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Worst press tour experiences ever

By Linda VandeVrede on October 9th, 2009 In Uncategorized

I hate press tours.  Know why?  I had to gussy up, which meant uncomfortable heels, and accompany an executive I didn’t know ALL that well on a schedule that left me no time for a good night’s sleep or sitting down for long.  Yes, I’m apparently lazy.  I admit it.   And, I usually ended up in cold, dark cities in January, too – like Chicago, Boston and San Francisco.   Where oh where are the tech & manufacturing editors in Savannah and Tampa?

My top three worst tours involved an executive who insisted that I carry all the press kits as I tottered in heels through New York City streets, another executive who demanded that we get up obnoxiously early so he could grab a spot on ”The Today Show” outside in the crowd shots, and another New York City tour that involved a personal fear – riding in a pre-20th century elevator.  You know, the kind that has the see-through metal gate that you have to close before the elevator will start.  

I see a theme here – they were all in NYC.  

I don’t do press tours now, and I do NOT miss them.

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