Luxury Item

A Luxury Item is a personal memento brought from home for contestants to alleviate boredom while on location.

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Introduced during the first season, castaways were actively encouraged to use their luxury items to help benefit their tribes. Luxury Items became less of an item to feature in favor of contestants talking strategy and after, they were abolished.

Further Appearances
and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains re-introduced these Luxuries to the tribes at a Reward Challenge, with the winners being able to take them back to their tribe's camp.

During, , and when a player was sent to Redemption Island, they would receive their Luxury Item. Upon a player being eliminated, it became optional for them to leave their item for the reigning champion.

Notable Luxury Items

 * Sonja Christopher's ukulele
 * Gretchen Cordy's toothbrush
 * Colby Donaldson's Texan flag
 * Elisabeth Hasselbeck's Immunity Headdress
 * Kim Johnson's paints
 * Michael Skupin's war paint
 * Ethan Zohn's hackeysack
 * Lex van den Berghe's son's baby shoes
 * Hunter Ellis's pair of Navy Wings
 * Gabriel Cade's stuffed animal
 * Gina Crews's adventure bag
 * Rob Mariano's football
 * Paschal English's American flag
 * John Carroll's Massage oils
 * Robb Zbacnik's skateboard
 * Penny Ramsey's pajamas
 * Brian Heidik's guitar
 * Jeanne Hebert's massage oil
 * Rob Cesternino's Magic 8 Ball
 * Shawna Mitchell's soccer ball
 * James Clement's unused Hidden Immunity Idol from Survivor: China