Experience Gifting (1)

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Its Proven now! Studies have shown that
experience gifts are the way to go.

• Giftxoxo.com

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• Giftxoxo.com was built on the idea that people
  place value in experiences. They like creating
  new memories, learning new things, facing fears
  and discovering new places.
• Whether its the millennial holding greater value
  in memories over material objects, the senior
  wanting to cross something off the bucket list or
  the mom buying a gift for her husband who seems
  to have everything, experience gifts have caught
  on in a big way and multiple studies support that
  theory.

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• A write up on a study from San Francisco State,
  published June 18, 2012, said, In a new study,
  San Francisco State University researchers
  learned that consumers can gain greater happiness
  from buying life experiences such as concert
  tickets or an exotic vacation, but only if they
  choose the gift for the right reasons.
• Also concluding that, buying items that are
  associated with life experiences, rather than
  material possessions, can provide the gift-giver
  satisfaction if the individual is sincere in his
  or her desire and purpose.

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• And to sum up another article and study from
  Cornell University, the gift of experience keeps
  giving and the satisfaction keeps growing.
  Whereas,if you purchase a TV, satisfaction trails
  off quickly.
• It also goes on to explain how its easy to make
  a comparison between material objects (his screen
  is 40 inches and mine is only 36), but the
  excitement during and memories of an experience
  will never compare to someones since they are
  uniquely the recipients own.

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• And if thats not enough, Happiness Guru Dan
  Buettner, in a clip on Good Morning America,
  said, you want to buy your friends experiences
  because the newness from a new thing wears off in
  about 9-to-14 months whereas a good memory will
  gain lustre over time. Theres a bigger happiness
  return.
• For the next gift you want to give, try the gift
  of experience.