Gift for someone moving abroad: your friends' photo, light to pack
A year abroad, a job overseas, a working holiday: their suitcase is already full. The right gift weighs next to nothing, folds flat and takes all your faces with them. Tote bag $35.00, t-shirt $23.00, ten postcards $26.00, shipping included.
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What actually fits in the suitcase
Whoever is leaving has already packed down to the last kilo. The mug and the frame, however good, usually stay behind at their parents' house. What really travels is whatever folds, slides into a suitcase pocket and gets used over there from the very first week.
- The tote bag, $35.00: folded, it takes up almost no space, and it will carry the first food shop in the new city. With the group photo on it, they will see you every day.
- The t-shirt, $23.00: light, adult sizes S to 2XL, nine colours. For nights out in halls or with the new colleagues.
- The ten A6 postcards, $26.00: flat, they weigh nothing. A photo of you all on the front, a note from each of you on the back.
The cards as a leaving guestbook
The set of ten cards makes a very good leaving guestbook: the group photo on the front, and everyone writes their own card on the back. They take the bundle with them, open it on a homesick evening, and pin one or two on the wall of their new room.
To fit everyone onto one image, the ready-made Team or Polaroid template does the job, and the studio's text ideas give you a starting point if nobody feels inspired.
Give it before they go, or have it delivered later
The safest option: give it before they leave, at the leaving do or the last night out. Printing and delivery take 5 to 10 working days in Europe: order at least two weeks before the date, and have it delivered to one of you to keep the surprise.
You can also have it delivered later: for their birthday or for Christmas, we ship straight to the address you give, shipping included. Allow up to 15 working days outside the UK, Europe and the US, and for an address that is far from Europe, ask us first before ordering rather than counting on a date. Another simple option: send it to their parents, who can hand it over on the next visit home.
If the group is as scattered as they are, Christmas gifts from a distance explains how to organise a joint present without meeting up.
The group photo
Take a recent photo of all of you, from the last night out or the last weekend together. If the background is busy (a bar, a messy kitchen), the free AI background-removal button cuts the group out and sets it on a plain background. The preview appears straight away on the tote bag, no account needed, and your photo is not sent anywhere before you order.
If it is a colleague leaving rather than a friend, the angle changes: a leaving gift with the team photo.
Prices include shipping, no minimum order. Printed to order one at a time near the delivery address: 5 to 10 working days in the UK, Europe and the US, up to 15 elsewhere.
Questions people ask us
What do you give someone who is moving abroad? Something light and unbreakable with the photo of your group: a tote bag ($35.00), a t-shirt ($23.00) or ten postcards each signed by one of you ($26.00), shipping included.
What is a good leaving gift for a year abroad or Erasmus? The tote bag with your friends' photo, for the first food shop over there, and ten cards with a message from each of you: $61.00 for both, $15.25 each between four.
Do you deliver abroad? We deliver to the address you give, shipping included: 5 to 10 working days in the UK, Europe and the US, up to 15 elsewhere. For a far-off address, ask us first before ordering, or simply hand the gift over before they leave.
When should you order a leaving gift? At least two weeks before the leaving do or the last night out: printing and delivery take 5 to 10 working days in the UK, Europe and the US.
Start with the photoNothing is sent before you order: the preview is computed in your browser.
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