Thursday
Dec182008
The Gift of Go
Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 02:51PM
Here's a way gift-givers can go beyond the iPod and scarf this holiday season – even if it's last minute. How about giving someone a chance to become a seal trainer for a day? Or allowing them to be a passenger in a stock car ride-along? Or sending them on a zero-gravity flight?
The Discovery Channel (in partnership with high-end gifting company Excitations) is all about its Discovery Experiences, which bring to life those amazing TV adventures and packages them so that they're ready to deliver to the weekend warriors – or couch potatoes – on your list (there are several for kids, too). Select the "Astronaut Biplane Adventure," and for $495 the recipient gets to roll and spin just like Chuck Yeager. For $90 you can give someone a tour of Venice Beach via Segway. There's even a parent and child rock climbing excursion for $275.
Search for experiences in the L.A. area or trek farther afield for such activities as cattle drives, sailboat trips and snowmobile safaris. The process is pretty easy (and sure beats finding parking at the Beverly Center right now): Just select your adventure, and the recipient can redeem whenever he or she is ready.
The Discovery Channel (in partnership with high-end gifting company Excitations) is all about its Discovery Experiences, which bring to life those amazing TV adventures and packages them so that they're ready to deliver to the weekend warriors – or couch potatoes – on your list (there are several for kids, too). Select the "Astronaut Biplane Adventure," and for $495 the recipient gets to roll and spin just like Chuck Yeager. For $90 you can give someone a tour of Venice Beach via Segway. There's even a parent and child rock climbing excursion for $275. Search for experiences in the L.A. area or trek farther afield for such activities as cattle drives, sailboat trips and snowmobile safaris. The process is pretty easy (and sure beats finding parking at the Beverly Center right now): Just select your adventure, and the recipient can redeem whenever he or she is ready.
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