Souvenir ideas???

I am sailing on the Spirit May 22 to Costa Maya, Belieze City, Roatan Honduras, and Cozumel. I wonder if anyone who has sailed this itenerary could give me ideas on what to buy (and where) as gifts for my office when I return. I am hoping to spend $10-$20 each and buy for my work group. I am TERRIBLE at picking out gifts and would like suggestions for my unit (all adult women) though I am a male. (No romantic connotations please.)

I like to buy Christmas ornaments from the various ports. I couldn't find any I liked in Costa Maya so I bought tiny leather flip flop key rings which will serve the same purpose. Easy to pack and not very expensive.

For $10-20, how about some Mayan beaded bracelets? I wish I would've gotten the one I saw in Roatan.

I got a nice beaded bracelet w/ a mahagony clasp in Roatan for $18.

I get a lot of compliments on it when I wear it.

We found a neat store with a lot of wooden items (candle holders, fish, bookmarks, etc.) near the port in Belize. Neat items at a decent price.

Vanilla from Cozumel at Los Cinco Soles (sp??)....excellant for baking.

I would also suggest vanilla products from Mexico.

I have always been leary of buying vanilla while in Mexico. See the link from the FDA - some Mexican vanilla has coumarin which is banned in the US. http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm048613.htm

We found a neat store with a lot of wooden items (candle holders, fish, bookmarks, etc.) near the port in Belize. Neat items at a decent price.

That's where I got some wooden ornaments. Prices were pretty good and they had some neat things.

Great silver jewelry, marble chess sets (all sizes), windchimes, blankets in Cozumel.:)

As you are getting off the Spirit, I will be getting on for the fourth time on this ship. I love this ship and it's crew. It's been the best crew of 18 cruises. I was just on the Spirit in February and have been to these ports several times. If you do buy the vanilla, make sure you read that it doesn't contain coumarin. It will say it on the bottle. If you can get their sizes you could get them a T-shirt for a really good price. If they drink, you could get them a drink holder with the port name of it. Women love braclets, but it wouldn't have the name of the port. I'm not sure if that matters or not. The Christmas ornament is a good idea. The souvenirs are going to all be about the same thing in all these ports. Maybe you could get them each a rum cake. I'm sure once you get there something will catch your eye. Have a great trip and don't let this souvenir stuff get the best of you. ;):)

Magnets!

I have always been leary of buying vanilla while in Mexico. See the link from the FDA - some Mexican vanilla has coumarin which is banned in the US. http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm048613.htm

Which is why I suggested Los Cinco Soles...theirs does not have coumarin.

something with the mayan calendar on it...i got jewelry...pendant and bracelet in Costa Maya for great price.

I have always been leary of buying vanilla while in Mexico. See the link from the FDA - some Mexican vanilla has coumarin which is banned in the US. http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm048613.htm

Totonacs vanilla which you can find everywhere in Mexico is coumarin and gluten free.

Frankly, most women don't bake anymore. The vanilla would surely go to waste with our staff. I would appreciate the other gifts suggested more. The bracelets sound nice. I always bring rum cakes back not for individuals but to set out for everyone in the break room near the coffee.

Frankly, most women don't bake anymore. The vanilla would surely go to waste with our staff. I would appreciate the other gifts suggested more. The bracelets sound nice. I always bring rum cakes back not for individuals but to set out for everyone in the break room near the coffee.

I guess that depends on the women he works with. We have bake sales where I work as fund raisers for local charities. Most of the women participate in bringing baked goods...and yes I use my vanilla from Mexico.