Some Christmas gift ideas that your travelling family and  friends will appreciate… and yourself as well.  And you can shop for these Christmas gifts online, without leaving home!

Classical Concerts

Buy someone a concert ticket to one of thousands of classical concerts, operas, ballets and recitals at magnificent locations in Paris, Vienna, Venice, Florence, Rome, Berlin and just about anywhere in Europe and the U.S.

Travel Bags

Enjoy the following savings on a range of bags offered by eBags:

• Extra 20% Off + Free Shiping on Orders over $100 at eBags.com! (Valid until Midnight MST on Dec. 17th, 2010 only.)
• Extra 20% at eBags.com! (Valid from Dec. 17 – Dec. 31 only.)
• Holiday Handbag Sale at eBags! (Valid to Dec. 31, 2010)
• Save on iPad and eReader Cases! (Valid to Dec. 31, 2010)
• Sale on Samsonite Luggage at eBags! (Valid to Dec. 31, 2010)

Some Tour Ideas

A Paris Chocolate and Pastry Food Tour, A Seine River Cruise, A Venice Gondola Ride, Amsterdam Canals Dinner Cruise. See other tour destinations and ideas here.>

Travel Books, photographic equipment and DVDs

Amazon UK | Amazon US | Amazon Canada | Amazon Germany | Amazon France

A trip on the Eurostar

A Eurostar trip to Disneyland Paris or a weekend hotel + train package

Guerrilla Travel Photography eBook

This travel photography eBook written by Tony Page, pro travel photographer, gives photography tips on how to take killer shots on the go.

Happy Christmas Shopping!

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Beginning today (May 15th) eBags are having a 72-Hour Blowout Sale with 20% Off + Free Shipping for orders over $75!! This unprecedented offer is valid until 10 p.m. MDT Monday May 17th only.

eBags have thousands of men’s and women’s bags and travel accessories for all kinds of occasions.

Take a quick look at their website and bag yourself a deal. Coupon Code: COMJ72HOUR.

This is a good opportunity to stock up on presents and perhaps get that Father’s Day gift as well.

eBags 72-Hour Blowout Sale! 20% Off + Free Shipping over $75 Sitewide! Ends Monday

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Due to popular demand, Ingoldstadt Village is extending its Free VIP Village Shuttle from Ingolstadt Central Station to Ingolstadt Village. The service is available every Saturday up till 19 December 2010.

This shuttle service is provided, in cooperation with Deutsche Bahn, to holders of valid Bayern tickets or the Bayern Beautiful Weekend tickets.

Courtesy Ingolstadt Village

On presentation of a valid Bayern ticket or Bayern Beautiful Weekend ticket you will be able to catch the Free VIP Shuttle to the Ingolstadt Village and back to the central train station.  First transfer out to the Village is at 09:45 and last transfer back to Central Station is at 20:00.

Where to Meet:

Outward:  At the main entrance of Ingolstadt Central Station
Return  :  Tourist Information Desk – Ingolstadt Village

Ingolstadt Village has more than 100 tempting designer boutiques including Ed Hardy, Escada, Desigual, Elizabeth Hurley Beachwear and many other brand labels at discounts of between 30% – 60% all year round.  But Ingolstadt’s not just about fashion wear, if you’re hooked on Meissen porcelain, you’re in luck here. For further information see www.ingolstadtvillage.com.

More on Ingolstadt Village

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Love designer outlet shopping in Italy?  The good news is that McArthur Glen is opening its fifth designer outlet, this time in the south of Italy.

La Reggia Designer Outlet will open on 18th February 2010 near Naples – Sophia Loren country.

Castel Romano Designer Outlet

The new La Reggia Outlet is 25km from Naples and is close to historic Caserta, the Amalfi Coast and within easy reach of the A1, between Rome and Naples. The outlet will host some 120 designer and high-street brands at permanently reduced prices.

Meanwhile, things haven’t stood still at the other outlets.  Serravalle is Europe’s biggest designer outlet village, with 180 stores. Expansions are currently under way at Castel Romano Designer Outlet (Rome), Barberino Designer Outlet (Florence) and Veneto Designer Outlet (Venice).

If you’re new to designer shopping in Europe McArthurGlen is one of Europe’s market leaders in designer outlet retailing.

Find out more about McArthurGlen’s Italian designer outlet villages here:

• Barberino Designer Outlet – Florence
• Castel Romano Designer Outlet – Rome
• La Reggia Designer Outlet
• Serravalle Designer Outlet – Milan
• Veneto Designer Outlet – Venice

For more Designer Discount Outlets in other cities in Europe and the UK , see our Designer Outlet Directory.

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If you like fun or geeky gadgets or are looking for gadgets for the office or home, don’t miss Firebox’s January sale which ends at midnight on Sunday.

Here are a few fun ones that I picked out, but there are hundreds of others, including gifts for your Valentine.

Artoo Alarm Clock

• Are you one of those who’s always late in the morning because you kill the alarm when it goes off and then you don’t know what time it is? Artoo the droid will bleep you up and project the time on your wall.  Why not get your boss to buy this for you.

• Like the idea of being able to instantly print the fun photos that are trapped inside your mobile phone and digital camera while you’re out and about? PoGo the pocket-size Instant Photo Printer will let you do this.

• Sick of cleaners not dusting your desk at work? – Let me introduce you to Henry the Desktop Vacuum.  Apart from his cute look, Henry is ideal for sucking up biscuit crumbs and unidentified specks from your work space, and he’ll whoosh up the dust on electronic bits.

Remember that the Sale Ends at midnight on Sunday, January 31st.

May the fun be with you!

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First there’s stocktaking sales and now there’s Overstock Sale.

For four days only eBags is having a site-wide Overstock Sale beginning now and lasting through Monday, January 18th.

If you’re not familiar with this online retailer, eBags have luggage, school bags, wallets, designer bags, handbags, business bags, travel accessories – just about any kind of bags you may need really.

Take a quick look at their website and bag yourself a deal.

eBags Overstock Sale – Extra 15% Off our Best Winter Deals! Hurry, Ends 1/18

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With the frenzy of Christmas shopping out of the way, you can now save money by planing your gift shopping for the rest of the year.

Yukka Sale is in full swing up to January 14th only.   And, you don’t have to leave home to shop.

Following is a range of offers:

• Sale of up to 75% on some items
• 3-for-2 offers on a range of items
• Spend £150 or more this week and get a Free Limited Edition Yukka Watch (worth £25!)
• Free U.K. delivery on orders over £50. Yes, you can buy that present for a friend or relative in the U.K. and save on packing and postage.

Yukka have really cool clothing and fashion accessories for men and women and is one of nicest urban clothing and online designer clothing store that I’ve come across.

There’s plenty of funky stuff on their website so Check them out.

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Here’s a Special Offer from Yukka, the online shopping urban clothing people.

Baby Phat Adore Cat Hi Top Trainers have been slashed by 50% from £70 to just £35!

This very cool looking trainer will make a great Christmas present for someone who loves cool urban street wear. This reduced price of £35 is only available while stocks last, so you need to be quick.

Baby Phat Trainers

There’s Free U.K. delivery on orders over £50, so if you need to buy presents for anyone in the U.K., that’s your postage and delivery taken care of.

Yukka is one of Europe’s best urban clothing and hip hop designer clothing online store that I’ve come across and there’s plenty of funky stuff on their website.

They have really cool clothing for men and women and lots of other X’mas specials for your Christmas shopping.  I’ve certainly got mine marked out!

Check them out HERE

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Have a little fun this Christmas plus be part of a new World Record for the Biggest Global Secret Santa in history. For as little as £9 (packing and postage included) you can take part in Firebox’s Global Secret Santa.

Unlike your office Secret Santa, not only are you guaranteed to get a gift back in return, but because the gift is from Firebox it won’t be anything embarassing or nasty.

How Secret Santa works

To take part simply choose one or several Christmas gifts from Firefox’s range of Secret Santa products and add your own personal message. Firebox’s team of elves will then deliver it to another random participant of the Global Secret Santa somewhere in the world.

The recipient of your Secret Santa gift could be a bloke in Bhutan, an eskimo in Alaska or a babe in Bolton. Before you can sing ‘while shepherds washed their socks’ you’ll receive a mystery gift straight back from another participant of the Global Secret Santa phenomenon.

You can include your email address or a link to your Facebook page so the lucky recipient can send you a nice festive message back!  Who knows, you may well find a new friend in the most obscure part of the world!

So, don’t delay, join in and spread the love. ‘Tis the season to go global!

Looking for Interesting Gifts for Christmas?

Firebox is home to some of the quirkiest, most unique gifts, gadgets and toys, and many are UK firsts or UK exclusives.

This year’s best-selling and innovative products include the ever-popular Slanket, Baconnaise, and the Lucky Voice Karaoke Party Box. Also popular is the Mystery Box, a box filled with a random selection of Firebox gifts, starting at £19.95!

Firebox also stocks weird and wonderful sweets, such as the Insectillix Lolly, American candy and chocolate pizzas. Customer loyalty is strong at Firebox, with people submitting their own reviews, photos and videos of products they’ve bought and enjoyed.

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Chocolate Trading Company is the largest online chocolate shop in the UK, specialising in the finest, luxury chocolates from around the world.

Whether you’re looking for chocolate gift baskets, gourmet chocolate gift baskets, hot chocolate or simply chocolate bars the Chocolate Trading Company has them all.

You can order your gourmet chocolate and create your own hamper for that perfect chocolate gift or buy the world’s finest chocolate bars online from their award winning website.

Chocolate Trading Company delivers all over the world.  You can order luxury chocolates and buy the best dark chocolate bars from chocolate makers such as Michel Cluizel, Amedei, Domori, Valrhona and Pralus.

Have a look at their website and you will be tempted.

And,  is chocolate the right present to buy?

“Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies.”

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