u/TheFaubourgDiary

I shopped at two airport boutiques and bought a Garden Party at each location, one in Paris and one in Hong Kong. In Paris, the sales associate didn’t ask for my information or try to pull up my profile. She simply rang up the items without linking them to my French profile and mentioned that it doesn’t matter, as they don’t typically do that.

In Hong Kong, the sales associate only asked for my phone number. I’m not sure whether she actually pulled up my profile or not. She also asked for my boarding pass, and that was it.

Are airport boutique purchases supposed to be linked to your profile in that country, or does it really not matter like the associate in Paris suggested?

Thinking about doing a solo trip to Japan purely to hunt for vintage and unique Hermes pieces… curious if anyone here has done something similar.

I’d probably start in Tokyo and then take the Shinkansen to Osaka and Kyoto, focusing on curated resale and vintage shops. I already have a list of places I want to visit, so this would be a pretty intentional “hunting” trip.

For context, I have a great relationship with my SA in the U.S. and also shop in Paris where I also have an amazing SA, so this isn’t about access. I think I’m just drawn to the idea of finding unique or hard to find pieces. The hunt sounds pretty exciting to me.

I’ve done solo women travel before typically with Girls’ Guide to the World, but I’ve never really seen trips centered around luxury vintage shopping in Japan. It feels like such a specific niche, but maybe it’s more common than I think.

Would love to hear if anyone here has done it or thought about it.