Buying a gift for those back home may seem a nice gesture while away, but holidaymakers would be better to save their pounds as more than two thirds (69%) of people admit that they don?t appreciate holiday souvenirs and 15% bin them as soon as they receive them, according to Skyscanners latest survey of 2,000 travellers.?
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The results found that ornaments ranked top as the most disappointing gift to receive (14%), with comedy t-shirts (9%) and cheap jewellery (9%) following closely. Souvenir classics, key-rings and fridge magnets also fail to impress (7%), while food items (4%), snow globes (4%) and fake DVDs (4%) were equally as disheartening.?
More than eight out of ten holidaymakers (82%) across Europe are pointlessly shelling out an estimated ?5billion a year to share a little of their break with those at home, with each holidaymaker wasting on average ?23.24 on unwanted gifts. More than one in ten holidaymakers (14%) admitted to spending more than ?40 on gifts for those back home, while 9% have parted with in excess of ?50.?
In terms of what happens to unwanted gifts, the survey found that 4% of people find their gifted souvenirs any use, 18% of gifts are hidden away in cupboards, while 10% are donated to charity. A cheeky 6% even owned up to re-gifting an item they didn?t like and 3% sold their holiday gifts on online shopping sites like eBay, while 2% have gone to the lengths of ?accidentally? breaking their gift so that they don?t have to keep it.
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