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Vacation Surrogate Will Vacation for You!
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Always wanted to visit San Francisco, but never had the time or money?
Let me be your vacation surrogate! I'll go to the places that you want to see. Take all of the pictures you would take. Send postcards to tell your friends and family all about the beautiful city by the bay.
And so goes the pitch by Sara Thacher, a self-proclaimed vacation surrogate whose Web site promises to provide all the details of a vacation to San Francisco without actually going yourself. Simply fill out a questionnaire detailing the typical activities you'd do if you were to actually visit San Francisco and Thacher will customize the pseudo-vacation experience to reflect your tastes and lifestyle. This ensures that your friends won't receive a postcard from the Castro, for example, if that's not your thing.
I'm not sure what the appeal is about staging fake vacations, but apparently there is a market for it. As reported on Gadling a year ago, a company in Russia will do the same thing for famous destinations all over the globe. They will even Photoshop your smiling mug into all sorts of photographs proving that you did indeed make it all the way to ... ____________ (fill in the blank).
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Sissy Jul 22nd 2007 12:22AM
Amen Angel!! My thoughts exactly!
tropics967 Jul 22nd 2007 12:48AM
And for a nominal fee, I would like to offer the same quality vacation in Honolulu, Waikiki, Ko Olina all in Hawaii...!
Amy Jul 22nd 2007 1:04AM
hahahaha this seems ridiculously silly. usually it's the opposite - you have the time, but not the money.
Tigre Jul 22nd 2007 1:29AM
Who the hell will fall for this? Also what lazy idot would think that this business idea will work?
I swear it seems that the idiot population grows every minute.
Jessica Jul 22nd 2007 2:04AM
this is hilarious...I'd give you a pretend vacation packet of all of florida for free just to keep people from friggin moving here. Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Weeki Wachee...anything to stop the damn yankees from moving in an trying to convert us natives to their crappy over-developed condo cities. I'd even take pretty sunset on the beach pics so you dont catch the flesh eating bacteria in the water...
dude Jul 22nd 2007 3:52AM
Have you ever wanted to be a billionaire but don't the time for all the hassles that go along with having all that money? Just send me a billion dollars and I will be a billionaire for you.
dude Jul 22nd 2007 4:00AM
Are you working so much you don't have time for your family? Just send me your beautiful wife and well behaved kids and all your money I will live your home life for you so you can work your miserable life away.
dude Jul 22nd 2007 4:00AM
Does anybody want to go to The Philipppines but don't have the time? I will go for you. Just send me $5000. I will send you pics when I get back and describe the incredible sex I had with beautiful Asian woman.
castaway Jul 22nd 2007 5:50AM
ummm ok if there there ARE things out there any more IDIOTIC than this there can't be many!