Gift for someone who has everything: a driving experience
A gift for someone who has everything is one of the hardest tasks before Christmas, before milestone birthdays and before the annual meeting with important clients. Entrepreneurs, managing directors and long-standing business partners usually buy what they need themselves. What they are missing is rarely a thing. It is time for something they never make time for in everyday life. A driving experience on a race track, on ice or on a sports car tour is exactly that kind of gift. The European Speed Club (ESC) offers experience vouchers for it.
What do you give someone who has everything?
3 questions help you choose:
- Would they buy it for themselves? If so, it is not a special gift. Many people never book a day on a race track, even though they dream of it.
- Will it leave a memory? A gift hamper is empty after a week. The first lap of the Nordschleife or the first controlled drift on a frozen lake stays with you.
- Does it fit into a busy calendar? With a voucher, the recipient chooses the date. For people with little free time, that makes all the difference.
A driving experience ticks all 3 boxes. And it offers something expensive things rarely do: you learn something. At ESC, experienced instructors and coaches look after the groups. The Coaching page shows what that looks like.
A gift for the man (or woman) who has everything
Search for a gift for the man who has everything and you will mostly find whisky sets, leather accessories and gadgets. The real question is a different one: what excites someone who lacks nothing material? For people who love driving, it is the chance to take a car where it belongs, with a coach at their side.
Race tracks and ice are not just for men. An experience voucher is just as good a gift for the woman who has everything, and for couples who want to try something new together.
A gift for entrepreneurs and executives
For entrepreneurs, what counts most is time when the phone stays silent. On the race track or on the ice, nobody thinks about the next meeting, because driving demands too much concentration. The bigger formats suit this audience especially well:
Ice Experience Lapland: several days close to the Arctic Circle, travel on ESC's own charter jet, driving the provided, studded-tyre sports cars of the ESC fleet. More in Winter driving training in Lapland.
Track day with CarForGo: a full day on the race track in a provided Porsche 911 (992) GT3 or GTS, with no own car and no trailer.
Grand Touring: multi-day sports car tours, through the Pyrenees or the Alps, for example. The value voucher works here, as it can be redeemed for every ESC programme.
Driving Center Boxberg with CarForGo: a training day at the Bosch proving ground in provided sports cars, with a second person as co-driver if you like. For an overnight stay, the voucher shop lists hotels nearby, such as the Wald- und Schlosshotel Friedrichsruhe.
Gifts for clients and business partners
A client gift should say thank you and be remembered. For your most important business partners, a gift hamper rarely does the job. An ESC voucher can be personalised:
- with the recipient's name and a short message,
- as a premium aluminium plaque with a personal engraving by post, or as a PDF by email with a preview before you buy,
- with a delivery date, such as just before Christmas or for a company anniversary.
You can pay by credit card or by invoice. Gifts to business partners are subject to tax limits. Your tax adviser can tell you how an experience voucher should be treated in your company.
If you would like to invite a whole group of clients, a dedicated corporate event is the better choice. B2B incentives with a driving event at Boxberg describes what that looks like. Enquiries go through the Corporate Events page.
Employee incentive: voucher or corporate event?
A driving experience also works as an employee incentive. Which format fits depends on who you want to reward.
| Voucher | Corporate event | |
|---|---|---|
| For whom | individuals, such as your top sales people or a leadership team | whole teams, departments or client groups |
| Date | chosen by the recipient in the event calendar | agreed with ESC |
| Setting | taking part in a regular ESC event | programme for your company by arrangement |
| How to order | online in the voucher shop | enquiry via Corporate Events |
From the team to the boss
A gift for the boss is often a joint gift. The value voucher is ideal here: everyone chips in, the amount can be chosen in steps, and the boss decides later whether it will be the race track, the ice or a tour. It works for Christmas just as well as for a company anniversary, a farewell or a milestone birthday such as a 50th.
If the chosen programme later costs more than the amount, the voucher shop says the recipient can top up the value voucher freely.
ESC experience vouchers at a glance
- Track day: a day on the race track, in your own car or a provided CarForGo sports car.
- Ice Experience: drifting on ice at Katschberg or in Lapland, in the cars of the ESC fleet.
- Driving Center Boxberg: Perfection, Sport or Drift training at the Bosch proving ground.
- Value voucher: amount in steps, redeemable for every programme, including Grand Touring.
How the individual vouchers work and who they suit is explained in detail in Christmas gift for car lovers.
How the voucher works
- Choose the voucher in the ESC voucher shop and enter the name and message.
- Pay by credit card or invoice. The voucher is delivered once payment has arrived.
- The recipient picks their date in the event calendar and books it directly, entering the voucher number and the amount in the “Message to us” field. The ESC team checks every booking and deducts the voucher amount.
ESC vouchers are usually valid for 3 years from the invoice date and can be transferred to another person. If you have questions, the ESC team can be reached via the contact form or by phone on +49 6172 923 920.
Choose your experience voucher now
The services, deadlines and cover that apply to a specific date are set out in the description of the individual event and in our terms and conditions, which take precedence.
Frequently asked questions about experience vouchers as gifts
Ideally something that won't end up on a shelf: time and an experience they would not treat themselves to. A driving experience on a race track, on ice or on a sports car tour is one of them, especially as a voucher that lets the recipient choose the date.
Yes, especially for long-standing and important partners. The voucher can be personalised with a name and message and sent as an engraved plaque. Your tax adviser can tell you how gifts to business partners are treated for tax purposes.
The ESC voucher shop accepts payment by credit card or invoice. The voucher is delivered once payment has arrived.
A voucher suits individuals, who choose their own date. For whole teams or client groups, a corporate event is the better choice. Enquiries go through the Corporate Events page.
Yes. They pick their date in the event calendar and book it directly, with the voucher number and amount in the “Message to us” field. ESC vouchers are usually valid for 3 years from the invoice date.
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