Man finds woman with same name as ex to join him on round-the-world trip

Man finds woman with same name as ex to join him on round-the-world trip.

Elizabeth Quinn Gallagher will join Axani on the trip that begins in New York City on Sunday. Photograph: Uncredited/AP A Toronto man who made headlines last month by offering a free round-the-world air ticket to a woman with the same name as his ex-girlfriend has found Ms Right. Jordan Axani, 28, and his then girlfriend,
Man finds woman with same name as ex to join him on round-the-world trip

 named Elizabeth Gallagher, booked heavily-discounted round-the-world air tickets in May, but their relationship ended and he didn’t want her ticket to go to waste. The ticket had a strict no-transfer policy, but since passport information was not required when booking, it can be used by any Canadian named Elizabeth Gallagher.

 Axani posted his offer last month on the popular Reddit social media website, and received thousands of emails, including 18 from actual Elizabeth Gallaghers with Canadian passports. He’s now chosen his travel mate, Elizabeth Quinn Gallagher,

 “It’s strictly a platonic trip. It’s going to be great,” Axani said. At first the new Elizabeth Gallagher thought a trip with a stranger whose ex-girlfriend’s name is the same as hers was crazy but she hit it off with Axani after talking on the phone with him for hours

 Jordan Axani made headlines when he offered the free round-the-world air tickets last month. Photograph: Uncredited/AP “It definitely did seem a little bit creepy at the beginning but now that I talked to him it’s less creepy and more awesome,” she said. She already has a boyfriend though.


” she said. “I have a pretty serious boyfriend. We’ve been together for a while. We’re planning on buying a house and we have a puppy, so yeah I’m not really looking for anything at all.” She acknowledged her boyfriend isn’t thrilled. “He understands that I’ve always wanted to travel so while he’s not happy I’m taking off for nearly a month at Christmas with a random guy he’s smiling through it,” she said

. Axani, who works for an international real estate development and advisory firm, said the tickets were purchased for a couple of thousand dollars, but their cash value today would be around Canadian $5,000-$7,000 (US$4,400-$6,200, £2,800-£3,965). The trip is scheduled to start on 21 December in New York City and continue on to Milan

, Prague, Paris, Bangkok and New Delhi before ending in Toronto on 12 January. Axani said that after the breakup he deferred all other planning for the trip, such as making hotel reservations. But since the story became public, Marriott International offered to put him and the new Elizabeth Gallagher up, in separate rooms,
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