Camper-Warming gift

[woodsnwater]

So, I'm going to a Camperwarming party for friends who just bought a beautiful camper/rv. Sounds like it's loaded to the max!
What would be some useful things for them to have. This is their first one.
thanks!

[surmisez]

Re: Camper-Warming gift

A nice heavy duty door mat to keep all the dirt out of their new rig.

[GlitterHiker]

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A nice heavy duty door mat to keep all the dirt out of their new rig.

That's exactly what I was going to suggest. It's the first "gift" I received when family found out about my camping addiction.

How about a gift basket of disposable items they'll use over & over - such as citronella candles, charcoal briquettes, bug spray - stuff like that?

[surmisez]

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GlitterHiker, it's a woman thang! Even when camping, I like everything to be neat and clean! :D

I use tent stakes to stake out two door mats (side-by-side) in front of the tent entrance. I even tell the dog to wipe his feet. He stands there and looks at me like I'm an idiot. At least he pauses on the mat for a minute before going into the tent.

[woodsnwater]

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Thank you, great ideas! Can't wait to go shopping (as if I needed an excuse!)

[NYCgrrl]

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...I...I...err admit that I watched an infomercial last night for a "new techno" door mat..........it wuz weally weally hard to tear my eyes away.

Another vote for a door mat, LOL!

I'm hoping that gift basket has a gingham ribbon on the top.......so non utilitarian yet useful to tie around the base of a hurricane lamp to confound the June bugs ....

Another possibility is a book germane to the recipient's interests. Personally, I like novels and short stories during the summer and having pretty much exhausted DEM I've moved on to DFM; Maupassant is my current fav.

For those who like a nice all purpose drinking vessel to add to their collection, a set of Picardie glasses (haven't found them in plastic yet:() or maybe a set of these will do the trick:

http://www.crateandbarrel.com/outdoo...-glass/s562753

[surmisez]

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Jeez NYCgrrl, you've got me doing searches for "as seen on TV" mats! Found the YouTube video and I must say, it does seem to work very well. LOL!

As for glasses, I am partial to these as glasses and I have an understanding; I don't touch them and they won't break. Simple. http://www.williams-sonoma.com/produ...door-glassware

I think the monogram is a bit pretentious even for homey glamping, so I'd pass on that.

[NYCgrrl]

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Jeez NYCgrrl, you've got me doing searches for "as seen on TV" mats! Found the YouTube video and I must say, it does seem to work very well. LOL!

As for glasses, I am partial to these as glasses and I have an understanding; I don't touch them and they won't break. Simple. http://www.williams-sonoma.com/produ...door-glassware

I think the monogram is a bit pretentious even for homey glamping, so I'd pass on that.

Oh, I've been admiring those for a bit as well. There's only one hard for me to overcome problem: they don't stack.

Still, this one also has me intrigued...I particularly like the thumb indentation cuz it seems easier to hold:

http://www.amazon.com/Govino-Glass-F...ref=pd_sim_k_1

I've a feeling that the WS glasses are more substantive/heavier than the Govino but well I can do w/o the monograms as well.

[Bigdog57]

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How about a bottle of wine and a $50 gift card to RV/Camping World? ;-)

[surmisez]

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Oh, I've been admiring those for a bit as well. There's only one hard for me to overcome problem: they don't stack.

Still, this one also has me intrigued...I particularly like the thumb indentation cuz it seems easier to hold:

http://www.amazon.com/Govino-Glass-F...ref=pd_sim_k_1

I've a feeling that the WS glasses are more substantive/heavier than the Govino but well I can do w/o the monograms as well.

I do like the thumb indentation! Nice touch. :D

[Brew]

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Mhm sounds like a challenge but there is a great variety of gifts that are perfectly suitable for a camperwarming. For example if you simply want to stick to a beautiful flower bouquet or a bottle of Whisky or wine. On the other hand you can maybe get or create a food gift - a gift basket with a variety of cheese and cookies and wines and so on. With a basket the choice is completely up to you when it comes to filling. You can make it absolutely personal.

[TroyS]

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How about a bottle of wine and a $50 gift card to RV/Camping World? ;-)

I'd go with this one. Even though it might be loaded, you can never get enough of camping equipment and stuff. They will definitely need this later on.

[timmyyoung]

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Nice idea, I am very jealous of your friends. I think alcohol is always a good present, could you buy them some special whisky or port? normally for friends I go down the alcohol line or buy them some sort of day trip from something on Groupon that might push their boundaries, I bought a friend a skydive jump once, and he actually did it (I had just bought it as a joke) so maybe some sort of organised day trip that can be the first outing in the RV, might as well make it memorable.

My friend had a similar thing and I managed to track down a really old hunters map of the area around by their house, it was brown and faded and looked really good up on the wall, like a proper hunters cottage, it took a lot of tracking down though, maybe have a look on ebay or amazon?

[TroyS]

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The map is a great suggestion, timmyyoung. Really unique and would definitely spark up some conversation. Makes me curious now to see if I can find a map like that of the area around my house.

[Jayco5]

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A nice wood carved sign with all of their family info to display in front of it always looks nice.. jus sayin