At some point, we all reach that age when someone asks, “What do you want for…” your birthday, winter holiday, or other gift-giving events, and the answer, if we are truthful, is nothing. This is especially true when you are thinking about gifts for parents or contemporaries who have reached the point where they buy the things they want or need for themselves. And becoming minimalist has been increasingly popular.
So how do you find the perfect gift for people who don’t need anything? You give them an experience!
Science tells us that most people are bad at gift-giving but that we do it as a species to bond with others. But they say among the best gifts are the gifts of an experience.
What Does It Mean Gift an Experience?
Let’s face it, as working adults, it’s pretty hard to find time to do all the things you want to with family and friends. So that’s the first step in gifting an experience: spend time with the gift recipient. After all, if the underlying plan is bonding, then an essential part of that is enjoying time together.
When you choose to gift an experience, you are looking for a unique thing to do that you can do with the recipient or that the recipients can do together. For families, gifting an experience might mean getting season passes to a museum, entertainment venue, or a cruise of New York Harbor. Then every time the family enjoys attending an event, they are reminded of the gift and the giver.
Giving an experience usually means there is also no physical gift to unwrap, and that’s okay. Think about the last time you sat around and opened presents. Was it a good time?
Most people don’t enjoy receiving gifts because it puts them in the spotlight and makes them fake enthusiasm over something they might not even want. As givers, we want to choose a gift they will like, but we often opt for frivolous instead of practical.
So when you give the gift of an experience, you provide two things: the experience itself and time with the people they share it with. Those memories will be much better than the memory of opening a box.
What Experience Can I Give as a Gift?
For many, a gift experience can be simple, like a dinner at a favorite restaurant, or extravagant, like tickets to a Broadway show. What you choose to gift as an experience will depend mainly on the things your recipient loves the most.
One of the best gift experiences because of its broad appeal and the ability to make memories happen is the gift of a cruise on the Skyline Princess. Depending on your choice of cruise, you can enjoy dinner and spend the night dancing away or enjoy an afternoon cruise with the sun and wind on your face as you sail past the Manhattan skyline.
Gift the Experience of a Skyline Cruise for Great Holiday Memories
The gift of a Skyline Cruise is a chance to make new memories with your loved ones, enjoy time on the water and view the magnificent New York skyline. And if you need something to wrap? Get a photo frame to hold snapshots from your experience. Call us to book your holiday experience at (718) 446-1100.
