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.

Are your gift baskets perishable?

NOPE...   well, that is the shortest blog post I have ever written!! LOL. Please rest assured that none of our gifts or components inside are perishable until the recipient opens up the packaging. From our naturally cured salamis, wild smoked salmon or even the imported brie cheese, EVERYTHING is self stable until they are opened without refrigeration. Hope that helps put your ... Read More

Big Donation for Covenant House!! Thank YOU!!

I am so excited to let you know that we sold 27 Giving Baskets this holiday season and were able to donate $1350.00 to Covenant House Vancouver. SO THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU from them and me. #MyClientsareGivers I say it EVERYDAY! Just in case you don't know what the annual Holiday Giving Basket is here at Vancouver Gift Baskets, here is the snippet from the live page available during the ... Read More

Your giving allowed us to give back!!

While Black Friday, Cyber Monday and even Small Business Saturday are very well known and well advertised 'occasions' at the end of November, we only really participate in Giving Tuesday. It has recently been touted as the National Day of Giving, and you gotta know how much that speaks to my heart!!   The Tuesday following the US Thanksgiving, stylized as #GivingTuesday for the ... Read More

First Holiday Gift to SELL OUT was….

Well, we knew with all the supply chain issues this year leading into the Holiday Season that people would be shopping earlier. You knew it would be a challenge to keep the warehouse stocked but man oh man, I didn't know that gift designs would completely sell out after being listed for a few short days. And sadly, it started a dominion effect and once the first one went others soon followed. ... Read More

It’s my favourite time of the year

After 30 years of gift giving, one might think that December and the holidays are my favorite times of the year but they would be mistaken. RIGHT NOW, early fall is it for me. The weather is cooler, I get to cuddle into sweatshirts everyday, pumpkin spice is everywhere and in everything and all the holiday products we preordered in the spring and summer start to arrive... including ribbon I ... Read More

Trip to Hawaii or Gift Basket… with wine or without, it’s still no contest

My client explained that was our gift baskets were to help pacify her employees since they weren't able to go on their incentive cruise to Hawaii... uummm, how do I explain to her that our gifts can't make people forget they were supposed to be on a fabulous tropical getaway, I mean, they aren't 'magical baskets' even with a spectacular bottle of wine in them. There are so many reasons to be ... Read More