Provocative question on travel
Jun 24th, 2003 | 03:08 PM
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Provocative question on travel
Sometimes cruise lines will entice you to sail with them by having celebrities on board.
It occurs to me that there's no good reason why the same approach couldn't be used for land tours, whether they be by group or even personal.
Here's my vision: you decide that it's time for the family and you to visit Washington DC or Williamsburg or San Francisco or any of the three other places where people in the U.S. seem to spend their vacations.
Next, you go to a web site, let's call it vacationwithastar.com and select the celebrity you want to accompany you on what was going to be a snoozer of a trip. You work out pricing and dates with their agent, along with other details such as whether they can date your teenage daughter, etc.
I can envision a family of four from Des Moines inviting Sir Mix-a-Lot on their once-a-decade pilgrimmage to visit relatives back East. Somewhere in Ohio, dad turns around to the back seat while driving the station wagon and says, "So tell me again what it is you have for big butts... ."
It occurs to me that there's no good reason why the same approach couldn't be used for land tours, whether they be by group or even personal.
Here's my vision: you decide that it's time for the family and you to visit Washington DC or Williamsburg or San Francisco or any of the three other places where people in the U.S. seem to spend their vacations.
Next, you go to a web site, let's call it vacationwithastar.com and select the celebrity you want to accompany you on what was going to be a snoozer of a trip. You work out pricing and dates with their agent, along with other details such as whether they can date your teenage daughter, etc.
I can envision a family of four from Des Moines inviting Sir Mix-a-Lot on their once-a-decade pilgrimmage to visit relatives back East. Somewhere in Ohio, dad turns around to the back seat while driving the station wagon and says, "So tell me again what it is you have for big butts... ."
Jun 24th, 2003 | 03:30 PM
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I don't know, BB, I think big butts are just fine. Do you remember that old Saturday Night Live routine with the family who all had , uh, bulbous posteriors? Pretty funny! (Oh, Sigh, now this thread will probably be deleted)
To answer you question, I think that far too many of us would pay whatever it took for that one brush with celebrity. Our own little 15 min. of fame. Pretty sad! Sigh again.
To answer you question, I think that far too many of us would pay whatever it took for that one brush with celebrity. Our own little 15 min. of fame. Pretty sad! Sigh again.
Jun 24th, 2003 | 03:36 PM
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True, but I also think that the supply side is well-represented, too. You could probably get half the cast from "One Day at A Time" to accompany your family on your two-week driving tour of the West for a couple hundred bucks, plus meals.
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