from How to Make Every Trip a Honeymoon

Ask a local woodcarver to carve your names in a statue.

Buy a CD of a band you heard on your vacation. Dance to it when you return home.

Buy a Christmas ornament to remind you of the trip.

Buy a local CD. Play it at dinner when you prepare a taste of local foods.

Buy a locally made picture frame to later showcase your favorite vacation photo of the two of you.

Visit a local pottery studio and buy coffee mugs, a special bowl, or set of plates for your home.

Purchase seed packets of local wildflowers to plate when you return home. Their blooms will remind you of your vacation days.

Buy a ring for your partner. Have the destination and date carved inside the band.

Buy Christmas cards. When the holidays arrive, the cards will remind you of the trip as you address each one.

Buy matching watches at the duty free store.

Buy some flower bulbs to plant on your return home to remind you of your trip year after year.

Buy some local perfume for your lover. Sprinkle some on your pillows so its scent will always remind you of the hotel.

Buy your lover a bouquet of flowers from a street vendor.

Collect reminders from every restaurant—matchbooks, coasters, or postcards.

If you’re visiting a country that uses non-Roman script, have your names written in the local language—whether it’s Greek, Thai or Arabic.

In St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands, shop for a “St. Croix Hook.” The bracelets for men and women feature a horseshoe-shaped clasp. Wear it pointed down to your fingertips and it shows you’re unattached. Point it to your heart, and you signal to the world that your heart is taken.

Secretly buy several inexpensive souvenirs. Every month on the anniversary of the trip, surprise your lover with a gift in his briefcase, at work or on his pillow.

Shop for new wedding rings at duty-free ports.

Start a charm bracelet with a charm from every trip together.

Visit local craftspeople for a one-of-a-kind souvenir. If your destination is known for its woodcarvers, have a personalized sculpture or plaque produced.

Ask about the local wedding jewelry.

Buy your partner a passport.

Ladies, buy new sexy boxers and briefs for your guy—one for every night. Pack them as a surprise.

Purchase a local painting of your destination.

Visiting Wales? Buy your lover a carved wooden spoon, a symbol of love.

Buy matching Claddaugh rings. Make sure to wear them with the crown pointing toward your heart to show the world that you are taken.