Pushy travel agents!

[Wahoo]

Got a follow-up e-mail yesterday from my travel agent asking how the last trip went, and I gave her a glowing report and thanked her for all her help with the reservations. I thought that was the end of it.

But today it was one e-mail after another from her. "How about Punta Cana?" she asked. I reminded her that she booked my trip to Punta Cana 3 years ago and that I had a terrific stay there, but I waxed eloquent about my love for Jamaica and the vibe of the island and the great food and on and on.

She e-mailed again an hour later. "How about a cruise?" she asked. I explained I'm probably not a cruise person, that I was on an 8-day cruise in the Pacific once and was wretchedly seasick for 5 straight days of it (it was on an aircraft carrier doing zig-zag maneuvers--a standard strategy to evade torpedoes, attacks from enemy warships and bombers, etc--but I digress).

She e-mailed back, "We'll find something for you, when you're ready with the dates."

My problem, I realize, is I just can't say no to a woman...

[ECO]

Just tell her that you feel that her e-mailing you all the time must be because she is horny for you. She will either leave you alone or maybe you will get laid.

Might I ask why you still use a travel agent and not the internet to book your vacations?

[Wahoo]

Two reasons: (1) I'm basically lazy and (2) maybe subconsciously I'm hoping that if I stick with her I will get laid.

[ECO]

Show her a picture of your smile and she will be on her knees begging you for..........

[Wahoo]

Did I mention she's French?

(I read enough Henry Miller as a teenager to know about those French gyals "talents.")

[Lillywight]

Show her a picture of your smile and she will be on her knees begging you for..........

Getting her on her knees is half the battle, Wahoo.

[ECO]

If she is uncomfortable on her knees let her know that you might accept her on her back.....the keyword is MIGHT.

[Wahoo]

She told me, "We need to find you some different destinations." It almost seems as if she's anti-Jamaica, but it's understandable, I guess, if you consider that she's a "specialist" in the Bahamas, Punta Cana (thus, the push for Punta Cana), and cruises. Actually, I would like to do the Bahamas at least once, but I keep hearing the siren call of Jamaica.

I must say, though, that the packages she's arranged for me have always gone smoothly and flawlessly (including airport transfers, arrival/departure taxes, etc). And I have had excellent vacations at the places she recommended in Montego Bay, Cancun, and Punta Cana.