Interesting Orbitz commercial.

[Sean of the Thread]

Has anyone seen the Orbitz "makes searching for gay friendly resorts" commercial interesting?

http://www.orbitz.com/gaytravel/

[Drew2]

Yeah. I saw it last night during Will and Grace and even I thought "What the fuck??"

[cookiemonster]

Yeah, because it's sooo worth the advertising dollars to spend money on 1% of the population...

My 2 cents


[Edited on 5-16-2005 by cookiemonster]

[Drew2]

If you think homosexuality only encompasses 1% of the population, I laugh at you.

Ha ha!

[cookiemonster]

Then we laugh together
The 2003 Janus Report concluded that 9% of males and 5% of females had had homosexual experiences more than just "occasionally."

Still, 5-9% is a very VERY small minority.

Edited for this:
A 2004 Alan Guttmacher-sponsored study of men aged 20-39 estimated that only 1.1% of men had had only male homosexual partners within the last 10 years.


[Edited on 5-16-2005 by cookiemonster]

[Ravenstorm]

More and more markets are catering to the 'pink dollar'. It's been an untapped niche that they're learning to target. Generally, gay couples = DINK. Double income, no kids. They also earn more than average.

Raven

[fallenSaint]

When will Orbitz give me the search for "gamer friendly resorts"

[Parker]

Gamer friendly resorts will be places where people sit in a room and type on a computer all day...they have that, it's called a Cubicle.

[Sean of the Thread]

I just thought the actual commercial was slightly over the top. Not sure If I would want my daughters watching two guys play with each others ears while searching for a hotel. Not like I can use a V-chip on commercials. Anyways I don't really have a problem with it but it just caught me by surprise.

P.S. I have the miller lite cat fight commercial on special edition DVD. :lol:

[Latrinsorm]

Originally posted by cookiemonster
Still, 5-9% is a very VERY small minority.Yeah, what company would waste their time on 17 million customers?

Also, did anyone else think Raven was throwing some weird slur at gay couples for a second there? That was confusing.

[Parker]

DINK is an acronym for what he said; "Double Income No Kids" which means that they have a ton of money coming in, and very little necessary spending to be done.

[Parker]

DINK is an acronym for what he said; "Double Income No Kids" which means that they have a ton of money coming in, and very little necessary spending to be done. That would mean they have a good deal more money than average people to spend at a resort.

[Latrinsorm]

I understood what it meant as I read further into Raven's post, but I was unaware of what it meant before. That's why I put "for a second".

[Edited on 5-16-2005 by Latrinsorm]

[Parker]

Good point.
Sorry for the misunderstanding ;)

[Gan]

This just makes me want to sing.. "Its raining men" by the weather girls.

[Parker]

I accidentally DID sing it.

habit, I guess.

[The Cat In The Hat]

I use orbits to book my flights. They've had that gay and lesbian travel thing for a long time.