Personalized Map Gift Ideas for Every Occasion

Some gifts get opened, used and forgotten. A map of a place that matters stays on the wall for years. It’s personal, it’s easy to choose, and it works for almost any occasion.

Here are our favourite ideas, plus a few tips on what to write.

For a wedding or engagement

Choose the place where it all happened: the venue, the city where you met, or the street of your first home together. Add both names and the date, and you have a gift the couple will hang in their first home.

Want something a little different? A custom star map shows the night sky exactly as it was above the venue on the wedding night.

For an anniversary

Go back to the beginning. The city of your first date, the place you got engaged, or the sky on the night you met. Short lines work best here, like “Where it all began” or “A night to remember”.

For a new baby

A city map of the town where the baby was born, with the name and birth date, makes a lovely nursery print. A star map of the night they arrived is a beautiful choice too. Our star maps work for any date from 1900 to 2050.

For a new home

Zoom in on the new neighbourhood, pop a heart on their street, and write the address or the year they moved in. It’s a housewarming gift that actually belongs in the house.

For a graduation, a new job or a big move

A two-city map shows where the journey started and where it’s going next. Or try a country or state map of the place they’re moving to.

For travellers and dreamers

A world map or a single continent, in their favourite colours, for the friend who is always planning the next trip.

For parents and grandparents

The hometown they grew up in, the island the family comes from, or the city where they raised their children. These are the gifts that make people a little emotional, in a good way.

What to write on your map

Every map has three lines of text, and all three are yours. A simple formula that always works:

• Line 1: the place or a short title (“Paris”, “Our First Home”)
• Line 2: names or a short message (“Anna & Tom”)
• Line 3: a date or the coordinates

Keep it short. A few words look better on the wall than a long sentence.

Giving it for Christmas?

Every print is made to order. Production takes 2–4 business days, then delivery usually takes 2–6 business days in the US, 2–3 in the UK, 3–7 in Australia and 6–16 in Canada. Holiday post can be slower, so give yourself some extra time. You’ll find all the details in our shipping policy.

A few things that make gifting easier:

• You can ship straight to the person you’re surprising.
• You can add a free gift card with your own note. Just write it on the cart page before checkout.
• Running late, or living outside the US, UK, Canada or Australia? The printable file arrives by email within 24 hours, ready to print anywhere.

Ready to make one?

Pick a place, play with the styles, and see your map take shape on screen. What you see is exactly what gets printed. Need more ideas first? Have a look at our Get Inspired page.