Kayak Can't Help Everyone in This New Pair of Perfectly Awkward Ads

Barton F. Graf's off-kilter spots strike again

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In recent years, Barton F. Graf 9000 has created some hilariously absurd and sometimes controversial commercials for Kayak. These two new ads are more subtle and less flat-out wacky, but still take viewers on pleasantly off-kilter trips.



"Breakup" finds a recently dumped boyfriend pouring his heart out to a neighbor, who admits to experiencing the same issues … with travel sites. Buck up, Romeo, there are plenty of fish in the sea!

In "Elevator," an office-building maintenance engineer tells some white-collar types, who are trapped in a lift, how Kayak helped him search for a hotel.

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