The country is outsourcing everything these days. By sending work abroad, America saves billions of dollars.
It is in this spirit that Tommy Cook, a travel agent, came up with a plan.
"Why not outsource vacations?"
"How?" I asked.
"Instead of you going on a trip, we have someone take it for you."
"Please give me an example."
"Let us say you planned to go to India. We would hire an Indian to take the trip for you while you stayed at home. What do you want see in India?"
I replied, "The Taj Mahal for certain. Jaipur, Bombay and Hindustan."
"It could be arranged. Do you want to stay at the New Delhi Hilton or the Four Seasons?"
"What is the difference?"
"The Hilton's rooms are much cheaper."
"Let me get this straight. I book a trip, but an Indian takes it for me. He goes to all the places I would have wanted to go, but at one-fifth the cost."
