As holiday shopping season rolls around, we’re on the lookout for unique gifts and stores so you could buy something that’s just a little bit different. One such store is Hammacher Schlemmer, which has been selling unique and innovative high quality products for over 150 years. Their diverse product catalog allows you to buy one of a kind gifts for under $30, a 7-foot robot for a mere $50,000 and even a $108,000 electric car. Where else can you buy a portable 26 foot ice rink for your backyard?

We encourage you to visit their website or consider some of these unique products:

	Next-Generation Robosapien Robot This is the next evolution of the Robosapien, capable of autonomous behavior and equipped with interactive sensors to recognize objects and respond to sounds. It can be programmed to execute more than 60 different movements, including dancing, exploring, lifting items, or bowling (ball and pins included).

	Space-Saving Air-Powered Hockey Table This is the air-powered hockey table with a space-saving design that easily folds out of the way against a wall when floor space is needed for other activities.

	Portable 26 Foot Backyard Ice Rink Easy to assemble portable unit turns any backyard into an ice rink for parties, skating or hockey practice. No tools required.

	Tabletop Wooden Sudoku Game This elegant wooden sudoku set comes with pre-numbered tiles and more than 1,000 puzzles to challenge sudoku enthusiasts who prefer to work conundrums with tactile components rather than pencil and paper.

	Little Red Rocket Sleek battery-powered rocket is outfitted with working lights, push-button sounds, and a blast-off rumble. Easy assembly.

The Interactive Plush Pony. This plush pony is comparable in size to an actual Shetland and uses advanced electronics, integrated sensors, and puppetry to respond when it is touched, hears a sound, or detects changes in ambient light. When her mane is brushed she whinnies; when her ears are tickled she turns her head to see who is grooming her; petting her muzzle will cause her to sniff your hand.

	Genuine Turkish Bathrobe This imported Turkish robe comes from the Denizli region of Turkey. Turkish toweling is legendary for its extraordinary thickness and absorbency.

Robotic Reptile This is the robotic dinosaur that has multiple sensors which detect sound, movement, and touch, allowing it to react to its environment with realistic biomorphic motions including running, stalking, turning its head, whipping its tail, and “sniffing” its prey before pouncing. The dinosaur responds to stimuli depending on one of its three moods, including Hungry, Satisfied, and Subdued.

	6 1/2-Foot Santa’s Day And Night Illuminated Train Unlike typical holiday sculptures that can only reveal their brilliance at night, this 6 1/2′ long Santa’s train is decorated with present-laden tenders, steam billowing from the locomotive’s smokestack, garlands, and painted stars, all of which give the train a three-dimensional appearance, making it noticable during the day.

LuggageOnline has just issued a coupon for 10% off your entire purchase plus free shipping. This coupon, which excludes Tumi and Briggs & Riley, will work for the entire holiday season as it expires on 1/5/07.

Link:  10% off your entire purchase and free shipping at LuggageOnline.com; To redeem, click here and use coupon code LSA4TH at checkout (expires 1/5/07)

   

Just in time for the busy holiday travel season, Orbitz is offering several coupons and discounted travel getaways including travel on Thanksgiving week. These deals require booking in the next few weeks and, as always, please read all the terms and conditions. Here are their latest offers:

• Get $100 off when you book a flight and hotel package for 3+ nights at select ski destinations between 11/1/06 and 3/31/07. This coupon expires 11/12/06. To redeem, click here and enter promotion code: 100SKI.
• Discounted flight and hotel packages for Thanksgiving getaways in Miami, Cancun, Southern California, Boston, and other great places. Offers expire 11/22/06.
• Book any hotel, vacation package, flight, car rental, cruise, or activity by 12/31/06 and save $200 on any international vacation of 5+ nights from 1/5/07 to 6/30/07. You must book the discounted international travel by 3/31/07.
• Sale on flight and hotel packages for top destinations on the east coast including Washington DC, Boston, Toronto, Philadelphia, and of course New York City. Deals expire 11/12/06.
• Get $200 off international travel between 1/1/07 and 6/30/07. Coupon expires 11/22/06. To redeem, click here and enter promotion code: PASSPORT.
  

There are only two days left to take advantage of Hotel.com‘s $20 to $100 rebate on hotel reservations. This coupon expires 10/31/06 and is valid for reservations through 1/31/07. The rebate amount varies by length of bookings (see chart below) and as always please read all the applicable terms and conditions.

Rebate amounts:

• $20 with a 3-Night Booking
• $30 with a 5-Night Booking
• $50 with a 8-Night Booking
• $75 with an 10-Night Booking
• $100 with a 12-Night Booking

Link:  Up to $100 Cash Back Rebate at Hotels.com

Tumi is one of the leading brands of luxury travel, business, and lifestyle accessories. Its innovative and stylish products are of the highest quality and reliability. Here at Shopperism, we own quite a few Tumi products ranging from luggage to laptop bags to accessories and we’ve always enjoyed the look and feel. If you’re interested, click over to Tumi and for a limited time, enjoy free 2nd day shipping.

You may want to take a look at the limited edition Powerpack Backpack designed by sculptor Anish Kapoor. The PowerPack includes a solar panel for charging your phone and PDA, a Tumi Electric Adaptor, a laptop sleeve, and much more. Tumi will donate 100% of the proceeds from sale of the PowerPack to Doctors Without Borders.

Link: Get Free 2nd Day Shipping Upgrade Today

After a hot summer, fall is upon us and as the rain and cold weather move in, we can’t stop thinking about travelling somewhere warm and fun. So, you can imagine the smile on our faces when we discovered this coupon from Orbitz.

Get $200 off your next flight+hotel vacation package to Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Maya, Los Cabos, or Cancun. To redeem, click here and enter promotion code FIESTA200. This coupon expires on 9/30/06 and you must travel between 9/8/06 and 6/30/07 (not bad, since you can schedule a spring or early summer vacation).

Looking for a different destination? Orbitz is also offering $50 off hotel or hotel+flight package of 3 or more nights. To redeem, click here and enter promotion code SAVENOW. This coupon expires 10/8/06 and you must travel by 12/31/06. As an added bonus, once you’ve booked your travel, you will receive a $200 promotion code by email (sometime around 12/29/06) which is good for a vacation package to Mexico, the Caribbean, or Hawaii. This additional coupon will be good for flight+hotel packages of 5 or more nights between 1/1/07 and 3/31/07.

Photo by Flickr user o2ma (who happens to be the great guitarist Ottmar Liebert)

Here is a good coupon to pass along. Take 10% off your entire purchase at LuggageOnline. To redeem, click here and use coupon code SEPTLS at checkout. This coupon expires 11/14/06 and excludes Tumi and Briggs & Riley. Also, LuggageOnline is offering free shipping on orders over $125 until the end of the year (excludes Tumi and Briggs & Riley)

Lonely Planet’s travel guides have always been our first choice for in-depth information on our many travel destinations. The style and presentations of the guides combined with the insightful information provided to us by the writers has served us well in our journeys. With this in mind, we are happy to talk about Lonely Planet Bluelist: 618 Things to Do & Places to Go, a fun and useful book which inspires us to continue traveling.

The book compiles 618 of the best places to go to and things to do in the world today as recommended by the authors, staff, and travelers at Lonely Planet. Covering every country in the world, this book lists the best travel experiences ranging from the normal (best place to drink) to the bizarre (best place to get naked). Individual country reviews provide great insight into the travel experience while also discussing the impact of global events and trends. And, of course, the book includes the great photos you would expect to see in a Lonely Planet guide. Lonely Planet is offering the book for free with a $40 purchase. Amazon is offering the 2006-07 version for $13.59. The 2007 version is available for pre-order.

Lonely Planet Bluelist: 618 Things to Do & Places to Go | Lonely Planet
Amazon | $13.59

In our travels of the world, we’ve discovered that Knopf’s Mapguides are the most useful travel guide and map. These mini-books divide cities and regions into 5-7 different sections. Each section contains a map of the area and summaries of suggested attractions, restaurants, bars, and shopping. The Mapguides are simple, effective, colorful, and easy to use for both tourists and travelers and can serve as the only walk around travel guide and map you’ll need. At about 5″ by 7″, a Mapguide will fit comfortably into your pocket or purse.

From what we can tell, guides are available for the following: New York, London, Paris, Munich, Rome, Venice, Milan, Barcelona, Stockholm, Normandy, Shanghai, Istanbul, Moscow, Hong Kong , Athens, Dublin, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Vienna, Naples, Budapest, Italian Lakes, Hawaii, Majorca, Beijing, Berlin, Provence and Cote D’Azur, Brussels, Miami, Bangkok, St. Petersburg, Dubrovnik, Crete, Warsaw, Havana, Montreal, Budapest, Boston, Edinburgh, and Marrakesh.

Interested? Find it at the following stores:

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Powell’s

Overstock.com just sent us to very good coupons:

– Take 10% off your entire order (expires 9/30/06)

– Save $10 off any $99 order (expires 9/15/06)