Ideas for Surprising Fellow Travellers?

[mindy32]

Hi All,
I really want to think of a couple of little surprises for my husband and best friend who I am travelling with. (We leave two weeks today, eeep!!!). This is a belated honeymoon (although said friend is coming too lol) and also to celebrate best friend's 30th birthday so I want to do a couple of little extra things. Unfortunately I'm restricted by budget somewhat so can't do totally extravagant things.

The only thing I know I want to do so far is organise a cake at WDW if I can, to have it in the room when we arrive. Anyone know how to organise that?!

I was also thinking of booking a limousine transfer from the airport in one of the cities we're going to but not sure it's worth the cost?

Any other suggestions for things I could do, honestly it can be absolutely anything!

We're going to LA, San Diego, Vegas, New York & WDW.

Also I'd been thinking about getting them a little giftbag for the night before we go too with a novel each to read, snacks for the plane if I can (are we even allowed to take anything on?), a magazine each, maybe a neck pillow, and I've got nothing else! Suggestions? Adults are so much harder than kids lol.

 

[australiankaren]

mags are good, as is mentos for ear popping, pillow for neck, some moisturiser for your friend, chap stick, pack of playing cards, headphones (noise cancelling for DH if he doesnt have any and you are flying economy), a cheap little light weight blanky (never have too many blanky's),comfy bed socks, cheap thongs, ...anything to make the flight more enjoyable....

 

[5ofus]

mags are good, as is mentos for ear popping, pillow for neck, some moisturiser for your friend, chap stick, pack of playing cards, headphones (noise cancelling for DH if he doesnt have any and you are flying economy), a cheap little light weight blanky (never have too many blanky's),comfy bed socks, cheap thongs, ...anything to make the flight more enjoyable....

All good ideas. In the olden days before IFE systems and iPods/iPads, I use to take puzzle books. Pens are always handy, make sure you put them in too. I think it's a great idea I did something similar for my sister a million years ago. Only, she is a big kid, so she got lots of kiddie-type things too :lol:

 

[WanderlustNZ]

This might be a bit on the extravagant side, but you could always surprise them with tickets to a show in Vegas or NY.

I've been to 4 of the Cirque Shows in Vegas and my DH and I LOVE LOVE LOVED them. Also, the Lion King, which will be playing in NY, is brilliant.

 

[Tashinwdw]

I am sure they will love anything that you do. I did some things for DH and kids before our holiday, unfortunetly some were a bit pricey - well it seemed pricey with all 6 of us. I had the disney florist leave a welcome sign and balloon - they have packages but you can call them up and create an original one that would suite your budget which is what I did. I also ordered some disney pins and they did some trading (more for the kids though) though I loved doing it too. We also did the Pirate and Pals fireworks cruise which was fun and the halloween party which I really loved.
There are lots of booths around Las Vegas that are tix4tonight (i think) and they sell cheap tickets to all the shows. We did that and got great seats to LeReve which was amazing and highly recommend, tickets were $100 but they have other shows that cost less.
I know you can organise birthday cakes at restaurants but not sure if they deliver to your room, it may depend if you have a bakery at your resort that does them.

The neck cushion and comfy socks is a great idea, I also packed toothbrush and small rexona (make sure its the travel size) which hubby loved as he felt much better after he was able to freshen up. As we had no entertainment on our internal USA flights a good puzzle book or hobby mag would have been really useful for all of us, so I think thats a great idea too.
Just going on the holiday is magical enough so anything you do will make it even more special, have a great time, cant wait to hear how it all goes.

 

[Travel Mum]

I am sure they will love anything that you do. I did some things for DH and kids before our holiday, unfortunetly some were a bit pricey - well it seemed pricey with all 6 of us. I had the disney florist leave a welcome sign and balloon - they have packages but you can call them up and create an original one that would suite your budget which is what I did. I also ordered some disney pins and they did some trading (more for the kids though) though I loved doing it too. We also did the Pirate and Pals fireworks cruise which was fun and the halloween party which I really loved.
There are lots of booths around Las Vegas that are tix4tonight (i think) and they sell cheap tickets to all the shows. We did that and got great seats to LeReve which was amazing and highly recommend, tickets were $100 but they have other shows that cost less.
I know you can organise birthday cakes at restaurants but not sure if they deliver to your room, it may depend if you have a bakery at your resort that does them.

The neck cushion and comfy socks is a great idea, I also packed toothbrush and small rexona (make sure its the travel size) which hubby loved as he felt much better after he was able to freshen up. As we had no entertainment on our internal USA flights a good puzzle book or hobby mag would have been really useful for all of us, so I think thats a great idea too.
Just going on the holiday is magical enough so anything you do will make it even more special, have a great time, cant wait to hear how it all goes.

Gosh TashinWDW, your trip sounds fantastic - any chance you would do a Trip Report for us?! They really are quite fun to do once you start

 

[Tashinwdw]

Gosh TashinWDW, your trip sounds fantastic - any chance you would do a Trip Report for us?! They really are quite fun to do once you start

I wouldn't know what to say, maybe I will look at what others have written to see what to do. I am new to the board and its taking me a while to get through the threads, just reading through the aussie one is keeping me busy

 

[mindy32]

Awesome ideas, thank you! Socks, mentos & puzzle books are great ideas will defiintely do that.

Wanderlust tickets are a good idea too but we've already planned altogether to see a few shows so unfortunately it wouldn't seem like much of a surprise.

I'd love to think of something that neither of them would think of themselves to do but I have no idea what, some sort of experiency sort of thing but they've looked up a lot themselves so I can't think of anything unique!

 

[Travel Mum]

I wouldn't know what to say, maybe I will look at what others have written to see what to do. I am new to the board and its taking me a while to get through the threads, just reading through the aussie one is keeping me busy

Oh that is fair enough because, yes, I had read heaps of TR's before I came around to the time of doing mine. I had let my TR slip away down the pages of the Aussie forum because, since none of my family know that there are photos of them on the internet, I thought I'd better let it stay buried however, I have just linked it to my signature for now in case you want to read it. Peronally I prefer reading Aussie or Kiwi TR's than reading on the ones on the main Disboards because their experience is more relevent to me.

TR's can be as long or short, detailed or not as you want - we enjoy them all. I'm so curious to know how travelling as a family of six went at WDW so that's one of the reasons I'm keen to read yours. No pressure though and just enjoy the fun place that the Aussie/Kiwi Disboards subforum is now that you've found it

 

[australiankaren]

Oh that is fair enough because, yes, I had read heaps of TR's before I came around to the time of doing mine. I had let my TR slip away down the pages of the Aussie forum because, since none of my family know that there are photos of them on the internet, I thought I'd better let it stay buried however, I have just linked it to my signature for now in case you want to read it. Peronally I prefer reading Aussie or Kiwi TR's than reading on the ones on the main Disboards because their experience is more relevent to me.

TR's can be as long or short, detailed or not as you want - we enjoy them all. I'm so curious to know how travelling as a family of six went at WDW so that's one of the reasons I'm keen to read yours. No pressure though and just enjoy the fun place that the Aussie/Kiwi Disboards subforum is now that you've found it

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