Posts in the category "Souvenir Sunday":

I’ve been gathering up images and information about fun airline liveries for a story to be delivered next week and finally made contact with a representative at Eva Air, the Taiwan-based airline that has five Hello Kitty-themed jets: Magic, Apple, Global, Happy Music and Speed Puff.

The Hello Kitty theme isn’t just painted onto the jets, it extends inside, where there are more than 100 in-flight service items, including some the fun and very cute items below.

And – my favorite – the kid’s meal.

Categories: Kids, Kids travel, liveries, Souvenir Sunday
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It’s Souvenir Sunday – the day StuckatTheAirport.com takes a look at the fun, inexpensive and locally-linked items for sale at airports.

Last Sunday, I shared some of the items I spotted at the Pendleton Store at Portland International Airport (PDX).

This week I’ve got a few more PDX finds to share.

Portland-based Moonstruck Chocolates were among the many regionally-created chocolates for sale at the Made In Oregon Shop, which also had a great section of locally-brewed beers, including this very unusual Voodoo Doughnut-inspired chocolate, peanut butter and banana ale.

And, rare among airport book shops, Powell’s Book had a good selection of used books for sale.

Do you poke around the shops when you’re stuck at the airport? If you find a fun, locally-linked item that strikes your fancy, please snap a photo and send it along. If your souvenir is featured on Souvenir Sunday, I’ll send you a travel-related souvenir.

Categories: Food, Souvenir Sunday, Souvenirs, Uncategorized
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It’s Souvenir Sunday and time to take a look at some of the fun, inexpensive, locally-linked items you can find when you’re stuck at the airport.

This week’s treasures come from Oregon’s Portland International Airport (PDX), which I visited while trying to collect on all the offers included in the Portland Passport that Travel Portland is offering visitors as a perk with hotel rooms booked through its site from now through April 1st. The freebies include tasty treats such as a cream doughnut from Voodoo Doughnuts (their slogan is “The magic is in the hole.”) and a YouCanHasCheeseburger from Brunch Box, one of the 500 or so food carts in a city known now as “Food Cart Heaven.”

For some reason, a plate of meatballs from the cafeteria at IKEA is one of the items on the passport. And while I don’t eat meat, (they offered a nice Greek salad instead) I was all too happy to make the trek out there because IKEA is just one stop on the MAX light rail before the airport.

Portland International Airport is one of my favorite airports partly because I used live nearby, but also because among the many amenities it offers is a pre-security shopping street with outlets from some of the city’s most popular local stores. And because in Oregon, there is no sales tax.

I found the Oregon-themed table cloth pictured up top at the airport’s Pendleton store, which carries a wide variety of iconic Pendleton apparel and blankets as well a nice variety of accessories and items for children.

A bit out of my price range at $185 but, as another shopper was quick to point out, definitely offered at market price, were these Dr. Martens boots, a cool collaboration between the two companies.

Do you poke around the shops when you’re stuck at the airport? If so, please be on the look-out for items that are fun, inexpensive and “of” the city or region. If you do, please snap a photo and send it along. If your airport souvenir is featured on StuckatTheAirport.com, I’ll send you a travel souvenir.

Categories: Shopping, Souvenir Sunday, Souvenirs
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It’s Souvenir Sunday, a day to celebrate some of the fun, local and, hopefully, inexpensive souvenirs you can pick up when you’re stuck at the airport.

This week’s souvenirs come to us from the Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) in Nova Scotia.

At this busy Canadian airport, Clearwater Seafoods offers a wide variety of live and cooked lobsters for travelers to take home with them, along with Nova Scotia scallops and smoked salmon.

According to shop manager Michelle Porter, during the busiest parts of the tourist season (spring, summer and fall), hundreds of pounds of fresh lobster are delivered to the airport daily and the shop packs them up for passengers to take with them as carry-on luggage.

“We do recommend passengers carry their lobsters with them. Our Lobster can be checked if you’d prefer but we cannot guarantee that they will make it to their destination,” said Porter.

For travelers who would rather not travel with live or cooked lobsters, Clearwater Seafoods also sells lobster gummy candy and these adorable stuffed lobsters, which come in sizes large ($10.99) and small ($7.99).

Do you poke around the shops when you’re stuck at the airport? If you find something that’s fun, inexpensive and “of” the city or region, please snap a photo, take some notes and them along. If your souvenir is featured on StuckatTheAirport.com, I’ll send you a travel-related souvenir.

Categories: Shopping, Souvenir Sunday, Souvenirs
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Santiago International Airport (SCL) has a nice variety of shops offering crafts and gourmet treats. Here are a few photos of some of the souvenirs I considered buying.

Categories: Souvenir Sunday, Souvenirs
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