Surprise Travel to Europe

So, my friend Justin and I planned a trip to Europe and we decided to do it secretly…meaning, make it a surprise trip for our wives. It was my 10th anniversary with Erin this year, so I decided it would be worth making it happen.

We started by making up a story that we were going to an internet marketing symposium in New York. We went all out! We created a website for it (see it here: http://affiliatesymposium.com ) and we even created our own fake itineraries for the airlines. Justin’s company, Liquid Apogee Designs, was nominated for an award at the event.

Some of you might feel that we went a little overboard, but it only would have been a surprise if we went to great lengths to preserve the surprise…trust me…

It was great, we were planning on seeing a Broadway show in NY, as well as some other things. Dinner reservations were even made for a restaurant. We were planning our days and what we would do there and it was all in vain

The day we were supposed to fly to New York, we decided to break out a camera (my phone) and record a video of them learning about the surprise. Here it is:

If you’re wondering, we went to Paris, France; Rome, Montepulciano, Siena, Florence and Venice, Italy. We had a blast. I’ll try to get some pictures up here soon. Otherwise, you can see some pictures on Facebook already at http://www.facebook.com/chadneth