With the School Summer Holidays almost over and everyone returning to their normal routine of school and work, we thought it would be great fun to think about those fabulous holiday souvenirs. Everyone’s had the experience of receiving a tacky souvenir from a friend or relative that’s been on holiday and for us at Door2Tour.com, there’s so many in the building, it’s unreal! One of our departments even has a competition where the aim of the game is to find the tackiest and cheapest souvenir possible and bring it back for the ‘Tack Shelf’. So we’ve taken some inspiration from all this tacky souvenir hoarding and conducted a poll of our office to find out what tacky treats everyone is hiding away (or proudly displaying) for the world to see!
One of our colleagues even has a Top Three of tacky souvenirs from Europe on her shelf. They are:
1) Fabric fan from Spain
2) Naked Lanzarote toothpick holder
3) Mount Etna ornament – the craftsmanship is quite something (sense the sarcastic tone)!
Other tacky items that we have received from holidays across the world include:
• 2x Statue of Liberty ornaments
• A colourful rock
• 2x cow bells from Switzerland
• Floral lady from Floriade
• Porcelain windmill that spins from Amsterdam
• Fish made out of sand from a beach in Mexico
• A mug for Valentine’s Day from Holland
• 5x china cows
• A variety of magnets
• A thermometer with a bouncy parrot
• A baguette magnet
• Furry kangaroo from Australia
• A selection of thimbles
• Various shot glasses
• A small bottle of gravel/sand
• Plate with a plate hanger that doesn’t work!
• Plastic dice from Las Vegas
Some of my personal favourites that I’ve collected over the years are the small fake hairy cats that you can get in all shapes and sizes, which I used to bring back from every holiday! They’re not even relevant to a particular place… you can find them everywhere!
Now we know for sure that each and every one of you reading this has received some form of cheap and cheerful souvenir! We want you to get in touch and see if it beats our super tacky collection!