Can You Guess My Metaphor? You Should Because It Applies to You!

You’re going to the Caribbean, congratulations!!! I have two cruise ships for you to consider. You are welcome to choose either one.

1) Cruise #1 is amazing. We have 1000 salespeople for this cruise ship. We send them all around the country with amazing brochures. And as a result, we have far more customers than any other option. In fact, the average person has never even heard of our competitors! When you’re on vacation for 3 weeks, this is the experience you want… trust me! We have all kinds of great entertainers…

- The amazing variety show of Wayne Newton!

- Musical performances from Neil Diamond!

- Tons of entertaining board games!

- We’ll get you drunk every night!

We have your entire itinerary planned. We’ll tell you what times to eat, when to sleep, and we have 3 stops along the journey (we won’t tell you now but trust us, they are special). No need to plan a thing.

Basically this is the only way to enjoy the Caribbean. Perfectly logical, as we offer the most activities and is further proved that since people choose us, it simply has to be the best.

For the reasonable price of $20,000, you are in great hands! But hey, if you sit through 3 hours of time share presentations, we’ll give you $500 off. And if you’ve never traveled before (or only once in a great while), we’ll discount you $1000!!!

I know, some people might have a hard time paying out of pocket. But no need to worry, we are offering the chances to pay it off over a 30 year period for only $100/month. And since these memories last a lifetime, 30 years is nothing!

So join us today! I know there’s no reviews from past customers on our site but have a brochure filled with pretty pictures and inspirational words!

2) Cruise #2 is a smaller option but some of the world’s top travelers (Anthony Bourdain, Bill Bryson, etc) have taken it. It might not be as exciting to tell all your friends about but don’t worry as your experience will be much more rewarding. Here are some of our features…

- We don’t tell you what to do. Ultimate freedom and flexibility

- You can do the activities of your choice. Nothing is restricted but nothing is planned either

- You can talk to all our interesting passengers. We highly encourage it

- You can pick whichever destinations you want (not just the Caribbean… anywhere in the world)

- We offer packages of 3 weeks, 3 months, and 3 years. Or any other time-frame you want! Time is very important and want you to maximize it based on your situation

The price is only $1,000. You might have to do a bit extra planning for the money. We won’t take pictures for you and don’t have a Facebook check-in for each of our cruise ships. But you can probably figure out how to replicate such things!

We don’t have any salespeople but if you seek out the right experts, I’m sure they’ll help you with a great itinerary and plan to maximize your vacation outcome.

Come in and enjoy the club… we have confidence in YOU!

Ok, ok. All the examples are metaphors from above (as we told you in the article’s title). The question is… what is the metaphor for? I’ll give you a hint… it’s not for anything in the travel industry (although I suppose travel can be a part of the experience).

I encourage you to offer your guesses in the comments field. And if you’re smart, perhaps you’ll check out Reverse Tide and see what topics we talk about most!!!