Our Vancouver Gift Basket Blog

The Vancouver Gift Baskets Blog is a great destination to check in on seasonal gift suggestions & ideas. Giving protocols as well as company updates and industry insights. Check in regularly for gift giving  suggestions, celebration tips and international gifting protocols.

Luxury Gift-Giving Ideas

When I was a little girl, I would wait impatiently for the arrival of the Sears Wish Book early November. I flip through each page and cut out and/or circle everything I hoped Santa (or Mom & Grandma) would bring me for Christmas. When I got alil older and my tastes and wishes expanded, it was all about the Neiman Marcus catalogue and the amazing unique, luxuriously weird items it ... Read More

You asked, I listened…

I have always been very open to listening to you, our clients & customers about your needs & suggestions. I love it when you suggest ways to improve the website & our services... keep them coming! Recently I received a couple emails from new clients wondering "what we put their gift in if not a basket", I thought they might be wishing for a gift box or other opinion for a container. ... Read More

Our Top10 Ways to say Thanks!

Giving thanks in the business world to your clients, suppliers and support staff is important all year long but even more so at Thanksgiving. After all, it is a holiday created TO GIVE THANKS. Here in Canada, we are quickly approaching our Thanksgiving Holiday Monday, October 10, so we have compiled a list of 10 quick tips we all need to remember when saying Thank you in our professional lives ... Read More

#1 Missed Business Gift-giving Opportunity

It's a known fact that people do business with people they like, where they feel appreciated and/or where they make a difference. I don't go to Starbucks DAILY because I am rolling in surplus income, but I am willing to spend $5.00 on a cup of tea because I always feel better walking out of the store than I do when I walked in... that is worth $5 to me every single day. Not only is my tea made ... Read More

Testimonial Tuesday on Social Media

When your clients say kind and supportive things about you and your life's work, it truly makes you happy that they are happy... but when they are generous enough to take the time and energy to send you those thoughts in an email or note card; it can truly make your heart sing from the inside. Knowing your clients and their recipients are happy with a gift basket we design and send out ... Read More

Customer is NOT always right

I started working with the public at 14 yrs old at McDonalds and have every single day since. I will spare us both the math but will say that we are closing in on 3.5 decades. And I have learned for concern that the customer is NOT always right. Now don't get me wrong, you know... well, I hope you know, because I tell you all the time, how much I love and generally appreciate my clients ... Read More