Creative Ways to Give Vacation Tickets as a Gift

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All the creative trip reveal surprise ideas plus how to gift vacation tickets - whether that's a surprise trip reveal for your boyfriend, your family, your grandparents or you want to surprise someone with some very exciting tickets, here are a ton of ideas for any surprise trip announcement you could want to make, from how to surprise someone with a trip to New York to surprising someone with a cruise! 

1. Try a special scratch to reveal ticket surprise 

Personalised boarding pass scratch reveal 👈🏻

Boarding pass destination scratch reveal 👈🏻

Surprise trip scratch to reveal 👈🏻

We're jetting off magnet scratch to reveal 👈🏻

2. Try some special map wrapping paper 

Or 'mapping' paper! You could print this yourself if short on time - and even circle the location for the best hint ever! 

3. Create a sugar cookie anagram for them to solve 

Bake them some letter sugar cookies and challenge them to arrange them to spell the correct message! You could even make some Scrabble style sugar cookies with different letters on each to spell the message. 

4. Make a jigsaw containing a reveal 

Take a snap of the trip tickets or a special message for your reveal, then put it in jigsaw form for your recipient to assemble and work out the surprise! 

Make a jigsaw from a special photo 👈🏻

5. Create a prank form for them to complete 

Make it official looking, then ask them to fill it in... they will have the biggest and best surprise when they come across the question 'Are you ready to go to [location] in [month of trip]?' - move the question to the bottom of the first page or even pop it on the second page, so they don't realise until they have almost completed it! 

6. A mug with a message at the bottom 👈🏻

This is such a cool and exciting way to surprise your recipient! Try filling it with wrapped chocolates, candy or sweets. When you recipient finishes the edibles they will see the cute surprise reveal at the base of the mug! They will get to keep the mug afterwards for all the cute memories! 

7. Gift them a summer cocktail making kit 

For the sunny/warm destinations! You could include within the kit a special boarding pass style paper ticket tucked within an envelope for them to discover! 

8. Bake them a surprise bento cake with a message 

You could even get super creative and flip the design - write the message on your phone, then screenshot it and flip it back to front - then copy it on to your cake. You could then ask your recipient to pose with the cake - and then show them the photo for the reveal!! This is such an exciting and low cost trip reveal idea that is easy and quick to set up. 

9. Try a Secret message in a pendant reveal 👈🏻

10. Gift them a special photo album or memory box 

This is a great way to wrap a vacation as a gift - to give them something tangible they can hold that they can use to store memories in of the upcoming trip - you could even print these mock travel tickets and pop them in the front cover to surprise them! 

Travel country memory box (so cute!) 👈🏻

Editable mock boarding pass travel tickets 👈🏻

11. Try a Top secret message reveal 👈🏻

12. Gift them a few special essentials to take on the trip 

Wrap them up for your recipient to discover. You could even gift them useful things they will use on the trip or mini gifts and wrap each and assign each wrapped gift a letter of the location they are going. Get them to snap a photo of the lettered gifts mixed together, then when they have opened every one, challenge them to figure out the message they spell! This is such a cute way to reveal the surprise!

13. Surprise trip scavenger hunt

Where your family or loved ones have to follow a trail of surprise clues that will lead them to the main surprise, the trip reveal! For example, clues for a surprise trip to Dublin in Ireland could be the Irish harp symbol, a clover leaf, the celtic spiral, a castle... so many ideas! A fun thing to do is write the surprise trip location with a secret pen and hide the lights around the room that would reveal the message!

14. Gift them a personalised travel memories box 👈🏻

Personalised with the place they are travelling to! This is a really exciting way to gift them a trip of a lifetime and something they can keep the special memories in. 

15. Try a photo projection bracelet reveal 

These are amazing - you could personalise it with a picture of text as your reveal instead of a photo - or a picture of the location with the month written as an overlay! 

Personalised secret photo projection bracelet 👈🏻

16. Surprise them with a morse code bracelet

Similar to n.15 - why not reveal the surprise with a special secret message coded bracelet - and challenge them to discover the meaning! 

Personalised message morse code bracelet 👈🏻

Custom message morse code bracelet 👈🏻

17. Set your screensaver or homescreen

On all your devices to a picture of the location or a sneaky emblem that points to your surprise vacation or a clue regarding the trip they are going on! This is a great way to surprise your partner or loved one. PS if they are very attached to their screensaver/homescreen, try uploading the photo in a photo editor and add a small 'sticker' or clue somewhere in the image. Then save it under a new name and change their background to the new image. See how long it takes them to spot the clue! 

18. Put a surprise keyring on their keys

Car keys or house keys, secretly pop one of those vacation keyrings you can find, or souvenir keyrings, on their keys. It's one of the most fun ways to announce a holiday and the fact that this is so discreet builds anticipation for the best surprise ever!

19. Deck the whole room out like the place you are going

This is such an exciting and fun idea for a holiday announcement. You could create palm trees, leaf garlands and vines out of paper - all the balloons and streamers too for a surprise birthday trip! You could even put together a special themed meal with mocktails or mugs of hot cocoa, depending on where you are going!

20. An amazing fun letterbox brownie announcement

When in doubt, write it on a brownie! This makes the best surprise for your recipient - you could bake it yourself or order one ready made. The letterbox size means this is perfect to send through the post, so they will get an amazing surprise at their doorstep.

Alternatively, you could bake them a cute bento cake, decorated with a funny quote about the location they're going to, or iced with a lyric from the music artist they're going to see - the best surprise ever! 

21. Make a mini travel kit for them

Full of things they might need when going to that location, like suncream, sunglasses, a sun hat etc - or try putting together a travel RnR kit for them for the plane, the best kind of hint! 

22. Plant the trip reveal inside a wrapped up 'gift' 

Wrap the trip reveal, it could be a slip of paper or a postcard of where you are going, up in several layers of boxes and paper (try to make sure they are recyclable!) to make it look like you are giving them a huge gift. They will be confused as they unravel layer after layer and the gift gets smaller and smaller - until they receive the epic surprise at the bottom. 

This is the perfect time to try this trick as you can guarantee your recepient will be getting more and more disappointed as they continue and see the present getting smaller and smaller - only to be given a huge surprise at the end! A rollercoaster of emotions and so much fun for the whole family!

23. Sneakily plant a postcard of where you are going on the family fridge 

You could even subtly add an extra postcard to the fridge every day until the fridge is full of pictures of your location and someone twigs the surprise!

24. Make them special meals for dinner that pertain to the location where you are going 

You could even adorn dishes with little mini flags for a big hint! You could then present them with their own 'boarding pass' envelope, as or with dessert! 

25. A surprise trip reveal poem! 

Ideas for this could include an anagram or riddle to keep your loved one guessing. You could hide it inside a surprise holiday reveal card and post it to your boyfriend or loved ones! 

26. A surprise holiday reveal balloon 

Have it waiting in your living room when everyone wakes up. An alternative could be a surprise pinata, filled with confetti and a folded up picture of your surprise destination.

27. Get your furry friend to announce the surprise

Why not attach a special custom tag to your pet's collar revealing the surprise - or dress up your pet to reveal the surprise. They will be sure to get plenty of fuss!

28. Prank them at the same time!

Leave a mess for them to clean up, but position your clue just sticking out where they will be able to find and see it. Use big letters to pique their curiosity - so they don't discard the clue as a piece of litter!

29. Pop a sticker on them while they are asleep

With the surprise reveal written on it. This is a hilarious way to prank your recipient in the best way and surprise them at the same time! 

30. The decorated plate surprise announcement idea

This is such a good trick! Get your hands on a plain white plate and some plate decorating pens or paint - even the kinds kids often use to decorate a plate for Grandma. You can create a really cute message or design - and then be sure to follow the instructions to let the paint or ink set - it is often recommended to pop in the oven for a certain time. 

Once it is completely dry, you can set about preparing the meal or batch of cupcakes and dish it out on to the newly decorated plate, covering the message. Then wait til your recipients start eating to reveal the cute surprise! You get to keep the memory and relive it every time you use the plate for a meal! It's such a cute surprise idea and you can get really creative with the design and message you choose to give.

31. A heated mug surprise announcement

You can get personalised heated mugs that are amazing! Once your recipient goes to use it and pours in hot liquid, the surprise will be revealed. This is one of the cutest surprise trip ideas ever!

32. Make them a game of Pictoword

Where they have to figure out the message from a bunch of symbols and images - treat the game itself as the gift and see if they get the message! This will increase the excitement and anticipation to figure out the surprise. 

33. Announce it on a cushion 👈🏻

Innocently arrange it and see how long it takes for them to notice it!

Personalised handwriting cushion 👈🏻

34. Gift them a secret message bracelet 👈🏻

With the message inscribed on the inside. This is such a beautiful gift idea and makes for the perfect keepsake to remember their trip or experience by! 

35. Bake them a cookie 'travel ticket'

Gift them a ticket in cookie form to announce the surprise! This is so much fun and you can get super creative and ice all of the details on to make a cookie replica of a real ticket. This would make an amazing letter box size gift for your recipient that they will adore! You could even add a sprinkle of edible glitter and confetti to make it extra magical! 

How do you reveal a trip as a gift?

Decorate a whole room to look like the place you are going! This is such a fun idea, will make the best surprise for your loved ones and make everyone excited! You could make a room moodboard of all the ideas you want to include - paper palm trees, leaf garlands, tropical fruits and even mocktails - it will be the best teaser to the best surprise trip ever!

What do you give someone before a trip?

Surprise someone before a trip ideas... surprises before a trip could include a special scrapbook for them to take and document their travels, some travel essentials like mini toiletries, suncream, a little bucket and spade for kids, a kid safe camera - you could wrap each item like a gift or even tie a bow round it. Luxurious gifts to give before a trip could be high end sunglasses, a high end toiletries or travel kit, a travel pillow, a dreamy coat or scarf for somewhere cold.