Wednesday, October 21, 2015

1 Ticket, 1 Backpack, Zero Pre-Planning: Adventure Roulette

Joel Runyon at ImpossibleHQ offers this: 


  1. Put away $500.
  2. Go to the airport.
  3. Find an awesome agent. You can tell that some are stressed, and that some are friendly. Talk to the friendly ones if you can – they’re much more fun.
  4. Give them your $500, and tell them, “I’d like you to book me a trip somewhere – anywhere -, preferably a cool place, but it can be anywhere you like for under $500. Can you do that for me?”
He calls it "Adventure Roulette" and here are the criteria:
  • Any ticket under $500
  • Any destination at least 500 miles away
  • One backpack
  • No input at all from me on the final destination
  • No looking at the ticket until I’m through security (and, ideally, as long as possible)
  • Departure: any time during the day that I show up
  • Return: any time before midnight the following night

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