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Friday, April 17, 2009

Who doesn’t love screaming Canadians.

No, not this one. The one on this page called Zip-Trek. Then try Seal on Kayak. With mustard. KIDDING. I kid. Anyway, oh yeah, I love these damn Canada.travel commercials. The spirit of home video but shot with real cameras. What more do you need to sell you on an outdoor adventure? Simple. Nice. Fun.

*pauses*

Yeah, couldn’t let it go without mentioning how damn hard it was to track these down. This is the shit that bugs me because a simple fix could tie it all in nicely. You run TV spots in the U.S. that are not your usual vacation commercials, but the url in them takes you to the main site which looks very much like any other travel site. It’s a small thing which undermines the vibe of the spots. Why make it hard to spread the word? (Maybe they’re just teasing us for all the Canadian-U.S. little brother jokes and they really don’t want us coming up?)

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