BUYING souvenirs on your travels is fool's gold, according to a TikToker - and he's gone viral for raising an alternative. BenTheBasic called out the mementos as "boring", coming up with a different idea to do justice to the memories. 4 Souvenirs may symbolise your trip, but a TikToker is calling them out 4 Travellers should instead be searching for different options, he argues Ben has implored holidaymakers to ditch typical tourist shopping in favour of a search for something unique to pot a plant in.
This could be a colourful mug, vessel or tea box - as long as a plant can grow in it. He says he conceived the idea with his husband following their marriage. He said: "Whenever we go somewhere that we want to remember or it's a new country together for the first time, we buy something to pot a plant in.
" He shows viewers his collection of purchases from Mexico, France, and England. Ben adds: "I bring it home, we put a plant in it, and then it's sitting in the house and growing with us and a super fun way to remember a new place." The video is closing in on a million views and has garnered 100,000 likes in a sign of strong support for the idea.
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