Of late, I’ve really been liking the idea of experiential gifts. Maybe that's because an increasing number of my "giftees" seem to want to "make memories" instead of just collecting more stuff.
Take my accountant, a true minimalist, he's always been hard to shop for; He doesn't play golf and he's definitely not the type who lusts for Hermes ties, Cartier cufflinks or other such luxury tchotchkes... but he once told me he’d dreamed of becoming a race car driver. Well, that's probably not going to happen, but I just bought my much-appreciated bean counter a 2 lap, “race track ride-along” in a Lamborghini Gallardo! It's an experiential gift I'm fairly certain he'll love.
In an effort to strengthen her core for golf, my enterprising twin sister, recently took up Aerial Acrobatics (AKA: pole dancing), She loves it and she's planning on gifting all of her incredulous golfing girlfriends (including me) with an “Intro to Pole” lesson.
These are a couple of... um... interesting examples, but you get the idea. What better gift can there be than a memorable experience that may otherwise not happen?
A golf pass at Doral Arrowwood? Yes please! |
Do you have a course you love and would like your friends to experience? Pop a golf pass in their stocking and get them out of their home course rut. I plan to introduce a couple of my ladies league friends to the Little Blue Monster, a wonderful resort course located in nearby Westchester County, NY, with a Golf Pass Special at the Doral Arrowwood Hotel.
Or how about a lesson... or series of lessons... with a PGA/LPGA Pro. Golf Lesson Gift Certificates might even turn a non-golfing friend into a golfing one and how awesome would that be?
• We'll be featuring plenty of other golf gift ideas throughout the next few weeks, so check back often.
I love experiential gifts! My husband is impossible to shop for, but getting him gifts to experience is definitely the way to go. And one year I got him 5 golf lessons=) Cute shoes in the first pic!
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