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rhia1610

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warmweather said:
Did anyone else catch the "caviar bump" he did in the latest video? You're a mid 30s man on a Disney cruise ffs, why are you pretending to snort a line of coke in a restaurant? It was really out of place and childish. Millie looked like she was dying inside.

I can't imagine him doing any drug, but I guess he would pretend he does coke soley because it's called the rich man's drug. He always looks so alien whenever he tries to be relatable, makes me kind of feel bad for him.
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Isn’t that how you eat caviar?
It’s always spread on the back of hand and then eaten off the back of the hand.
 
Mark81

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Theodore said:
Discovered a new aviation vlogger channel called Flight Formula. Young (twenties) Australian fellow. Normal, amusing, not totally up himself or acting the idiot for cameras. Focus is on the cabin, service and lounges.
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Will give a go

I also really like onemoreweektogo
 
Mark81

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While I do believe he is paying for his own trips now, I do question how he was flying first and business so much in the early days of the channel.


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exdisfan said:
New video out on Icon of the Seas, and there’s literally a graphic about the proper pronunciation of “Moet”.

I‘ll take “Over the Top Snubbery” for $500 Ken.
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It's because he has been called out for it numerous times when actually he is in the right tbf. It's an incredibly passive aggressive thing to do though. He also shares negative comments on his Instagram. He is quite precious an thing skinned.
 
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Trek Trendy definitely is the most boring of all those travel vloggers that regularly get mentioned here. He's charmless, repetitive and doesn't actually seem to offer any insight beyond what you could find on an About Us page or a press release. He's found the format that works for him though so fair play if he can string this out for a few more years.

He's boring in a way that no other travel vlogger is really. At least with the likes of Nonstop Dan and Josh Cahill, as annoying as they can be, they still switch up the format and take a few risks. Their videos are also my favourite category of vlogger guilty pleasure: camp people who you can tell try to hide how bitchy they are.
 
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rhia1610 said:
Isn’t that how you eat caviar?
It’s always spread on the back of hand and then eaten off the back of the hand.
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Its a traditional way

Did he do it that way, or did he actually pretend to snort it like drugs? Can't bring myself to watch it lol
 
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exdisfan said:
Also he has a line in his description “As usual I paid myself for this ticket (🙄), and there’s a full breakdown in the video how I purchased these.” Second travel vlog after Jeb Brooks in the past week to mention saving money by flying out of Bangkok (First video mentioned it was a Sam Chui hack) versus the “hub” city. Because it’s SO cheap and convenient to get oneself to Bangkok. Sorry for the side tangent, but I’ve long respected Jeb, and to bring Sam up had a weird taste in my mouth.
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I don't want to come across as too harsh but I'd be very surprised if any of these more popular luxury vloggers actually follow that "pay for own flights for honest reviews" moto. It seems like a job where negative reviews would damage earning potential and it probably takes a fair amount of grifting/ networking to get access to interesting contenting opportunities that would draw views (inaugural takeoffs etc). The only one that maybe could be living this motto is Josh Cahill as he isn't afraid to get into trouble criticising airlines but even then I wouldn't bank on it entirely. I've seen a few of these channels even take potshots at Sam Chui for being a shill, which would be fair enough, yet he's appeared on most of these channels at some point.

Then you have channels, like Nonstopdan, where they seem to be happy enough to travel to and from anti-LGBT+ countries like Saudi Arabia. That seems morally a bit iffy to me. Or TrekTrendy doing an around the world trip in first class for no real purpose while we're being told to behave as sustainable as possible.
 
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croissantfurnace said:
So he got the most expensive suite for his parents and the cheapest room for himself. There’s also the budget 1 night 2 days option for only ¥650,000/person ($4613.36) for 2 people or ¥900,000 ($6387.74) for a solo traveler if anyone is interested lol. This train is on my bucket list. Funny how he said it was a 1% chance in winning but every travel YouTuber in Japan has already done this train.
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He has tried before and lost out. But I do wonder if they invite the occasional youtuber and he just had to wait his turn