PR people don’t do sarcasm, Pumpkins, and that’s a good thing. Their role in life requires a perkiness that’s positively pharmaceutical. Apparently, writing a press release requires regular use of breathless adjectives like Unique! Bespoke! Elegant! Luxe! And they probably…
If purchasing any other luxury item besides travel entailed paying 10 times the price of the product in the form of taxes, people would go ape-poo, dahrlings. So what is it about travel that we can publish a $59…
Open Jaw seems to have a new glamour girl, pumpkins. Or is that Golden girl? How old do you have to be to be a godmother anyway, for goodness sakes? Really old, right? Older than me, that’s for sure.…
In the travel business the rumour mill is a sweatshop. I don’t have to tell my darling pumpkins that this is an inbred industry where everybody has already worked everywhere and many of the same folks meet up far too…
Well, dahrlings, our most beloved travel broad [which is the highest compliment I can pay to a fellow human] is leaving Air Canada. The Nino news was bad enough. And now Zeina. Who will replace the irreplaceable? Some say…
I always say, Pumpkins, if someone won’t do you, it’s your responsibility to do yourself. And that’s just what Travel Agent Day was for years. A pizza slice and a slap on the back from your manager. Maybe a twizzler. …
The great airplane divide has never been wider, dahrlings. The shuffle of shame through Business Class will seem like a red carpet walk after Etihad and Emirates finish building their 3 room onboard suites. It’s no longer a…
Who remembers their 1st job in travel? Wasn’t it great? Ticketing and stickering and drinking and 1st class. Let it go, dahrlings. Let it go … you’ll end up like the ding dong over here who ran over to Pearson…
What other dream purchase forces humans to run a gauntlet of brutal torments prior to fulfillment? Other than the services of my 2nd cousin, Mistress Hurtalot. How do you sell a dream, dahrlings, knowing you’re sending a lamb to…
The Canadian Tourism Commission, those folks charged with the task of attracting international travellers to our fair nation (how’s that working out?) can’t hide its disdain for retail travel professionals. The most recent chirpy missive from the government-funded organization…
