I just heard on BNR about the phenomenon of vacation coach. That is a woman who ‘either walking or in a golf cart’ scours vacation resorts looking for couples with a relationship problem.

Because, you should know, the summer vacation is the moment when relationships fail. “Lack of communication.” According to the vacation slash relationship coach. “And wrong expectations.” I was hanging on Trudy's lips. That was her name. Sorry, but no matter how great my relationship pain is, the last thing I would want is relationship coach Trudy driving by my villa in a golf cart to ‘have a chat’ and if necessary pull some relationship advice out of her vacation hat.

The other plus point of the phenomenon of vacation coach (Trudy was the very first vacation coach, just so you know. She can't claim the name, but that she was the first is confirmed) is that she also acts on behalf of the recreation park. “Everyone is texting their opinions about the resort all day, so it's nice that they can share their complaints with an objective person.” Moreover, Trudy added, she knew from her years of experience as a coach exactly how to approach people.

In the meantime, Trudy has also founded a school where you can be trained as a vacation coach. Although people naturally prefer ‘the real Trudy’. One downside of her success is that there are now even vacation coach copycats who don't take the laws of vacation coaching very seriously.

Moral, dear Amayzine friends. If you see something moving on a golf cart and it goes by the name Trudy or the phenomenon ‘vacation coach’, run away and book at another resort. It is a rapidly spreading epidemic that is spreading among us vacationers at an alarming rate.

I don't know if I can save your relationship, but at least I'll keep your vacation Trudy-free. Buy a bottle of wine and show each other all corners of the resort, that's a lot more fun and cheaper than Trudy. Because that golf cart and the training center have to be paid for somehow.