In this silly spot for Travelocity, our roaming gnome
Travelocity mascot sits in a tank of Piranhas, and the announcer says: “This is
what it’s like paying full price for a hotel.” Oh, so we’ll be able to swim
with piranhas without being eaten if we pay full price for a hotel? They’ll
think we’re made of wood, or plaster, or resin, or whatever the roaming gnome
is made of? Wow, maybe the people who live along the Amazon River should pay
full price for their hotels; that way, they will be immune from piranha attacks
if they fall into piranha-infested waters.
But then we get to see what it’s like to get 45% off
published prices with Travelocity’s Top Secret Hotels. And wouldn’t you know
it, but the roaming gnome is soaking in a big luxurious bathtub with mounds of
bubble bath bubbles piled on top of it. Oh, and there’s also some woman playing
the harp next to the tub. (Are they sure wives won’t mind when their husbands
go on business trips with women in their bathrooms? Hmm, maybe they should
reconsider this. Unless they own a divorce law firm at Travelocity.) But how do
we know there aren’t just as many piranhas underneath the bubble bath bubbles?
We can’t see the water, so are they trying to hide the piranhas from us so they
can trick us into using their Top Secret Hotels deals, and then they can feed
us to their piranhas? I mean, is that why they are “Top Secret Hotels”: so that
nobody will ever know where you stayed, and no-one can ever find out what
happened to you when the piranhas eat you? (I knew it!)
Here’s the secret carnivorous fish bathtub spot:
