Holiday souvenir

[MewMew101]

I’ve started buying a magnet from each holiday I’ve been on. I have only have two so far. One is from my trip to New York, which was over Christmas and one from a city break to London when I saw Stevie Nicks at Hyde Park!

Does anyone else do this? 😊

I do this and have a fridge freezer full of lovely memories. I always look out for Christmas tree baubles too. It makes it awkward when other people think you just collect magnets from various places and kindly bring them back from their own holidays. I don’t want other peoples holiday destinations on my fridge!

I have lots of holiday Christmas decorations too - but only if they’re nice and proper Christmassy, not souveniry.

Oh god yeah it's a must in this household! I even have my OH's family on board now too..

Edit to agree with the Christmas tree decorations too

I actually like when people bring them back for me, it's not the same in fairness but I still like it

Nothing from other people in this house either - if I’ve not been there myself, I don’t want it. I do have some non-holiday ones on there too.

Touring holidays take up lots of space 😆 - six American states added from one holiday last year.

I have a fridge & freezer both covered & still going.

It's such an easy, cheap souvenir & I can see them every day. I can see I'm not the only one fending off family buying them for me when they go somewhere... DH & DC get lovely little gifts & I get magnets I don't want!!

We do - they are all over the boiler in the kitchen. We get very cross if we forget before we leave a holiday. I agree with pp re other people's holidays - I wouldn't include those magnets in our haul.

I've been doing this for a few years / I'm currently in a taxi on my way back from a trip to Europe with 5. O probably have around 30 now.

Aren't they just?

I love the Christmas decoration idea 🥰

we do! many hold good memories 🥰

Love abit of holiday tat

Memories of holidays and days out since 2018. We did have a really bling one from Monaco but it broke and smashes - it was all show!

I only started this in the last 5 years or so. I have Barcelona, Mallorca, Bretagne (Brittany) and Venice on the fridge.

Really wish we’d started sooner.

I also always buy some sort of local souvenir, e.g a piece of pottery, and put it in a display cabinet

I do this! And my DS has started buying me one as a present from his holidays!

I've always told my two to not buy souvenirs on holiday because it's tat. I'd much rather they have an experience than spend money on presents for me. But I hunt down a magnet each holiday. I love them!

I started buying magnets on my first holiday as an adult, backpacking around Europe, and have continued ever since. I have a few rules though..
-have to have been there myself and brought it
-i don't include day trips/day outings except stadium visits for a sporting event (these have their own space on the fridge).
-pre DH magnets are kept on the bar fridge

I've got 2 freezers and a fridge freezer and I'm filling them up! My children get me one when they go away as well.

Aha! We have an old IKEA magnetic whiteboard here somewhere - that's a thought!

Yes - thank you! Great idea x