A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Icelandair's innovative "Stopover Buddy" program, where those laying over in Iceland can meet up with an Icelandair employee, who will take part in some fun activity with them for the day. The employees participating in the program have varying interests (nature, food, adventure, etc.) and backgrounds (cabin…
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Will I be arrested if I pay and have sex with the KLM arrenged "local" ? I beleive it is legal (as it should be everywhere) in Amsterdam, right?
Hummmm, drinks, hot Dutch people,..... Not sure how many people will make back to their flights after this. 🙂
This program already exists, and it's called Grindr.
Seriously, this whole thing sort of looks like a gay hookup app. Great idea, not sure about the execution as I don't layover in Amsterdam, but that video could have been executed a lot better.
Cool idea.
In Australia, there used to be a program for locals to show visiting USN sailors local sights etc. it was hugely popular in the 80s.
@susan. I beleive that sailors usually looking for the Bermuda Triangle to visit.
Working adjacent to LAX I can attest to many men on layover already using an app to meet locals. It's called Grindr.
A couple of mentions of Grindr, but actually, Scruff has a travel component now (Scruff Venture) where you can connect with locals before your trip and arrange to rent a room or other accommodation or just arrange to sightsee or, ummm, socialize.
Get Laid with a local--first thing my Dutch friends mentioned after I forwarded it to them.