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Toronto man finds woman with ex-girlfriend's name for free trip around world

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Toronto man finds woman with ex-girlfriend's name for free trip around world

Jesse Tahirali , CTVNews.ca

Published Wednesday, December 17, 2014 5:56PM

A Toronto man looking for a travel partner with the same name as his ex-girlfriend has finally found his match.

After making headlines a month ago by offering a free plane ticket around the world to someone named Elizabeth Gallagher, Jordan Axani has found the right girl.

Elizabeth Quinn Gallagher of Cole Harbour, N.S., will be headed to New York Thursday to begin the trip of a lifetime.

The journey began last month with a post to Reddit.com titled: Are you named Elizabeth Gallagher (and Canadian)? Want a free plane ticket around the world?

In the post, Axani said he was stuck with tickets purchased at a discount but worth several thousand dollars.

He had planned a trip with his girlfriend, he said, but they had since broken up, and the airline wasnt budging on the ticketholder names.

Axanis apparently earnest offering blew up, attracting worldwide attention.

The 28-year-old said he was surprised so many media outlets jumped on his story.

When I made the original post on Reddit, I had no expectation of anything happening, Axani told CTV News Channel. The whole thinking behind it was, its a paid-for plane ticket around the world, and what a waste that would have been to have the ticket go to no use.

Luckily, the name was common enough that 18 different Elizabeth Gallaghers came forward.

The winning Gallagher, a 23-year-old student, says she plans to use the trip for more than just sight-seeing.

I think we might try to do maybe some volunteering, she said. Maybe visit the culture and get to know the community more than just the touristy things.

Gallagher said Axani and his brother had a fairly rigorous interview process for the trip because they were looking for someone who would make the most of the experience.

"He sent me a questionnaire, which is pretty long, actually, and I sent that back. And then a week later, they wanted to skype, and talk, she said. And I almost dropped out, until they mentioned the charity that they're doing, and I wanted to be involved in that."

Since the original Reddit post, Axani has used the attention to start up a charity called A Ticket Forward, which aims to offer those in need their own trip of a lifetime.

By leveraging the power of storytelling and the latest in crowdsourcing technologies, we provide individuals who have suffered from health, financial, and other tangible misfortunes with the travel experience of a lifetime, reads the website.

Gallagher who will have a boyfriend waiting at home for her and Axani still arent quite sure how this inaugural journey will work out.

They have plane tickets to Milan, Prague, Vienna, Delhi and Bangkok, as well as free hotel rooms courtesy of Marriott Hotels, but no solid plans for what will happen in between.

I dont even know how much travelling together were really going to do, Axani said. We may just see each other on the plane, and thats really about it.

This is very much a social experiment in many ways, but I think its going to be a lot of fun.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/toronto-man-finds-woman-with-ex-girlfriend-s-name-for-free-trip-around-world-1.2151474

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Haha those were my thoughts. Poor existing boyfriend - he is not pleased but will live with it.

I don't know how I feel about this.

Logically, it's the trip of a lifetime. Ideally I'd book a ticket and just go with her since Marriott's giving them two separate rooms.

Emotionally (if I wasn't to go), that'd be tough. How do you travel the world with someone of the opposite sex and not have some desires?

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Haha those were my thoughts. Poor existing boyfriend - he is not pleased but will live with it.

I don't know how I feel about this.

Logically, it's the trip of a lifetime. Ideally I'd book a ticket and just go with her since Marriott's giving them two separate rooms.

Emotionally (if I wasn't to go), that'd be tough. How do you travel the world with someone of the opposite sex and not have some desires?

They're both adults.

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I wonder how many times she has told her BF this.

BF is a moron and deserves any heartache he's about to receive. Should've dropped her like a bad habit as soon as it came up.

Hi BF! Gonna go travel the world for free with a random stranger who paid for me!

Yea, get lost.

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BF is a moron and deserves any heartache he's about to receive. Should've dropped her like a bad habit as soon as it came up.

Hi BF! Gonna go travel the world for free with a random stranger who paid for me!

Yea, get lost.

Or maybe he just isn't a jealous dick, and he sees how great of an opportunity it is for her?

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her soon the be ex. boyfriend is pathetic if he doesn't dump her.

" I don't care that you object, Im going on a world trip with some random strange dude"

If you don't respect yourself, don't expect people to respect you. A person like this is not worth keeping around.

doubt she would be happy if he was going on a trip with a random girl?

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Interesting idea for a charity. Might be tough to keep it going, since the people benefiting don't fit a single 'group' - it might be tougher for many donors to identify with the cause, unlike something like children's hospitals, or the many animal or disease-fighting charities.

Best of luck to the organization, and hopefully it makes for good experiences for the recipients.

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