Acquiring souvenirs that were actually made by the locals at your travel destination is rare. When you’re traveling abroad, one way to get your hands on souvenirs are souvenir shops like hardware stores, superstore, stationery shops, etc. One tip though if you really want some rare and special stuff, excuse yourself from the norms, try to look in the streets, the province, etc. Fact is, if you travel, you learn to appreciate many aspects in life in general. One way or another, it lets you grow. What better way to have keep memories when you travel than to purchase souvenirs from your different travel destinations. These simple mementos may not be necessarily expensive you just need to take into consideration its value and how it represents a moment.
There are also memories you can’t buy, and these are pictures. But in any event that you can’t take pictures of those either, buy postcards and write something to remember your experiences by.
Remember, you want your souvenirs to be unique as much as possible. You would want to have that little something which no one has. Bear in mind the following factors when choosing your souvenirs: Look for something having a sentimental value or that reminiscent feeling with that certain experience you had, check if it’s not a rip-off (examine it closely first and don’t just buy it the first time you see it, check for its durability; you don’t to buy something that’s just going to be trash when you get home), search for an object out of the ordinary, consider the fact that you cannot find it elsewhere (don’t buy something which you can also buy at a souvenir shop at your hometown or anywhere else for that matter except that place where it was originally crafted), consider its usage (wallets, purses, handkerchiefs, rings, bracelets, etc.), lean to say “no” to sellers (you, as tourists, will be the target of these sellers who are going to be very persistent and sometimes irritation toward you for you to buy their stuff), reflect further if it won’t just be kept in a box for all eternity left to rot (especially if there’s no use for that souvenir aside from decoration), think of something you don’t already have (aside from having a collection of sorts then this would apply to you), take into mind its affordability (though it really depends on you what you buy, consider looking for other alternatives which would have the same value but for a lesser price), portable as you are traveling and the smaller they are the better to handle (it is advisable that as much as possible it would fit in your bags for easy handling), and, most of all, you think your heart desires (follow your gut).
Also, an important reminded is that if you ever get to buy bulky, heavy, or delicate objects, use that extra bucks on shipping it at your home. Find hotels that offer shipping services for tourists.
Never forget, before leaving that destination and memory behind, be sure to pick up that little remembrance to remember your adventure. You may even share it with your children and their children and show a little piece of evidence of that spectacular journey of yours. Imprint that in their brains and let the memory remains!