Now, with the festive season finally upon us, we ponder: Is a gift card finally the answer to all our gifting dilemmas? We tapped etiquette expert Myka Meier to settle the debate once and for all. Maybe bestowing a gift certificate related to your giftee's interests and hobbies is the preferred method, after all? Think about it: For the recipient, a gift card is the perfect present because they get to choose what they want and when they want it while for the buyer, it's a hassle-free way to send your love to a family member or friend. Maybe over-thinking and spending hours scrolling through the internet and driving store to store, searching for "The One," isn't the way to go about gifting anymore? (After all, new surveys do reveal that Gen Z prefer gift cards over investment presents). Throw in the combination of our busy lives and a December full of back-to-back parties to the mix, who even has the time anymore? To give a prepaid certificate instead of a tangible object beautifully wrapped up in box and red ribbon? Unheard of.Īs we move further into the 2020s-a time when the gifting world has become oversaturated and new interests are being discovered by the day (we're looking at you, pickleball!)-the task of shopping for those hard-to-please loved ones is trickier than ever. There once was a time when gift cards were frowned upon and deemed thoughtless, lazy, impersonal, even tacky.
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