Holiday gifts for travelers

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Tired of giving the same predictable holiday gifts, ones your recipients can’t even recall a year later? If you have travelers on your list, here are some thoughtful travel-related gifts that won’t soon be forgotten. You won’t find cushy neck pillows, fuzzy socks or suitcase locks, those typical stocking stuffers that line the shelves leading to the checkout counter at T.J. Maxx every season.

Instead, here are creative travel gifts I have given, received, would be thrilled to receive or simply think are perfect for those with wanderlust. There’s something for every budget.

Have something to add? Share your favorite gifts for travelers or a wonderful gift of travel you’ve received with me at dawn.gilbertson@arizonarepu blic.com and I’ll include some of the best in an upcoming column.

Photo souvenirs

Did you vacation with friends or family this year or drool over a friend’s social-media travel photos? Make a photo gift. This can be as simple as a collage from Walgreen’s, a photo on canvas from Costco or an elaborate photo book from Shutterfly or Mix Book.

Two of my favorite gifts from my teenagers are photo presents: a photo book from our trip to Australia and a large, framed photo of the three of us in Greece. When a friend invited a group