My fellow blogger friend Chris from Vancouver who blogs there has initiated this new project called BedJump since July 2006.
This original idea is very simple - a website where you can post your pictures jumping on a bed in a hotel. The website has seen some tremendous traffic and is now known all over the world. People are also posting videos via YouTube to show their talent on different ways to jump on a bed !!!
So on your next hotel visit, why don't you take a picture of yourself jumping on your bed and send it to Chris...
A quirky idea, but one that I am sure has hoteliers the world over feeling rather annoyed that it could be going on in THEIR hotel.
Posted by: Paul Johnson | Tuesday, October 03, 2006 at 10:24 PM
Guillaume - merci beaucoup for the post link! I've been very late in sending you a graphic (je m'excuse).
Although it's been a while since I've commented on your articles...I'm still reading aften and very much enjoying the content. Keep up the great work.
Paul, re: BedJump - many of our our most loyal fans are from the hotel trade believe it or not. As a former senior hotel manager for a major luxury brand, I can appreciate that some hoteliers might balk at the thought of bed jumping happening in their own back-yard...although most managers worry about much worse goings-on than a few jumps on the bed!
Hotel mattresses are super-tested under duress, and every single brand of (new) hotel mattress can certainly take much more "punishment" than what we feature on the BedJump site.
Regardless of what hotel managers and viewers might think about the site, we believe that we are celebrating the hotel industry, educating non-traditional markets about the hotels that we feature, and generally trying to associate fun with a traditionally uber-conservative industry.
I am constantly amazed at the variety of locations and hotel brands that we get images from!
Chris
Posted by: Chris | Wednesday, October 04, 2006 at 06:20 PM