Guy found an Elizabeth Gallagher to travel with & CEP Romcom

[Velar Fricative]

And her boyfriend isn't really happy about the situation. Here's our initial thread about it:

pandce.proboards.com/thread/386105/calling-all-elizabeth-gallaghers-canada

And here's the update:

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/jordan-axani-finds-an-elizabeth-gallagher-for-free-trip-around-the-world-1.2875953

A Toronto man who made headlines last month by offering a free round-the-world air ticket to a woman with the same name as his ex-girlfriend has found Ms. Right.


Jordan Axani, 28, and his then girlfriend, named Elizabeth Gallagher, booked heavily discounted round-the-world air tickets in May, but their relationship ended and he didn't want her ticket to go to waste. The ticket had a strict no-transfer policy, but since passport information was not required when booking, it can be used by any Canadian named Elizabeth Gallagher.



Axani posted his offer last month on the popular Reddit social media website, and received thousands of emails, including 18 from actual Elizabeth Gallaghers with Canadian passports.



He's now chosen his travel mate, Elizabeth Quinn Gallagher, a 23-year-old student and part-time office administrator from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia.



"It's strictly a platonic trip. It's going to be great," Axani said.



'Now that I talked to him it's less creepy'



At first the new Elizabeth Gallagher thought a trip with a stranger whose ex-girlfriend's name is the same as hers was "crazy" but she hit it off with Axani after talking on the phone with him for hours.



"It definitely did seem a little bit creepy at the beginning but now that I talked to him it's less creepy and more awesome," she said.



She already has a boyfriend though.



"This is totally sort of like as friends," she said. "I have a pretty serious boyfriend. We've been together for a while. We're planning on buying a house and we have a puppy, so yeah I'm not really looking for anything at all."



She acknowledged her boyfriend isn't thrilled.



"He understands that I've always wanted to travel so while he's not happy I'm taking off for nearly a month at Christmas with a random guy he's smiling through it," she said.



3 continents



Axani, who works for an international real estate development and advisory firm, said the tickets were purchased for a couple of thousand dollars, but their cash value today is around Canadian $5,000-$7,000.



The trip is scheduled to start Dec. 21 in New York City and continue on to Milan, Prague, Paris, Bangkok and New Delhi before ending in Toronto on Jan. 8. Axani said that after the breakup he deferred all other planning for the trip, such as making hotel reservations.



But since the story became public, Marriott International offered to put him and the new Elizabeth Gallagher up, in separate rooms, during their trip.



Axani said the trip will be documented and shared online. He said that he was so moved by some of the emails — including one from an 8-year-old boy who said he was going blind and wanted to see the world before that happens — that he and his brother created an organization called A Ticket Forward to help people who desire to see the world but lack the finances to do so.

[zizibet]

Huh. Flameful, but I'd've gone too. I don't blame the boyfriend though.

[Velar Fricative]

Dec 17, 2014 15:19:32 GMT -5 zizibet said:

Huh. Flameful, but I'd've gone too. I don't blame the boyfriend though.

I would have too. That trip sounds awesome. 

[pixy0stix]

She's totally going to have a new boyfriend when the trip is done.

[Velar Fricative]

Dec 17, 2014 15:23:48 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

She's totally going to have a new boyfriend when the trip is done.

Of course. This is a pretty damn good romcom plot if anyone in Hollywood is paying attention and wants to adapt this into a screenplay.

[zizibet]

I'm not so sure, Pixy. In my late 20s I have a travel buddy That was fun to travel with, but that was it.

[ttt]

I don't blame the boyfriend either, because in the movie, he totally gets dumped at the end in a tearful scene where she finally decides that she has to live life for herself and pursue true love.

ETA: but it's okay, because in the scene that plays after the end credits, he runs smack into a gorgeous flight attendant from her flight and as he helps her gather up all the things that fell out of her purse, they look up at each other and realize there's an incredible instant attraction. 

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Millennials

[cville]

Free trip? I'M IN.

[pixy0stix]

Dec 17, 2014 15:27:21 GMT -5 zizibet said:

I'm not so sure, Pixy. In my late 20s I have a travel buddy That was fun to travel with, but that was it.

She called and talked to him for hours. Uh huh... platonic.

[pixy0stix]

FTR - I would have gone in a heartbeat.

[josieposy]

Dec 17, 2014 15:27:07 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Dec 17, 2014 15:23:48 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

She's totally going to have a new boyfriend when the trip is done.

Of course. This is a pretty damn good romcom plot if anyone in Hollywood is paying attention and wants to adapt this into a screenplay.

We should totally pick out the actors for this.

[cville]

LOL.  This is the guy.  This is EXACTLY who you leave your boyfriend for at 23.  The high maintenance hair alone guarantees a hookup by Prague.

[ttt]

Dec 17, 2014 15:35:51 GMT -5 cville said:

LOL.  This is the guy.  This is EXACTLY who you leave your boyfriend for at 23.  The high maintenance hair alone guarantees a hookup by Prague.

God he even looks like the boyfriend I had at 23. 

[leeba25]

Oh my. ((fans myself))

Whoo.

I mean. Yeah. I'd do him. I mean go on a free round the world trip with him.

[pixy0stix]

But who is going to get custody of the puppy?!

[laurenpetro]

Dec 17, 2014 15:35:51 GMT -5 cville said:

LOL.  This is the guy.  This is EXACTLY who you leave your boyfriend for at 23.  The high maintenance hair alone guarantees a hookup by Prague.

Yeah, I'd go.

[pixy0stix]

This is her:

[meli554]

I wish we knew what the other Elizabeth Gallaghers looked like!

[Velar Fricative]

Dec 17, 2014 15:49:15 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

This is her:

I reallllllllllllllllllllly wanna see what the other 17 Elizabeth Gallaghers who expressed interest look like. Then I'll consider whether he intends for this to be a truly platonic trip.

[laurenpetro]

No way they're not fucking.

Sorry, STBX.

[ggirl]

I would've gone at 23. See ya ex boyfriend.

[leeba25]

I want to know what her STBX looks like.

[ttt]

Dec 17, 2014 15:49:15 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

This is her:

Played by Anna Kendrick



. 

[lovesherheels]

Yeah ... Sorry boyfriend, but I'm pretty sure she'll be with world travel boy by the time she's home.

And, for the record, I don't blame her. I'd have been a sucker for that guy at 23. And I'd totally have gone on that trip. In a heartbeat.

[leeba25]

Did y'all see Leap Year with Amy Adams? Somewhat similar. I have an *unable to change the channel when it's on* problem with that movie.

[ttt]

Dec 17, 2014 15:35:51 GMT -5 cville said:

LOL.  This is the guy.  This is EXACTLY who you leave your boyfriend for at 23.  The high maintenance hair alone guarantees a hookup by Prague.

Played by Dan Stevens



or that guy from Fifty Shades of Grey

[Velar Fricative]

Jordan Axani played by RPatz:



Okay they look nothing alike but I have no idea who today's heartthrob is. And I think RPatz is old news anyway so I fail at this.

[pixy0stix]

It's all fun and games until rpatz shows up.

[ttt]

Dec 17, 2014 15:52:45 GMT -5 leeba25 said:

I want to know what her STBX looks like.

I don't know, but I'm thinking he's played by this guy?