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UK Travel Gifts for Holidays and Special Occasions

No need to be stuck for holiday gifts for the UK travelers on your list. Look here for loads of travel gifts and British gifts for UK visitors - for holiday giving, birthdays and special occasions year round.
UK Heatwave - How to Keep Cool in a UK Heatwave
Most visitors don't expect a heatwave in the UK and have no idea about how to keep cool in Britain because cold snaps during the summer months can be just as common. But every summer sees hot weather days increase and temperatures breaking higher records in the UK. With airconditioning and ice cold beer still uncommon, a UK heatwave can be a lot more unpleasant than one in the tropics. These goo…
Five Great Portable Electronic Entertainment Gifts
These portable electronic entertainment devices are great gifts for travelers. They help pass the time waiting out delays at airports, help soothe cranky children and turn cold, strange hotel rooms into hip or homey retreats.
10 Great Gadget Gifts Under $50
People who travel often love travel gadgets with a payoff that far outweighs the precious luggage space they occupy. This selection of handy travel helpers all fit the bill. Lightweight, compact and very useful, none of them puts a weighty drag on anyone's luggage. And, at under $50, they aren't too heavy for most budgets either.
Christmas Music from Top English Cathedral Choirs
Christmas carols and holiday choral music, sung by the best English Cathedral Choirs, make grand gifts for music lovers and are great for updating your own seasonal music collection. Travelers who have been to (or are heading for) England's historic cathedrals will also appreciate these gifts of Christmas music from England's Top Cathedral Choirs.
Hotel Gift Cards - A Holiday or Anytime Gift for Travelers
Travelocity's Hotel Gift Cards make a thoughtful holiday gift for travelers
Top English Classics for Her
The classic English Rose is a game girl or a sporty woman who loves the outdoors (and has all the right, rugged outdoorsy clothes to enjoy it) but who also likes fresh and classic, natural scents and toiletries. Sound like anyone you know?
Great Gadget Gifts for Travelers
Transatlantic travelers always appreciate handy travel gadgets as holiday gifts. In 2007, with airlines - and governments - tightening baggage weight restrictions, the best travel gadgets have to earn their passage - balancing genuine utility with the space and weight they occupy. These clever holiday gifts definitely fit the bill.
English Teas and Teapots for Holiday Gift Giving
Coffee may be international but in Britain, even coffee drinkers like nothing better than a nice cup of tea, with or without milk, of an afternoon. And they'll have none of those fancy, spiced or gourmet teas if you please. Just good, solid black teas, brewed to perfection and served in the right sort of cup. These teas, teapots and kettles will deliver the real British cuppa for the tea lovers, …
English Country Clothes For Men - Gifts with English Country Style
Fashions come and go but English country style is classic. The rugged tweeds, lanolin rich woolens and traditional English country waterproofs are made for outdoor activities and changeable weather. Classic English country clothes never date. They make great holiday gifts for men on your list who like the outdoor life.
Top Discount Passes for United Kingdom Visitor Attractions
These are the top UK Discount Passes for United Kingdom Visitor Attractions. Find out the best visitor passes to save money while sightseeing in Great Britain
Dual Voltage Appliances for UK Visitors to Use Home and Abroad
These dual voltage appliances can be used at home and abroad, in the UK and throughout Europe. Why buy heavy and expensive converters and transformers when, with dual voltage products all you need is a cheap adaptor plug?
The Orkney Craft Trail - Where to Buy Orkney Designer Crafts
Read about the Orkney Craft Trail. Find out how you can visit the workshops of artist and artisans to see beautiful handcrafted jewelry, clothing, furniture, pottery and tapestries made or to commission original pieces for yourself.
Bicester Village - Chic Discount Outlet Mall Near Oxford
Bicester Village is a designer brand outlet mall about 10 miles from Oxford. Find luxury clothing and products for the home at this discount outlet mall of chic boutiques about an hour from London
The Victoria and Albert Museum Shop
This has got to be one of the best museum shops ever. The V&A's focus is applied design so goods in the shop not only reflect its historical collection but highlight the very best of the V&A's themes in contemporary British design -- ceramics, jewelry, clothes, housewares, glassware. Shopping here is my own personal Christmas treat.

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