The Sims 2: Bon Voyage/Vacation Collectables

The Sims 2: Bon Voyage has many collectables for your Sims to find. They can be found in many different ways and are in many different forms. This page covers all the types of collectables and how you can find them all.

Gestures
Each of the three vacation neighborhoods has its own gesture. Your Sims can learn it and use it with their friends back home. To learn a gesture, your Sim needs to accept it from a local while they're on holiday. After a Sim has accepted it once, they can perform it to other Sims, however they perform it badly. After they accept it a third time, they become accustomed to it and can perform it perfect. A Sim which knows a gesture can teach it to other Sims in turn by using it on them. Like on the original Sim, it takes three gestures to perfect it on the receiving Sim.

There are three gestures overall, and learning any one of them perfectly will give you a memory and unlock a specific Vacation Memento. By learning all three gestures, an extra memento is unlocked.

Your Sim can give any of the gestures to any local, regardless of destination. However, if you give the wrong gesture to a Sim it can result in it being rejected and your relationship score dropping.

Dances
Similar to gestures, each vacation destination also has its own dance too. To learn a dance, your Sim needs to join a local who is already doing it. Eventually they will get the hang of it themselves and will be able to dance themselves. If a Sim starts a dance, other Sims can join in too, and they will eventually learn the dance as well. Each dance satisfies different motives for your Sims. They can only be learned on vacation, but they can be performed back home too.

Like gestures, learning a dance gives you a vacation memento:

Hula
The Hula can only be learned in Island destinations, but can be started from any stereo. Other Sims will join autonomously when nearby, as long as they have a positive relationship with the Sim who starts it. Doing the Hula will satisfy the Sim's Fun need but will lower Energy. Doing the dance with other Sims raises the Social stat for everyone.

Slap Dance
Similar to the Hula, the Slap Dance can only be learned in Mountain destinations. Like the Hula, it also can be started from any stereo. Other Sims will join if they are nearby and have a positive relationship with the Sim. Doing the dance will raise a Sim's Fun need but will deplete Energy. If it is done with other Sims, the Social need will be satisfied too.

Tai Chi
Tai Chi is slightly different to the other two dances. Once a Sim learns it, it can be started anytime by clicking on the Sim and choosing it (similar to Yoga). Doing Tai Chi satisfies Energy and Comfort, but lowers Hunger and Hygiene. If it is done with other Sims, it satisfies Social. If a Sim does it at Home, then Body skill can be built too.

Massages
In Bon Voyage, Sims can now buy Massage tables for their houses. Massage tables can also be placed on community lots, especially in vacation neighborhoods. There, they spawn with a masseuse who will give them a destination-specific massage for §100, or teach them it for §500. They can use these massages on other Sims at home, however, unlike gestures and dances, Sims cannot teach other Sims the massage. A massage raises the Energy, Comfort, and Social stats.

If the massage table is used at home and the masseuse does not know any destination-specific massages, only a Swedish massage will be available. Learning a special massage from a local will unlock a vacation memento.