ve received or given

Now fly, my prett-y-awesome gift gift-givers,
Patrick Kucharson
Better Gift Coach

P.S. Whose father (or father-in-law) has an upcoming birthday? Reply to this email if you could use some gift brainstorming help. I’m eager to provide suggestions.

Have you been inspired by a gift idea shared in the BGC newsletter? It would be the highlight of my week to hear from you about it! Here’s who made my week:

Marcey from North Carolina, one of my favorite BGC community members, has really taken to the suggested gift of customized stickers featured in 🎁Gifts that overcome distances.

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