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A day out is usually a popular present - providing the person
wants to go there, see it, do it or experience it, of course. So, before
you embark on this option, think about what it is that the
recipient of the day out likes to do or has always wanted to do.
Like any other sort of present - it needs some thought.
Maybe the day out will consist of your buying a ticket to
a sporting event, concert or a show. If this is the case, have a
look at the
Safe
Options page of this Guide and, in particular, the Tickets
information. Maybe it will be a day out related to a hobby - the
National Archives , for example, if the person is
interested in genealogy.
The person may like stately homes and magnificent gardens, in
which case you could either visit a
National Trust
or English
Heritage property - or buy them a year's subscription. If
they are keen on birds, take them to one of the
RSPB's reserves or pay for a
year's
membership. Similarly, if they are keen on horticulture,
take them to one of the
Royal
Horticultural Society's gardens or, again, pay for a
year's membership.
You could buy the
Yellow Book
of the National Gardens Scheme, give the person the book and
take them to one of the gardens.
If the person likes walking, there are lots of
options open to you. Go to
walkingworld.com and take out the annual subscription,
which gives you access to almost 4000 walks. Then take the
person on one of them with a slap-up meal afterwards. If
you go to walkingpages,
you can select the location you want and then find books about
walks in that location, including pub walks. So buy the relevant
book and then take them for a nice pub walk, with either lunch
or dinner in the pub.
We can take people on days out to theme parks,
zoos, museums and all kinds of attractions. If you go the
British Tourist
Authority website and, in particular, the
Things To Do and See page, you'll get access to many, many
ideas for wonderful days out.
Experience days are very popular and the range
of things that we can do on these day is growing all the time.
Go to laterlife's
Days To Amaze page to see a huge variety of unforgettable
days or go to the
Experience Days page to see yet more offered by Allpresent.
To get yet more ideas for unique days out, go to
Experience Days or
Red Letter Days.
There are pampering days, flying days, driving days, sports
days, water days and many more. You might need to buy the person
a digital camera as a present, too, so that they can record for
ever their once-in-lifetime-day!
If you would like to help make this Guide even
better, either fill in the
feedback form or visit our
Forum
and tell us any ideas you have. In particular, tell us about the
best present you have ever given or the best one you have ever
received. We'll then add your ideas to the Guide.
Now read the rest of the Guide by clicking on
the links in the box. It will ease the dilemma of trying to
choose the perfect present.
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