Gift Suggestions for relatives in Asia?

[yeliab]

How about coffee? I'm not sure if they have gourmet coffee there? My friends love Peets coffee... I'm more of a tea drinker so I trust my friends' coffee obsession!!

[Chanel Belle]

Originally Posted by jennt

Thanks girls for your all your suggestions!! I will be visiting Taiwan. Ages range from 18 - 35? Majority Female.. but there are a few male cousins I completely forgot.. A&F/Hollister is very popular in Asia! I sort of boycotted that store, so it didn't even cross my mind. Maybe I'll break my ban this one time.. Btw, is Victoria's Secret popular or known in Asia? My relatives don't visit the states, so they're not that familiar with the chains here. They've never seen B&BW products. This one time I brought back B&BW lotions, my cousin tried the lotion and thought it smelled like candy.. but in a bad way! She felt like ants were going to come and eat her skin bc of its heavy scent. pursemania - that's hilarious! I didn't expect that anyone in japan would want our snacks! I'll go scour the markets for some popular childhood snacks. panda_usc -Teuscher! my friends here love that too. I'm just worried that it'll melt. Laria - I'm surprised they would want towels! I feel like majority of towels sold in the states are fairly thick. With the humidity in Asia, it would talk forever to dry! I'll keep that one in mind though. Thanks again everyone! If you have any other ideas, please post! I always run into this dilemma when I go back..

Victoria's Secret is very well-known in Asia!! I'm from Asia and we drool over VS's stuff because we don't have VS in my country.

We pray everyday that VS will open an outlet in my country

Or get something from Coach - though this might blow your budget a little. Coach is very expensive here in Asia.

[wackynottacky]

Originally Posted by besttoro

Dunno where your locale is, but I try to bring something local/US made when I go home to Japan. When I lived in Boulder, I bought a ton of Celestial Seasoning tea, and that was a hit because blended herbal tea isn't that huge there. (Plus the boxes have cute illustrations, and they're light in your luggage!) Now that I'm in Seattle, I get local organic chocolates (Theo or Fran's -- Fran's salted caramels are the Obamas' favorite candies, so that's always a hit), berry teas, jams and honey from NW. I think Victoria Secret bath & body stuff may or may not be too strong smelling for folks in Asia...depending on your audience of course.

I love it when friends who comes from Asia (or wherever else) bring things that are from their hometown/state/country, especially food or art. And almost everyone I know seem to feel the same way.

I don't like getting people bath things or perfume because what smells good to one person can smell like a bag of garbage to another. And then it either gets stored under the bathroom counter or re-gifted over and over until someone likes it.

Just be really careful with importing food - make sure it meets standards for importing!