Travel pun headlines
Far be it for me to discourage the use of a pun headline (in fact, in my former incarnation as a travel magazine editor I was thoroughly addicted to them). But when it comes to travel, a few destination-related headlines tend to pop up a little too often.
So, for future reference dear travel editors, you may wish to avoid this little lot…
- American Dream
- Anguilla Thriller
- Bern-ing Ambition
- Putting on the Biarritz
- Brazilliant
- California Dreaming
- Champagne Moments
- Chilling in Chile
- Chinese Whispers
- Wonderful Copenhagen
- Czech Out
- Czech In
- Czech It Out
- Traveller’s Czech
- Reality Czech
- Darwin’s Evolution
- The Darwin Rewards
- Dublin’s Bubblin’
- Durban Legend
- Start to Finnish
- French Fancy
- Unconventional Geneva
- Going To Goa
- Greece Lightning
- Havana Good Time
- Havana Ball
- Hungary for More
- Hvar From the Madding Crowd
- Indian Spice
- Indian Summer
- Turning Japanese
- Kenya Dig It
- Korea Change
- Korea Advice
- Drinking in LA
- Miami Vice
- Mission to Moscow
- Going Dutch
- Orlando Magic
- Paris Match
- Roman Holiday
- Free to Rome
- The Way To San Jose
- Scot Free
- Heart and Seoul
- Seoul Survivor
- Shanghai Surprise
- Sharm Offensive
- Singapore Fling
- Sofia So Good
- Spanish Steps
- Swede Dreams
- A Swiss Banker
- 24 Hours IN Tulsa
- Turkish Delights
- Oh Vienna!
- Viennese Whirl
- Viva Las Vegas
- A Wales of a Time
- Wellington Boost
Feel free to add your own ‘favourites’ by leaving a comment below…
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I will own up to ‘Dutch Treat’ ‘Morocco Bound’ and ‘Away with the Pharaohs’
I agree with the sentiment but many of these aren’t puns. Miami vice isn’t a concern, it’s Miami Nice you’ve got to worry about. And, God forbid, Miami Spice (unless it’s about Victoria Beckham). context is key.
The travel section of OK! magazine does its best. Just in the current issue:
Thrilladelphia!
Thai me up!
Merry Meribel!
Hottie Lanzarote!
Full of Sharm (no exclamation mark)
No mention in your list of the use of piste in ski pieces. Piste Again, etc.
“Brighton Rocks” I almsot see on a weekly basis.
how about…
tene-rific
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A couple of Spanish ones to add: anything involving ‘Moorish’/'moreish’ (in Andalucia) and ‘Rambling down la Rambla…’ (Barcelona)
Hot on no. 50′s heels, am pretty sure I’ve used ‘Safari so good’ in my time…
Every ski season there is always “Get on the piste in…”
Just flicked through Wexas trael agent magazine and too my shoch discovered an article with the headline : “Abu Dhabi Doo” . Oh dear.
As someone who writes regularly about Poland, I’ve had these gems at the top of two of my stories:
- Poles Apart
- Art Sets Poles Apart
Yes sub-ed, very amusing, now don’t do it again.
Mark, you are quite correct. Some of them are not puns. I bow down to your superior pedantry
Some crackers amongst that lot (what about Pole Position, Tim?). But I can gladly say, with even more fervour than before, that I have never picked up OK magazine…
Neil, I wrote the Abu Dhabi Doo headline for the WEXAS mag you’re referring to and was atually rather proud of it. Ahh puns, you love them or you hate them. We had Fjord Fiesta for an article on Norway the issue before.
The Bournemouth Supremacy? Anyone? No? Oh.
If you want to have a really good groan at some location puns check out this website: shewentofherownaccord.com
‘Fine China’ is a personal favourite of mine.