Gifts for People Who Have Everything: Experience Ideas They Won’t Expect

Mystery Guides makes a brilliant gift for someone who has everything because, thankfully, they can’t already have solved an adventure they haven’t been given yet! …We all know someone who is almost impossible to buy for. They’ve got the gadgets, the nice bottle of something, enough socks to last until 2047 and absolutely no useful hints when asked what they’d like.

This is where experience gifts come into their own.

What is a good gift for someone who has everything?

Something they can actually do is usually a much better bet than another object destined to live in a cupboard.

Mystery Guides are self-guided city treasure hunts that combine history, clues, exploration and a rather exciting final reveal. Most importantly, there is real hidden treasure at the end to find.

So instead of giving someone another thing, you’re giving them a story they get to be part of.

Why are experience gifts so memorable?

Because you remember what you did together far longer than you remember most things sitting on a shelf.

Take The Mystery of The Strangeways Soprano in Manchester. The adventure takes you around historic Manchester while you solve clues and search for a Golden Microphone hidden somewhere in the city.

That’s a fairly decent story to have after Christmas dinner.

Or there’s The Mystery of The Whisky Bottle Bandit in Glasgow, where the adventure involves exploring Glasgow and tracking down a hidden whisky bottle.

Are Mystery Guides good unusual gifts?

They’re particularly good for people who like doing things rather than collecting things.
The recipient doesn’t need to wait for a particular date, book an appointment or organise a group around someone else’s timetable. They simply get their Mystery Guide and decide when they fancy starting the adventure.

It can become a date, a day out with friends, a family activity or a weekend activity while visiting a city.

Quite a lot of mileage from one little book.

What makes Mystery Guides different from other experience gifts?

These aren’t simply historical walks dressed up as treasure hunts. The whole adventure is built around following clues and solving a mystery, with real hidden treasure waiting at the end.

In Hull, for example, The Mystery of the Golden Telescope challenges you to find a real Golden Telescope hidden somewhere in the city.

It’s difficult to make that sound boring.

Who can you buy a Mystery Guide for?

Pretty much anyone who enjoys a little bit of adventure. They work particularly well as birthday gifts, Christmas presents, anniversary gifts, gifts for couples or presents for someone who insists they don’t want anything.

And if you genuinely cannot decide which city they’d prefer, there’s also a Mystery Guides gift card, allowing them to choose their own adventure.

So the next time someone says, “Honestly, I have everything I need,” don’t panic.
Give them something they can’t put on a shelf: an adventure, a mystery and real hidden treasure to find.