If you're sick of giving golf balls and jewelry as presents to your loved one every birthday, you should take a peek at Signature Days. Signature Days is a company that offers unique experiences as an alternative to predictable presents like white briefs and fuzzy slippers (not that there's anything wrong with fuzzy slippers). Founded in June 2004, Chicago-based Signature Days is the leading online provider of experience gifts for every occasion. They offer a unique selection of over 1,500 different experiences and activities in all metro areas throughout the U.S., including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego and Washington, DC. If you're interested in buying a Signature Day package but don't want to spend a lot of money, fear not. Gifts start at as little as $25, with an average price of anywhere from $70 to $300. The idea of freedom to choose and break out of the mold of everyday life is cool, but not necessarily new. Signature Days founder and CEO, Andrew Playford, picked the idea up from catalogs and phone-in companies who provide similar services in the UK. At Signature Days, we believe that memorable experiencesâ€"the experiences that enrich us, challenge us, or simply entertain usâ€"make the perfect gift.

The gift giving process works like this, your gift recipient will receive a Signature Days Gift Pack via USPS, UPS (or e-mail if you're in a hurry). The elegantly designed Gift Pack includes a Gift Card, along with instructions for redeeming the card and booking the experience on the Signature Days site. When you purchase an experience, you have the option to add a Trading Pass, which allows your recipient to place the value of the Gift Card into a Signature Days account. When he/she purchases an experience, this amount will be automatically deducted from the total. So basically, you can't give a bad gift with Signature Days, and if you're really not sure what to get there's always the option of a gift card.