Hey kids, jon is back from the trip!!!

thought that we should show you the some of the people that responded to the ad. Here are some of the ladies... { photos } { emails } I kept it as anonymous as possible... enjoy. Coming soon... pictures from the trip, with emily... the big winner...

HELP! This is not a hoax! Free Caribbean cruise!  I need to find a guest NOW!

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Ok, here’s the deal:

I did a piece of advertising work a while back for a certain cruise line and since they didn’t have the budget to pay me in full, they decided to pay me with a cruise voucher…a really BIG cruise voucher. The catch was that I wouldn’t be able to sell, transfer or trade it and I had to use it within a certain period of time. That period of time was set to end on January 10th, 2004. So, with most of the routes being lame trips to England, I decided to set myself and a guest up on the Holiday Cruise to the Caribbean. The ship would leave NYC on December 21st, 2003, cruise the islands and return to NYC on January 5th, 2004, just under the deadline.

Everything was set to go until last week when my guest found out she couldn’t get off work and had to cancel the trip. This normally wouldn’t be a major issue, since I’m not leaving for another 5 weeks, except for the fact that the paperwork for the booking must be filed 30 days before the ship goes to sea.

So, basically, I have to put someone’s name on this form in the next 5 days or I’ll be floating around the ocean solo for 2 weeks trying to entertain myself.

Now, I know this sounds like the premise for a really bad movie but it’s the truth. I have to find someone immediately. I’ve already checked, and none of my friends can take the trip.

I’m just looking for a cool, 20-something girl who wants to get out of the city for a few weeks, get some sun in the islands and basically have a really good time making a mockery of the entire cruise experience with me.

I’m a single, 28 year old Cinematographer living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I have a bike, a beard and a decent sense of humor.
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Some things to keep in mind:

I am no sugar daddy.
This trip was given to me.
There is no way I could actually afford it myself.

While all the accommodations, food and room service are covered, the voucher doesn’t cover everything. You have to personally pay for items such as drinks, gratuities, internet, phone calls and spa treatments (although you are allowed to bring your own private stash of booze onboard if you like.)

The cruise runs from December 21st – January 5th (that’s over Christmas and New Year’s).

We’ll be sharing a double room.

YOU MUST CURRENTLY HAVE A VALID PASSPORT!

Here’s some links to the cruise line and the islands we’d be stopping at:

If you think you’re game, send a photo and a couple of reasons why you want to take the trip to BigTimeBoatTrip@hotmail.com. But please do it fast.

Because of my busy schedule in the coming week, and to keep the creep-factor to a minimum, I’ve enlisted some friends to handle an initial meeting. Hopefully this will thin the field and also put you at ease knowing that I actually have friends who know about my situation and am not some kind of closet freak. If things click, we can always get to know each other more over the next month. But I need to fill out the paperwork pronto.

There’s nothing binding about this arrangement. But please don’t commit if you think you’re going to bail.

Thanks.