| If she wants to buy a high-quality Tahitian souvenir while in Tahiti, make sure you recommend that she does a little research about them first. Like Jeremy mentioned, it is a huge tourist industry and the pearls are priced really high. There are many sellers trying to sell well-intentioned tourists pearls that aren't the best quality. If she goes in educated about what she wants, she'll be more equipped to find a high-quality pearl and negotiate the price. She might want to even print off some pricing from pearl companies here on the guide so she has an idea of what she can negotiate down to. |