I know I haven’t written an entry in a while but I thought you’d appreciate this.
I just got back form High Point Market. I was a featured speaker at Market. I gave a one-hour seminar Monday entitled “Hi-Performance Email Marketing for Furniture Retailers”. I think it might have been the best-attended seminar of the day. If not, then it was a very full room at the very least. You also travel for work so I thought you’d appreciate this brief travelogue on my trip to High Point.
On the plane to Greensboro
When do you know that you’re on a plane full of designers? When all of the men are dressed way too well. And all of the women are way over dressed and the plane reeks of clashing perfume and cologne.
How do you know that you’re on a small plane? When you can reach up and tap the Captain’s shoulder and ask if we shouldn’t be turning here.
Hertz
The guy at the counter thinks he’s doing you a favor by giving you a purple Monte Carlo.
At the Hotel.
What’s your first clue that this might not be a 4 Season’s experience? When the hotel is located on the service drive of the freeway between 2 heavy-duty truck dealerships.
How do you know that the hotel might not be quite ready for primetime after it’s recent renovation? When the electronic key card system doesn’t work and the manager has to escort everybody when they want to get into their rooms. Or another clue is when the dry wall guy is still working in the main hallway at 8:30 PM on Sunday. Or when over hear 2 guests talking in the elevator about how they were at the hotel earlier this afternoon and saw them unloading all of the furniture for the dining room, lobby and bar at 2 O’clock this afternoon.
How do you know that just maybe the travel Gods are looking out for you? You get a room on the one floor that is completely finished being remodeled and doesn’t reek of paint and fumes. And your room is extremely and pleasantly surprising for a Holiday Inn.
Best Regards,
Mike Morawski, Travelin’ Man
