Travel

Love a list? Well how about our top ten best-selling map destinations of 2022!? Our Studio Manager Amie, finding all of your map requests, in our vast collection of maps, stored in our map room! We've poured over the charts. Unpicked the data. And if you've ever wondered where the most requested destinations for our maps are, wonder no longer...

Our bespoke A4 map poster prints have been a real success since they were introduced to our range nearly two years ago. So we thought we'd have a look back at your orders to see which of our prints was the most popular. Clearly, and at the very top of the list, was Norfolk! Spectacular Norfolk So what is it...

Getting down on one knee? Sometimes there is such huge expectations surrounding a proposal that planning one can feel really overwhelming! We like to think that we're pretty well informed when it comes to love at Bombus. Lots of you choose our artwork to celebrate, commemorate, or announce some really special life moments. And because we deal in map gifts...

“If there were one more thing I could do, it would be to go on safari once again.” Isak Dinesen At Bombus we’ve spent the past twenty years creating ways for you to remember the most special of moments. From travel adventures, to milestone occasions, or lifelong achievements. We have always strived to design unique and personal art that helps...

With both weddings and travel back on the agenda post-pandemic, it’s only natural that the honeymoon is also making a return! Based on your requests for our map wedding gifts, and honeymoon mementos, we have been able to compile a list of the Top Five most popular honeymoon destinations of 2022 so far. It’s not hard to see why you’ve...

Is someone you love graduating from university in 2022? The second half of the year is when most graduation ceremonies take place across the UK, and if you’re wanting to mark this special occasion with something special…we can help! We’ve come up with some great suggestions for the perfect unique graduation gifts. A Commemorative Gift Hand Drawn Map Location Graduation...

Our personalised map location artworks are the iconic Bombus gift. We get hundreds of requests a week for different destinations all across the globe. But inevitably, some places are more popular than ever! And it does change dramatically depending on circumstances and seasons! For example, during the height of the pandemic we saw a massive rise in map requests for...

Perfect for the Summer of 2022 It's official, the weddings are back. And so are the wedding gifts! And after a few years of careful and low-key gatherings, BIG parties are once again the talk of the summer. It wasn't clear what would happen after the pandemic, whether or not smaller more intimate gatherings would become the norm for weddings…but...

We’re carrying on with our travel series, where we give you our best tips for visiting our glorious county! Oh we do like to be beside the seaside…especially Margate! We love our home in Kent, and as you know, maps, location, and travel…it’s what Bombus is all about. And with so many things making foreign holidays tough for all of...

How living by the sea is good for your physical and mental health Living by the Sea is a dream for many of us. At Bombus we have strong connections to our planet. Every day we are looking at maps of our earth. The geographical topography of our little rock is really beautiful. We work in the amazing Kent countryside...

Part Two of our Travel Series - Because at Bombus we’re all about LOCATION!  In case you missed it - we asked our team to give us the low-down on some of the places they’d visited recently, along with their top picks, must sees, and insight into travelling during the pandemic. We've already heard from our Marketing and Accounts Manager...

At Bombus we’re all about LOCATION! We asked our team to give us the low-down on some of the places they’d visited recently, along with their top picks, must sees, and insight into travelling during the pandemic. Jo's Story Jo is the Bombus Marketing and Accounts Manager and has spent the last eighteen months working from home. She took her...

Best Selling Wall Art Blocks Have you met the Bombus best-selling product of 2020? Our Map Hexagon Wall Art is not only completely unique to Bombus, but it is also our Star Product of 2020! These little beauties were our most successful gift of the year. And we know why. Not only are they beautiful, and hand crafted to a...

One gets a rather unique appreciation for the shape of places when illustrating for Bombus. Skye, for example has a very pleasing wiggly splosh shape, and has a nice lot of contours which are always fun to draw.

Working in a map-based job means my bucket list of places to visit grows on a daily basis. I spend everyday looking at maps of far-flung, beautiful places other people have been to... holiday destinations, wedding venues, and honeymoon spots.