The Best Subscription Gifts to Give This Holiday Season

last updated 14 August 2019

Whether it's a sister, a significant other, a friend, or even your boss, we all have people in our lives who leave us stumped when it comes to buying holiday gifts. Our solution this year? A subscription! Not only is it literally a gift that keeps on giving, but it also feels much more personal than just a gift card to their favorite place—don't you think? Plus, from fashion to food to coffee to skincare—whatever they're into, there's definitely a subscription gift they'll love. (If nothing else, we have a feeling you might like some of the below for yourself, too.) So for our favorite subscription gifts this season, simply continue on.

Recently

1 Year Gift Certificate

Recently turns your camera roll photos into a monthly magazine—tell me that's not cool.

Flicker Box

3 Month Plan

Candle enthusiasts will love a monthly delivery of artisanal candles from Flicker Box.

Winc

Wine Subscription Gift Card

Whether they're a wine connoisseur or not, Winc helps you find (and try) different wine bottles you'll love.

Birchbox

6-Month Subscripsion

Birchbox, the original beauty subscription box, lets you sample five items a month.

FabFitFun

Annual Subscription

Four times a year, FabFitFun sends out a box with eight to 10 products (from beauty to accessories) valued at over $200.

Papirmass

6 Month Gift

Art lovers will freak over Papirmass's art subscription.

The Bouqs

Classic Original Size Delivery

Who wouldn't love a monthly or even weekly flower delivery?

Food52

Sfoglini Seasonal Pasta Subscription

Two words: pasta subscription.

Switch

Gold Monthly Plan

For the jewelry buff, Switch allows you to borrow designer pieces monthly, with an option to buy.

Blue Bottle

3 Month Subscription

With beans delivered every other week, coffee enthusiasts can get their Blue Bottle fix no matter where they live.

Porter Magazine

Digital and Print Subscription

Take someone's Net-a-Porter shopping experience to the next level for just $30 a year.

Blue Apron

Two Week Two Person Meal Plan

There's no easier way for aspiring at-home chefs to get started than through Blue Apron's meal recipe deliveries.

Rent the Runway

Monthly Membership

Perfect for the fashion-obsessed girl, Rent the Runway's membership service allows you to rent and swap items from hundreds of brands monthly so you always have something new to wear.

Cratejoy

SaloonBox DIY Cocktail Kit Subscription

Become the mixologist you always wanted to be with Saloonbox's weekly cocktail kit deliveries.

Box of Style

Annual Membership

Rachel Zoe's subscription box is a must-have for fashion girls.

Neko Box

3-Month Subscription

Upgrade your (or someone else's) interiors with these monthly, Japanese homeware-filled boxes.

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This post was published at an earlier date and has been recently updated by Nicole Akhtarzad.

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Nicole Kliest is a freelance writer and editor based in New York City who focuses on fashion, travel, food, wine, and pretty much anything else that's amusing to write about. After graduating from Pepperdine University with a bachelor's in journalism and creative writing, she started her career back in 2010 as Who What Wear's photo editor and throughout the last decade has contributed to publications including Fashionista, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, The Zoe Report, PopSugar, Fodor's Travel, and several others. She also copywrites and has worked with clients such as Frame, Sea, 3x1, Intelligentsia, and others to develop brand voices through storytelling and creative marketing. She's very passionate about the ways we can improve our sustainability efforts in the fashion industry as well as cultivating content that's diverse and inclusive of all people. When she's not checking out the latest restaurant opening in her West Village neighborhood or riding her bicycle along the West Side Highway, she can be found scheming her next trip somewhere around the world. (Up next is Vienna.)