I’d try it, if only to make a total hash of the questionnaire and see what they come up with.
Thanks. You just ruined Rudolph for me forever.
Oh deer. OH Deer. OH DEER!
:):p;)
I can see filling out the questionnaire for a once in a lifetime vacation, getting off the plane and seeing the sign “Welcome to Japan.”
Only problem is, I’ve already been to Japan. I had a wonderful time, but I’d like to see a few other places before I go back there.
Welcome to the Bahamas. By the way, we expect the hurricane to reach here in 36 hours.
Sometimes surprises aren’t that fun.
I would do it, it sounds like fun! …But not at full price.
Oh sure, I’d love to do something that. I’m not picky about my accommodations, and I can have fun just about anywhere, and haven’t traveled THAT extensively so would likely wind up someplace I hadn’t been before. Sounds like a hoot.
In my experience, my idea of a neat holiday tends not to mesh with most other people’s idea of a neat holiday. I didn’t do it on purpose, but I’ve ended as one of those “obscure travel location” snobs. I’d far prefer someplace poor and dirty than say, a resort on a beach in the Caribbean. I seriously doubt a corporation would plan a trip that I would particularly enjoy. I have a few friends whose taste I would trust to plan me a good surprise trip, though.
I’m cute! I’m CUTE! SHE SAYS I’M CUTE!
First time Rudolph ever got off.
Count me in, as long as you can convince me that you are able to plan an interesting trip. I’d want this company to show me some past trips, so I could tell that they weren’t going to fly me to Podunk, and leave me there for 4 days.
Surprise vacation: kidnapping :: Surprise bhuttsecks: _____?
I think that the OP is assuming that the company is reputable, they wouldn’t put you in downtown Bagdhad, they’d give you value for your money, and they’d listen to your likes and dislikes.
Even so, I’d be a little leery. If I could specify “nothing but great beach towns”, I’d go for it.
Nah…
I have a list of places I want to get to, limited dollars, and limited vacation time. When I vacation, I want to get to one of the place I want to go to.
For instance, I’ve been to France. Have no huge intention of going back (though my daughter wants to go, so maybe I’ll end up there). I do want to go back to England. I just got back from Germany.
So a surprise vacation that took me to Germany (just was there) or France (no interest in returning) would be a bummer - one that got me to England would be nice - assuming it was the version of England I was interested in.
Apple vacations does something like this - you know you are getting at least an X Apple resort near Cancun. They pick the resort. I might do something like that as I really don’t have a huge preference on “all inclusives on the Mayan Coast.”
I’d probably do it, as long as I was able to prohibit them from sending me to certain places. Saudi Arabia and Syria would be out, for instance.
Hell yeah! I am indecisive and when I finally decide I make crap decisions. Also, I hate organising things. Please plan my holiday for me.
But I don’t just want a surprise vacation. I want surprise restaurants. Surprise grocery shopping. Surprise career. Surprise wife.
What do I know? I am not equipped to make good decisions about my life. Help me.
I’d do it if someone else payed for it. Hell, I’d go to Baghdad if someone else paid for it.
I tend to be a “no plan” vacationer, preferring to quit my job so that I can wander obscure places with no plan. I did a private organized tour once and wanted nothing more than to hop a bus somewhere, eat in some shack, and really get on the ground. So I don’t think I’d be a fan of an organized tour of any sort.
Now, if I could pay them $100 or $200 bucks and they’d send me an airplane ticket to a surprise location out of the country, I’d certainly do it. I’ve often wished I could ask airlines “What is the cheapest ticket anywhere far away available in, say, the next three months?” I think I could have a great time anywhere on this planet.
I love the planning, at least the parts other than choosing hostels and flights because that sucks. But I commit entire guidebooks to memory, even the parts about places I won’t be anywhere near. Buying a Lonely Planet is a big part of any trip for me. So no, I wouldn’t want someone else to plan it for me.
I am too untrusting. I would be worried that the company would book me into some shithole that gave them the highest profit margin.
Maybe Kabul. Or Gary, Indiana. Or Detroit.
I would do it but I would want a huge discount just to let them fill up remaining slots. If someone else paid for it, it is no holds barred. I would be a “mystery plane” 6 hours from now to Somalia if someone wanted to pay for me to vacation there. I can’t really think of any place in the world I wouldn’t to be willing to go to for at least a week or so.
We have similar tastes and I have done it many times. Maybe we should go on vacation together and then completely wander apart as soon as we get there :). People always think it is weird when I walk for miles on end whenever I get some place and maybe even hitchhike but it seems perfectly obvious to me.
I’d love it.
There used to be a company that did that sort of thing. They gave you a vague indication of what types of clothes to pack, gave you a time to show up at the airport, and off you went. I think it fell apart once airports became secure.
I wish I’d gotten a chance to try it.