Well, the snow is on its way, so my mind has been turning to sunnier climes. Imagine my joy, then, when I received an email offering me a great deal for a holiday. I was so excited I went straight to the bathroom to make sure I was waxed all over.
Sadly, my joy was shortlived when I opened the missive – from The Guardian no less – to discover it was actually promoting “great value cruises for 2012”.
Now, call me old-fashioned but going on a cruise has hardly been at the top of my holiday wish-list since the Costa Concordia disaster…and it seems I am not alone. No wonder there are some great value deals out there – apparently Egypt is pretty cheap too.
The thing is, I haven’t actually set foot onboard a cruise liner since the last time I was on the Marketing Forum a few years back. Now, at the risk of upsetting those lovely people at Richmond Events, can you imagine what it’s like being a young woman stuck on boat with 500 male marketing directors all desperate for a shag?
Suffice to say, not a particularly pleasant experience, especially as I was stuck in the bowels of the ship with the rest of the ‘delegates’. Not that I didn’t get plenty of offers from rabid marketers trying to lure me to their palatial cabins on the top deck, desperate to take advantage of the missus being on dry land.
To be honest I had learned my lesson from the year before when “a friend of mine” woke up on Saturday morning with what can only be described as a guerilla. She said he had piped himself aboard and then tried to reverse in all night long…
Although some people apparently enjoy being trapped on board. It is said that former Marketing journalist Mark Kleinman – now stuttering his way through the business news on Sky News – used to be in his element, going round asking everyone on board when they were going to review their ad account.
Another female Marketing journalist – Amanda – wasn’t quite so lucky when a financial services client, who will remain nameless (OK we’ll call him Tim P), opened his cabin door to her wearing only a smile. It is said she got a massive scoop off him though…poor thing.
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