Business Jet Traveler’s Holiday Gift Guide

Having trouble shopping for family members, friends, or business associates who tell you they already own everything they need? Prove them wrong by giving them one of these 20 terrific gifts.

EXPERIENCES

Are You Ready for It?

The ultimate gift for your favorite tween (or Swiftie of any age) is tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, a three-hour show that doesn’t disappoint. New U.S. dates have been announced for the fall of 2024, and many earlier concerts are set for Asia, Australia, and Europe. Starting at about $600 per ticket at stubhub.com

Wish Upon a Star

We love perusing the Neiman Marcus “fantasy gift” section, and this year we are giving the company kudos for a roundup of curated experiences that will take your breath away. Options include the opportunity to be transformed into an animated character in a Disney video, an all-inclusive trip to the Olympic Games in Paris, and a visit to the Cannes Film Festival where you can choose half a million dollars’ worth of Chopard jewelry to take home. Starting at $75,000 at neimanmarcus.com

Rotorcraft Rapture

Pelorus has just about every luxury travel experience you can dream of, including a helicopter tour in Kenya that features plenty of traditional safari time. Spend eight days tracking black rhinos, elephants, and other wildlife as you fly around to various luxury camps. About $40,000 at pelorusx.com

FOOD AND DRINK

Your Best Shot

We hear Maestro Dobel tequila is the smoothest, cleanest añejo you can buy, and the sleek bottle containing its Cristalino 50 makes for an elegant gift. $150 at reservebar.com

Cheers!

Even tap water deserves to be toasted when you serve it in these colorful Rialto drinking glasses, no two of which are exactly alike. $34 each at lucysmarket.com

Just the Right Temperature

The closest thing to having a real-life expert choosing your wine may be an elegant contraption called the Qelviq Personal Sommelier. It brings any red or white to the perfect temperature and suggests ideal food pairings as soon as you enter the vintage into an accompanying app. The app—which has information on more than 350,000 wines—also tracks your drinking history and provides accompanying notes for each bottle. $495 at qelviq.com

Chill with This Grill

According to BJT’s burger master and resident Texan, this Memphis ITC3 Pro Cart Pellet Grill is the “Rolls Royce of grills.” $5,000 at blazingembers.com

HEALTH AND FITNESS

Tracking Your ZZZs

“How did you sleep?” will have new meaning for the lucky person in your life who is gifted an Oura ring. The wellness wearable, which looks like jewelry, tracks 21 biometrics to give real-time updates on heart rate and stress levels. It also provides a daily report on how much deep, light, and REM sleep occurred and produces an overall readiness score that gives you a heads-up when it might be time to slow down and take a rest day. Starting at $300 at ouraring.com

Row v. Staid

Time to get up from that desk and exercise! This sleek connected rowing machine will inspire the athlete in your life who wouldn’t mind traveling the world for a good sweat without leaving home. The workouts—both live and prerecorded—are filmed on iconic bodies of water. Starting at $1,445 at hydrow.com

CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES

Sweater Weather

When it comes to cashmere, we are hooked on Naadam. You can’t go wrong giving just about anyone a cozy cardigan, and there are many colors, options, and styles to choose from. Starting at $200 at naadam.co

Wearable Art

An Hermès shawl is a luxurious gift for your most glamorous friend, but be forewarned: the exquisitely beautiful choice of designs may make it difficult to pick just one. $1,300 at hermes.com

Lock Her (Jewelry) Up!

Splurging on an expensive gift of jewelry? Maybe you should throw in a custom-made safe for it by Casoro. Starting at $3,550 at casorojewelrysafes.com

HOME DECOR

Superhero, Super Statue

Give the superhero on your gift list a life-sized Iron Man, a perfect statue to stand in the foyer of someone who kind of reminds you of Tony Stark. $8,650 at lmtreasures.com

A Fetching Etching

Give an art lover something to swoon over with an original Alberto Giacometti Annette de Face etching from 1955 in mint condition. $2,400 at galleryl7inc.com

Fleurs Could Be Hers

We love this sculptural vase by Heinrich Fuchs for Lorenz Hutschenreuthe. Fill it with brightly colored flowers and give it to someone you love. $700 at galleryl7inc.com

Lucky Strike

An old-fashioned match strike from Maison Absinthe is an unusual gift that will make the most basic coffee table evoke a Parisian café. $33 at maisonabsinthe.com

MORE IDEAS

Classic Cinema

Film buffs will love Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema, a box set that features 39 of his classic movies on Blu-ray, including Scenes from a Marriage, Fanny & Alexander, and Wild Strawberries. The box includes a hardcover book as well as lots of interviews with the director and his actors. About $150 at amazon.com

Perfectly Productive

Give the procrastinator in your life a gentle nudge with these elegant “productivity system” notecards, which will make compiling a to-do list almost fun. $30 at ugmonk.com

It’s a Wrap

Something we didn’t know we needed but now can’t live without: a Keenray towel warmer that also works for blankets. $120 at amazon.com

Speed Racer

The technology-forward Motocompacto scooter—which folds into a sleek cube—embodies the efficiency and elegance Honda is known for. It’s perfect for a city dweller with a small living space and lots of important places to be. $1,000 at motocompacto.honda.com

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Note: prices are approximate at press time.