​Travel in Style with Your Memi Charms

Do you have fantasies of jet-setting to France, back-packing around India, or road-tripping along the Garden Route? Do these fantasies turn into nightmares when you realise that the planning of a holiday can become daunting and overwhelming? Use our tips and tricks to plan the holiday of your dreams and travel in style with your Memi charms!

Memi Charms:

Memi charms are elegantly designed and styled to help you have symbols of your life story beautifully on display on your wrist. The wide variety of charms available at Memi makes embracing and showcasing your life story easy. Find the perfect charms for you which capture the moments, memories, and lessons which have helped you grow into the person you are today and embellish your Memi charms carrier with these stunning mementos of your life.

Travel in Style with your Memi Charms:

Travelling means you have a small amount of space when packing. This limits you to a piece of jewellery that is stylish, easy to wear with any outfit, and has a personalised touch. Memi charms make the ideal travel companion as they capture all these travelling needs.

Not only are the Memi charms stylish and stunning, but they are also easily curated to be specifically a travel accessory through cleverly selecting charms that blend well with your travel plans. Make your Memi charms your stylish travel jewellery that has all the wonderful memories of your travels attached to it.

Travelling with your Memi Charms:

Not only are the Memi charms an easy way to travel in style, but they also make the best travel companion. Here is why:

1. A Piece of Home: We know your Memi charms are going to catch everyone’s attention, so why not further wow everyone when you tell them you got it from your home country South Africa. Be warned, you may get a few questions about what it is like to have lions roaming around your back garden so take the opportunity to enlighten people on what it truly means to live in South Africa. For charms that represent South Africa, we suggest the Memi Love of Africa charm, the Memi African Elephant charm, or the Memi African Rhino charm.

2. Unforgettable: We all know you are going to make amazing memories on your travels. Make sure these memories are unforgettable by using your Memi charms to document these wonderful travel experiences. Select a few Memi charms and create a combination with your beautiful symbols to perfectly capture your travels. We are loving the combination of the Memi Compass charm paired with the Memi World charm to create a charms bracelet with a travelling theme. This can then be personalised with charms that are specific to your travels.

3. Make Friends: Travelling is all about the people you meet along the way. Whether this is the locals at the bars you are hopping between, the new friends you will make within your group or the owners of the hostel you are staying at. The great thing about the Memi charms is that they can be delivered internationally. Find Memi charms which represent a fun moment you shared with your new friend, the country you travelled together to, or something personal about them which they shared with you. If in doubt; find out their birthday and personalise a Memi Birthstone Drop charm with their birthstone. This will reinforce your friendship and could hopefully lead to an invitation to visit them in the future!

4. Timeless Travels: If you are a consistent traveller then the Memi charms are perfect for you. The Memi charms can be added or removed from your Memi charm carrier by you without having to go to a professional jeweller. This means that every time you travel you can personalise your Memi charms according to your destination or what you want to showcase about yourself. The Memi Drop Bar charm, personalised with your name and either a Swarovski crystal or genuine diamond, is a great charm to keep as a staple that will pair well with any of your changing travelling themed charms.

You are now dressed to impress anyone you may meet along your travels with your Memi charms. Your Memi charms mean you are going to travel in style, but now it is time to decide where you are going, who you are going with, and what you need to pack. Plan your travels with ease with these few tips.

Where to Travel:

Local Travel:

Often when we think of travelling, our immediate thoughts soar to far-away-places. Except South Africa is a treasure-trove of exciting adventures. South Africa offers a holiday for everyone, from beautiful mountains to hike, lively cities to explore, beaches to soak up the sun on, and cultures to immerse yourself in. Take the time to look around your backyard and you may just surprise yourself at what sunny South Africa has to offer! Travelling locally also has other benefits:

1. Supporting Local Businesses: Keeping your hard-earned cash within the South African borders helps support South African businesses. This is done by staying at local backpackers, buying pies from that small family-owned bakery, or purchasing hand-crafted items by people who understand South African style. Not only are you supporting a small business, but you are also supporting a business dream and helping the business owner keep other fellow South African’s smiling with their local products or services.

2. Pets? No Problem: If you are a paw-rent and hate the idea of leaving your furry friend in a kennel then travelling locally is for you. Plan a road trip and allow your pet to stick its head out the window with its tongue wagging in the breeze. Travelling with a pet may mean a few more pit-stops along the way, but what a great excuse to do more sight-seeing as you drive to your designated (pet-friendly) accommodation.

3. Bang on Budget: Travelling locally is a great way to keep your holiday within a smaller budget. With no international flight or VISA costs involved, you can enjoy your holiday and not live on tinned baked beans for the rest of the month.

4. Time Saver: Life is all about the journey, but a holiday is mostly about the destination. Get more out of a shorter holiday by travelling locally and saving on time spent trying to get there.

International Travel:

International travel is perfect for those go-getters who are eager to put themselves outside of their comfort zones, meet people from all over the globe, and try new cuisines. If this is the type of travel you are looking for, keep these tips in mind when planning your overseas holiday.

1. Learn the Language: If you are looking for the full experience of being in a new space then take the time to learn the local language. This is a great way to make locals more inclined towards helping you or to show off in front of your travel buddies. Keep it to the essentials, such as “hello”, “good-bye”, and “how much is a glass of wine?”.

2. Take a Map: There are two types of getting lost; the romantic type where you find yourself on an adventure in amongst local cafés trying to find the way back to your hotel, and the realistic type where you are hot and sweaty and want to sit crying in the middle of the road. Keep a map on hand and dredge up those lessons from high school Geography as to how to navigate yourself around. Plus, holding a map in your hand will make you look like a tourist and people will be more likely to help.

3. Know the Conversion Rate: Keep the conversion rate in mind when you are doing your local shopping on your holiday. While you have worked hard to get yourself overseas and deserve to treat yourself, you do not want to blow your entire budget on the first day. Set yourself a daily budget, and although this may mean you have to skip on your usual takeaway coffee, your wallet (and the planet) will be all the happier for it.

Who to Travel With:

1. Alone: Travelling alone is often said to be something you need to experience at least once in your life. Travelling alone allows you to experience being in unfamiliar situations and being solely dependent on yourself to handle them. Push yourself to embrace these (sometimes uncomfortable) experiences and you will realise that you are independent and capable. Another plus side to travelling alone is that you do not have to check in with another person. You can go where the wind blows you.

2. A Friend: You know those photographs of best friends eating pizza together in Italy or posing together in front of the Eifel Tower? This could be you and your bestie. Wise warning when travelling with a friend; make sure you have seen each other tired, hungry, sore from walking, and home-sick before embarking on your adventure together. Traveling is how you make it, so make sure you chose a friend who will smile through the tough times with you.

3. A Family Member: Traveling with a family member is a great way to see the world with someone with who you can truly be yourself. Travelling with a family member is a fun way to bond with them in foreign settings and create new memories. Travelling also allows you to simply enjoy each other’s company when you are removed from the stresses and duties which rule daily life.

4. Group: There are many companies which offer group travel plans either for a group of you and your friends or a mixed group of people from all over the world. Group travel is a great way to travel with peace of mind as there is safety in numbers. Certain group travel companies also offer certain specials due to travelling in a bigger group. If you are going in a group of friends, travel in true style with matching Memi charms on your charm bracelets.

What to Pack:

1. Pack Light: Packing light means packing the absolute essentials. This makes moving around easier; an absolute must when travelling to more than one destination. Plus, by packing light you allow more space in your suitcase to fill it with all your travel purchases.

2. Important Documents: Important documents needed to travel are often passports, Visas, identification forms, proof of flights, and many more which depend on the specific country of travel. Firstly, do not forget them. We will not even go into the experience of arriving at the airport and realising you are missing your passport without enough time to spare to go back and fetch it. Avoid this situation entirely by keeping a spare set of your important documents with either your travel buddy or in a separate bag.

3. A Combination Lock: This is great for keeping your backpack thief-proof when walking around with your attention drawn to the skyscrapers above you or your locker safe from nosey-parkers in your hostel room at night. A combination lock is critical as this reduces your chances of losing the keys, resulting in an awkward phone call to mom asking what you should do.

4. Your Memi Charms: We know you will not need to be reminded about packing your Memi charms as your travels would not be complete without your beautiful Memi charms!

Keep your travel plans exciting and stress-free with these easy tips and travel in style with your Memi charms!