Parents who have everything

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Please please help me find separate or joint present(s) for my parents who won't give us any suggestions:

• mid 70s but very active and healthy
• have a home already overflowing with stuff, don't really care about the garden
• like reading, theatre, history, museums, art.
• Can access all London places.
• mum is stylish and shops in Hobbs and Toast type places but has a million scarves, gloves, etc.
• no hampers please. They're not foodie and don't really drink
• Budget £100-150 between them. We do like them even though they are tricky to treat and they will be generous to us and grandkids so we do have to buy something.

Thank you very much

Everyman cinema voucher. They can watch shows there too I think,

Audible voucher.

Gift voucher to the Royal Opera House.

Some sort of outing/event including you and the children.

LRB subscription

A subscription for, tea, coffee or chocolates.

How often do you get to see them? Any kind of trip out together ?

Backstage tour at the ROH?

Theatre vouchers, or membership to one of the big galleries, or maybe something like an art pass?

Invite them somewhere, do something together?

https://www.artfund.org/national-art-pass?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Brand&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD3xGL0AuWwqQdkYw5IyyuDK4dy7V&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9IPmwIaCigMVVQYGAB0NhwGmEAAYASAAEgIXDvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Then they can choose what to do and where to go

We don't anymore it's all rather silly. We take each other out for a theatre trip or to a nice restaurant etc. None of us need or want any more stuff.

How about tickets to something Christmassy like panto, nutcracker etc for just after Xmas? To go to as a family? Get them to keep the date free but keep the tickets as a surprise?

Tickets to the ballet?

A steam train trip with all of you - especially the children! My parents (same age) loved this when they were with us.

National trust membership or similar

A night away in a hotel.

Annual pass/membership for any museum, gallery or the Arts Pass?
Some do members-only events which can include behind the scenes tours or similar.

Going together to any exhibition/show with dinner?

An experience voucher or weekend away

Thank you. Some great suggestions. Off to investigate the ArtPass

This really made me laugh. They love the LRB so you have them pegged completely. Once they gifted us a subscription but we are comparatively low brow and very time poor and sadly they went unread.

Some good afternoon tea deals on Groupon depending on where you are?

Royal Academy annual membership?

Charity donation. I give my parents yearly membership to a rewilding and tree planting organisation. They get monthly updates and can participate in some decisions about the organisation (it's a small one). They appreciate that much more than just more stuff when they could buy themselves everything they want anyway.

Annual membership to somewhere? For example, with the Natural History Museum, members can access the nice members only lounge, special events, unlimited exhibition access.