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Gifts

Gift ideas for a printed map

Who a printed map suits, and how to send it in person or as a certificate.

Open gift box with a rolled map, a brass pin, and a handwritten note tied in twine

Someone who keeps places

A map is a quiet gift for a person who already has enough things. It suits a parent who drives the same coast every summer, a couple who met in one city and live in another, or a friend who is about to move and wants the old places kept.

Choose a state when the life is local. Choose the country when the trips have piled up. Choose the world when the list is still mostly ahead of them.

In their hands, or as a letter

Ship the map to yourself. It arrives with a printed card in the box, and you hand it over. The card is how they claim the map.

Or send a digital gift. You get a certificate to save, and an email note when mail is set up. They open the claim page, create a free account, and enter the address where the map should ship.

A short note

The message can be one line. The place you met, the drive you still talk about, the city they have not seen. Leave the price off the card if you want the note to stand alone.

Whoever opens the card owns the map and the pins. The photos they add stay with them.