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Staying Relevant

5 Dec 2025 · 32m · 20 chapters

In short

The hosts celebrate earning two Avios Club World seats and recount a “Vegas Special” trip to Las Vegas, including flights, Bellagio stay, Strip activities, Halloween-themed dining, nightlife, and a surprise Vegas wedding.

Guests

No external guests appear. The episode features the hosts and their team members referenced in the story: Sam, Pete, Producer Pippa, Josh, Ted, and Annalise (plus a “sound man” and an Elvis impersonator officiant).

Key claims

Avios points funded the trip; Americans they met were friendly; Vegas activities were “iconic” (ziplining, Topgolf, Fremont Street, the Vegas sign, dune buggies); the team day culminated in a surprise “Loving You” Vegas chapel wedding officiated by an Elvis performer.

Notable examples

ziplining over Fremont Street; Topgolf with a “sphere” backdrop; Halloween dinner at Spargo in the Bellagio; karaoke and a bouncer incident; Luxor/Sphinx, the Vegas sign, and dune buggy sunset; Nobu and nightclub Excess; surprise chapel wedding with vows and a limo twerk moment; Boot Barn cowboy boots and a Nashville bar with live country music.

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Chapters

0:18

Journey Begins: Club World Experience

Hosts discuss their experience flying Club World and the flight dynamics.

“couldn't be more tired, but in the best way possible.”
2:36

Arrival in Las Vegas: First Impressions

Hosts share their excitement upon arriving at the Bellagio in Vegas.

2:51

Vegas Vibes: Culture and Interactions

Discussion on the friendly American culture and humorous interactions.

“We're actually sitting, as you can probably see if you're watching this, if you're listening to this, we are back to a window.”
3:40

Transport in Vegas: The Party Bus Experience

Hosts compare their transport options and share fun experiences in the party bus.

“And also, by the way, just want to let everyone know that people in America are actually quite nice.”
4:38

First Day Adventures: Ziplining Fun

Hosts detail their ziplining adventure and the excitement it brought.

“You played a really fun game with the car on the way.”
5:29

Top Golf and Dinner by the Fountain

Hosts share their experience at Top Golf and a memorable dinner outing.

“And so what I wanted to do was a little bit of thrill-seeking, if you will.”
8:27

Karaoke Night: A Tale of Costumes and Chaos

Description of a karaoke night filled with outfit mishaps and humorous moments.

“I did at one point, don't worry, I'll take it from here.”
10:51

Sightseeing and Adventures: The Party Bus Continues

Discussion about the next day's sightseeing in Vegas and party bus fun.

“Not as mortifying as you going to bed in a morph suit.”
14:00

Adventurous Moments in Vegas

Hear about the thrilling experiences and memorable moments during a Vegas trip.

“You press a button and I was like, what happened there, mate?”
15:01

Nobu Dinner and Party Vibes

The hosts describe their fun night at Nobu and vibrant dance floor moments.

“I don't mean to brag, but I was in the mix.”
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16:42

Pete's Birthday Celebration

The hosts share humorous highlights from Pete's birthday bash and its aftermath.

“I believe, to what happened the day after, but we'll get on to that.”
17:40

Team Day Disappointment

Reflections on a disappointing team day event at a Vegas attraction.

“We then moved on to what I would say is possibly one of the most disappointing days of my life.”
19:16

Getting Tattoos in Vegas

The hosts discuss their tradition of getting matching tattoos during significant events.

“whether it's our first tour, whether it's the O2 and now whether it's Vegas, we'll normally get a tattoo of the experience just so we never forget.”
20:35

A Surprise Wedding Ceremony

The hosts recount their unexpected wedding ceremony in Vegas, complete with Elvis.

“Well, I mean, I don't know what your vehicle was because obviously we weren't together, but I had a limo.”
22:26

Vows and Elvis' Performance

Details of the wedding vows exchanged and Elvis's unique performance during the ceremony.

“So Pippa, Josh, Ted and the rest of the team.”
24:17

Post-Wedding Celebrations

The hosts share their fun activities after the wedding, including a ride in a limo.

“to the point where he says he messages him quite a bit.”
26:12

Shopping and Nashville Bar Fun

A recap of their shopping experience and a night out at a Nashville bar.

“But I shouted out, you want to back off my wife.”
28:00

Reflections on Nashville and Vegas

The hosts discuss their recent experiences in Nashville and Vegas, highlighting memorable moments and their connection to the audience.

“But we just, but we can't talk about some certain things.”
29:16

Celebrating a Year of Collecting Avios

They celebrate their journey of collecting Avios and reflect on the incredible experiences brought by their rewards.

“I mean, there is so much to talk about and there's so many different things that happen and we're probably not doing it justice because it has been, like as a staying relevant trip, it has been incredible.”
30:24

Future Travel Plans and Adventures

The hosts brainstorm future travel destinations, considering both new adventures and returning to favorites like Vegas.

“But do you know where else I'd really like to go?”
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0:00Yes, we made it. We collected enough Avios throughout the year to unlock two Club World seats. Am I tired? Yes, but in the best way. And before we carry on, a massive shout out, of course, to Avios. Do check them out in the description. Your everyday can literally pay for your holiday. And my Lord, have we had a holiday. We really have, haven't we? I have done it. Just tired. couldn't be more tired, but in the best way possible. Well, we haven't stopped, really, have we? No. We literally haven't stopped. Should we go right back to the beginning? Oh, my God. It's start from the start. Yeah, that's the best way to do it, isn't it?

0:42Oh, my Lord. Where did we begin? Two club world seats. Beautiful. Lovely. Beautiful flight. Very, very nice. Very comfortable. Yeah, very nice. Staff were lovely. We actually were neighbours, neighbourinos on that flight as well. Wasn't my favourite, if I'm honest with you. I actually made a list of things you did to where it would take me on the flight. Actually. Yep. I like to keep track. Where did it begin? I didn't do anything to you. I'll start the list with, during the flight, Sam went back to see Pippa on eight different occasions. Yeah, but that was just because they were a little bit further back on the plane and I just feel like we're a team.

1:20Yeah. You know, you want to just let, you find out how everyone is. And they were having loads of fun back then. You didn't want to speak to me. Well, no. Oh my God, Pete. Can we talk about, actually just really quickly what like people's etiquette is on a flight because on these new planes actually it's like a car seat belt that you pull on so like you've got a top strap and a bottom strap p bear in mind it's something like an 11 hour flight is too strapped up for the entire thing and he's got a blanket over him he's like cocooned in and it made it didn't even look comfortable safety first no no no i want to know why the idea is you take the seat belt off you put the blanket on then you put the seat over the top in case you fall asleep and then they haven't got to prod you to wake you up in case there's turbulence or anything it's actually smart you don't want to get prodded no no although I prodded you quite a bit yeah yeah you did but you know we managed to get through the flight did there was one fart that you didn't like that was a struggle there was there was there was just the one fart that was I thought actually the fart had even taken off I'm going to be honest with you that wasn't the problem the problem was when you shit yourself in the toilet and then asked the air hostess to record a voice note saying that it wasn't you and then played it to me of just some random lady.

2:32But anyway, then we got to Vegas. Then we landed. The flight was lovely. We got to Vegas. The staff were amazing. Everything was great. Yeah, everyone was really nice. New plane as well. Very, very comfortable. Then we arrive here. Vegas, baby! At the Bellagio. Our beautiful hotel. Really lovely. Lovely rooms. Great views. We're actually sitting, as you can probably see if you're watching this, if you're listening to this, we are back to a window. We see the Eiffel Tower outside opposite us. I was that tired the other day. I thought I might have been in Paris. Yeah, it's a beautiful place. It's got to be said.

3:05I mean, do you know what? It's weird that you land. And I know we're not in New York. That is weird. But New York. Yeah, that was weird. Is that that vibe? Yeah, but it wasn't really because, yeah, we landed and then you started singing New York. Yeah, but only because it's that buzz, that feeling. We've got a sound man here who's from the States and I feel like he'll understand. man, it's that vibe, isn't it, mate? Yeah, he's nodding. Yeah, but then quite early on through that, when I said to you on the car journey to the Bellagio and you were singing New York, we're not there. You should sing Viva Las Vegas.

3:35Yeah, no, that is a good point. But that's when you started with what you've called Vegas the entire time since we've been here, Awagus. Yeah, Awagus, baby. It's catchy. It's very catchy. And also, by the way, just want to let everyone know that people in America are actually quite nice. if you if that is a shock to everyone I'm so sorry to you the American gentleman who sat with us he'll be he'll be fucking thrilled to know you think he's quite nice no but I'm just saying like you put your window down and you shout Wags Baby at people they'll shout Wags Baby back not always other than the one guy who I'm sure we're going to get on to I don't think we can say no I don't think we're going to get on to that I don't think so one guy who wasn't overly polite but other than that yeah the the the the Americans are lovely The Amerikans.

4:22At least they're not Amerikans. See what you did there.

4:30So, let's move on. So where were we? We get to the Bellagio. We've had a lovely, we've had a really, really nice journey in and a beautiful sprinter, I think they're called. Are they called sprinters? We've moved on from it. We're in a sprinter. So, Bellagio, great, happy days. You played a really fun game with the car on the way. No. Crossy Road. don't forget Crossy Road, Pete. Don't forget that, because you got quite into it. Producer Pippa's got a game on her iPad called Crossy Road. And I was basically playing it for about all of two minutes until Pete stole the iPad and tried to beat my high score.

5:09I equaled it. Did you? Yes. But I only played it for about five minutes where you were also playing it on the plane during your visits back to Pippa. Anyway, so first night we arrived first morning sleep was lovely beds were lovely first morning was your day oh mate my day was class it feels like years ago now I mean talk us through it right well look I'm pretty new to Begg's baby so you know I wanted to are you going to say baby after every time you say Begg's I think I probably will yeah right okay I mean we've got it tattered on us but that will be another that's going to come soon that was a nice reveal and we're going to get on to that in the chronological order Yeah, Vegas, baby.

5:51And so what I wanted to do was a little bit of thrill-seeking, if you will. Yeah. And I don't think there's any better way to do that. And to see the sights of the Strip than go ziplining. Yeah. I mean, the ziplining, Fremont Street. Yeah. Very fun. Face down. Very good. your fascination with Vegas Baby started on the first morning when you bought a baby grow oh yeah I've still got that oh yeah with Vegas Baby on it there were some acorns on show it was very tight but I think it set the tone ziplining was unbelievable it was good I actually won the race the zipline race I mean it wasn't a race it was a race no one told me it was a race well yeah It was supposed to be just a shared experience.

6:43One of my favourite things is we look back at the photos and producer Pippa's face as she's coming across the ziplines. She looks so serious. But the zipline was good. It was a good start. It was a great start. Really, really good. See the sights from up above. Really scary actually as well. A lot of screams. Very busy. Yeah. Then what did you do next? Well, I wanted to sort of actually do something that, you know, is quite iconic in Vegas. And I'm a big fan of golf. You are aware we went top golf? Yeah. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Not just any top golf. Vegas, baby, top golf, mate. There was a sphere in the background.

7:21It was so iconic. It was really, really nice. You loved it. You commentated the entire thing. Yeah, I did because you forgot to put me on the game. So I didn't actually hit a ball whilst I was there. But it was lovely. The whole team enjoyed it. Pippa, quite good. Josh, the sportsman, not so much. and Red Lowney, TV Ted, never seen anything like it. It was almost like he was trying to miss. But then we all sat down and we had some food and watched you hit 100 golf balls back to back. So it was a lovely day for you. I thought the whole point of Sam's day was supposed to be we're going to do something, you know, all together.

7:55That's such a good time. But it turned into watching Sam at a driving range. So the only thing I could do was commentate. Took the entire team to the driving range.

8:10but it ended better. What did we do? We went for dinner by the fountain. Oh my God, we did. That was Halloween. Yes. Yeah, we all get, oh no, that sucked. Yeah. No, sorry. Let me just rephrase. The dinner was absolutely wonderful. Spargo in the Bellagio. It was lovely. Beautiful dinner, God's sake. I did at one point, don't worry, I'll take it from here. Well, mate, no, the outfits were a problem. I did think we were maybe underdressed. It was Halloween, so I went, as I said I would, as sort of a cowboy. I did end up looking like an extra from Magic Mike, more like Tragic Mike, actually. It was quite bad.

8:47You, as a group, the Stam Elephant team, went with a space theme, which none of you adhered to. No, that's not my fault, honestly. Well, I mean, it is. I was bitterly, bitterly disappointed with my outfit. Ted went as Hamster Solo or something. Pippa went as a K-pop star. and Josh went as a sort of a joker. Well, I'm the only one who tried. I don't think you did. Annalise bought you a thing and you wore a grey moth suit, which is where we got the second viewing of the button mushrooms in a sock. Yeah, I'm going to be honest with you, that was really tight as well. The green wig was unusual as well.

9:21Yeah, didn't understand that. As was the bum bag. The bum bag, I didn't really understand. But good to cover the nuts, though, to be fair. Yeah. But I don't really understand where... None of us were dressed really as space theme. and I was disappointed, mortified actually with my outfit to the point where I couldn't go out. Yeah, I mean, you were angry. Dinner was delicious. And then the rest of the team went down the strip and we had a lovely time. You did, but you went karaoke, didn't you? We went karaoke, yeah. Yeah, we went karaoke and Pippa and Josh sang Someone Like You. How did that go?

9:59Well, we left shortly after. I think is the best way to describe that. Josh couldn't actually get into the karaoke bar because of the green on his face. So I had to take him to the toilet and scrub his face for him so he could get into the karaoke bar. From what I hear from Pippa is that basically they all piled in. Josh was last in, back of the herd. And Pete was already at the bar at this point. And the bouncer goes, no, sorry, he can't come in. So they turn around and they go, no, no, sorry, we're just going to get Pete. No, no, no, we're just going to get Pete. So they go and drag Pete outside and Pete has to negotiate with the fucking man, even though Josh is the same age as Pete.

10:39And Pete had to basically pay off the pouncer. No, and wash his face. And then took him into the bathroom and washed his face for him. That's, I mean, that's mortifying for everyone involved. Not as mortifying as you going to bed in a morph suit. But the next day. Really upsetting. Was my day. your day was your day started very very not how I expected a Pete Wick day to start listen everyone knows that I love sightseeing do they? yeah and you know when you come to Vegas what you have to do is you have to go and look at every car park that's very important very important so because some of them are very different I have always loved concrete I loved it Pete's start the day was right up my street when I saw the Sphinx.

11:30Well, yeah, I mean, the problem that I had, right, okay, let's get back before you say Sphinx, because I know it's coming. Let's get back to, I had organised better transport because you had a people carrier for us as the hire car. Yeah. That's cool though, right? Yeah, but you're not a soccer mum. Yeah, but it would make it so multi-purposed. You can do anything you want in there. See what I did there with soccer. In the US, but we could literally use that for anything. Yeah, what I got was a party bus. The party bus was fun. Yeah, the party bus was good. I really enjoyed the party bus. So we went and saw some sights, which was nice.

12:04We got to see, we went to Luxor and saw the Sphinx. Yeah, and the Pyramid. Yeah, that is the Luxor building, isn't it? It is. We then went to the most iconic place in Vegas. The sign. That took a stone for the worst, I'm going to be honest with you. I think when you were sort of on the floor, Or, I mean, at one point presenting yourself like a sort of a lioness to a lion. Upside down tortoise. Yeah, also, I felt like that was, we were probably a little bit out of order because there was a lot of people queuing, we just went to the side. Yeah, I never understood that. There was a massive queue for the sign, but you didn't have to do that.

12:41You could have just moved around. Well, and it's not like it was short of space because at one point you got on the floor and started doing your thing. That's where you didn't come in, actually. You came in for a couple of photos and then that's sort of where you drew the line. Well, yeah, because I went off to buy you a Las Vegas Pfizer. Oh, yeah. We had a couple of advisors, didn't we? Yeah, well, I wanted to treat you. So, yeah, so that was good. Then I thought I'd bring up the pace a little bit. Oh, my God. Oh, that was so fun. We went June buggy. Now, that was epic. There weren't any Junes, but it was sort of buggies.

13:15In the desert. In the desert. Oh, my God. Up here, it was actually amazing. Yeah, that was so, so fun. That was probably one of my favourite parts of the trip, I think, actually, to be fair. Yeah, like sunset, it was beautiful. It was amazing. It wasn't even like, because when me and Pete do a lot of things together, I really struggled to not try and piss him off. But in that setting, you just actually locked in, didn't you? And just had so much fun. Yeah, and I made sure that couldn't happen because obviously - Put me in a different car. Yeah, I put me in a different car. Wanker put me in a different car.

13:46So Pippa was my co-driver. So me and the Pipsqueak had a lovely time. Josh was with you so you two had a little moment Ted decided not to go with anyone and went with the tour guide so one of my favourite moments dusty it's very dusty one of my favourite moments is like relatively dangerous but you know not dangerous but like it's just like there's a lot of bumps and ditches and stuff like that one of my favourites is when so I'm behind Pete in his buggy and he hits a mound and like two wheels can go into the air and it's like he's about to flip it and he doesn't and you could speak to each other on mics which is so fun.

14:27You press a button and I was like, what happened there, mate? He goes, nothing, we're all good, mate.

14:35But it was an amazing experience. We loved it. Oh, mate, that was so cool. You can see it on the vlog. Yeah, shout out to Tim as well. Tim was a lovely guy and the shots that we got and the things that we did, man, like that was the beautiful shot of us like next to each other was so, so nice. Yeah, Ted got his little drone out. Yeah, that was probably one of the most beautiful days I've had this year, to be fair. Really, really enjoyed that. Yeah. Well, if that wasn't over then, was it? Because I really packed the day out. You really did. Because then we went Nobu for dinner. All dressed up. Everyone dressed up.

15:04You had your MC Hammer trousers on. Yeah. And then went, ah, ah, bruv. And then we went excess. Yeah, we did. I don't mean to brag, but I was in the mix. Ponder dance floor, mate. You were upon the dance floor. Dude, honestly, giving it so many shakes, me and TV Ted. Oh, my God. Yeah. We were flying, mate, weren't we? Honestly, people were trying to hold us back. Yeah. Not in a bad way, as in, like, people were just like, who are these demons on the dance floor? Mate, that was sick. We were there till close. We were there till close. And I got hit in the face by, oh, because it was Pete's birthday.

15:40No, we're not going to talk. Pete and I are talking about his birthday, so we're just going to very, very, very briefly mention it. Well, at the end of the day, we've mentioned it, so, yeah. Pete, Pete, Pete Hannah's birthday. and we may or may not have got a big sign that came out where they were going, hey, hey, hey, hey. Well, originally I did that for the Staying Relevant thing and then that wasn't enough. So then they came up with a sign saying, happy birthday, Mr. Pete. Mr. Pete. That was so good. And the worst thing is that was so, so we got two bottle shows, if you will. The first one, as Pete just said, it was for Staying Relevant and it went, happy one year anniversary.

16:22And then me and Pete got up and had a really emotional hug and it looked like it was mine and Pete's anniversary. People came in and congratulated us as if we were a couple. Well, funny enough, funny enough. Sorry, I'm really tired. Yeah, it's just a lot of tiredness. Funnily enough, that was sort of like a premonition, I believe, to what happened the day after, but we'll get on to that. Yeah, so really good night at the club. I can't believe it. I mean, Josh doesn't drink, but he was up in the booth, firing the booth. Yeah, Josh was smashing it. You know what I mean? He was on a sugar. I said, man, the cap is on that boy, Dan.

16:59And I said to him, be careful, because tomorrow you're going to come right down. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, my God, the low is going to be huge. Yeah, like, do you know what I mean? He was, but do you know what baffles me about Josh is he just constantly drinks water and juice. Never, never seen him go to the toilet. I've never seen you pee. It's wild. Yeah, I'm weird that. Let's just have a minute. Just imagine Josh peeing. That's a really good point, though. You never went to the bathroom once, and you drink a lot of water. You're hydrated. Oh, he's incredibly hydrated. Yeah, you are a hydrated man.

17:35So that was good. Oh, what an evening, Pete. Really good. Really, really good night. Right. We then moved on to what I would say is possibly one of the most disappointing days of my life. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. In terms of how it started, because it was the team day. Oh, the team day. The team day. So Pippa, Josh and Ted decided to come up with the team day. And the first thing they did was put a random picture of us on the sphere. I don't know why you hate that. We've made it. Who else is on the fucking sphere? We can see it out the window now. Well, if you'd blink, you would have missed us and all.

18:17Yeah, we only had two minutes on there, but it was quite expensive. Yeah, quite expensive. So the idea was to promote the pod. Didn't say the pod's name. Didn't say who we were. Just two blokes on a sphere. Did you like the photo? No, I didn't like the photo. It wasn't even a nice photo. It was just an utterly pointless experience. And worse than that, it was first thing in the morning. No one was even awake. Yeah, but people might have seen it. Because if I... Imagine that, going to work and then peering from behind the building. There's me and you. On the sphere. Yeah. Breaking America we are.

18:48Cracking it. Yeah, I don't think we were. You then had a bit of a sulk. Well, yeah, I wasn't happy about it. A little bit of a sulk. So I huddled the team together while Pete was leaning against a tree, just looking into the distance after the sphere. I huddled them together. In another lovely car park. In another lovely car park. And I got everyone and I went, look, we need to make Pete feel a little better. We came up with a really big decision that normally when me and Pete do something big with the pod, whether it's our first tour, whether it's the O2 and now whether it's Vegas, we'll normally get a tattoo of the experience just so we never forget.

19:27And so we came to Pete with the idea of getting a couple of tattoos in a relatively famous place. And it brided day up, didn't it, Pete? It really did. I added to the staying relevant knee. We got matching. This is now our third matching tattoo. Yeah. How wild is that? Me and Pete. So I've got his face on my arm. He's got my face on his hip. And we've got three matching tattoos. We might as well hold hands. Just forever. So anyway, so we did that. And then funnily enough, actually, that does go into what happened next. The next part, we were split up. I was given an outfit. a pastel velvet blue suit.

20:10My favourite thing is that you didn't know why you were wearing it. And a shirt which I think was made of paper. When they gave it to you, because me and Pete got separated at this point and put into two different cars. Very much reminded me of reality TV, that by the way. You know when you've done something wrong and they separate you from whoever your partner is and you're like, oh no, what's happened? I'm normally bundled out by security in a headlock. We got put in two different vehicles. Vehicles? Vehicles. Well, I mean, I don't know what your vehicle was because obviously we weren't together, but I had a limo.

20:41Did you know, did you have any inkling of what we were about to do? No, absolutely not. I mean, I got in a limo that had lasers that Pippa kept pressing. Did you, when you put your suit on me, like, what the fuck am I doing? It was very warm in that suit as well. We then sat in a car in traffic for a very long time. I didn't know where I was going, what I was doing. She kept winding me up, Pippa, old Pipsqueak. What were you doing whilst I was in the car? So I had been taken by Ted and given a white dress. Do you know what's wild? For ages, I was like, are we doing a fashion show? I don't know what we're doing.

21:24I thought that I got given a veil. What fashion show do you think you'd be doing in a white dress? No, it just didn't hit me. I forgot that people were married in Vegas. I was like, okay. And then the veil I thought was a sarong. And so I was like, okay, so we're just doing a bit of dress up. You know, we've done it before, so I'll do it again. I'm not adverse to that. And then we pull up outside of a chapel. And actually, I can't even describe it as a beautiful – we arrived as someone's ceremony was finishing, actually, and they were having some photos outside. And that's when I knew. And I turned the corner and Ted goes, follow me.

21:55I turned the corner and it's Pete. It's Peter, James, Jonathan, Joseph. Stanley, by the way, for all the lovely 60-plus-year-olds who dream about marrying Pete Wicks, this is how it feels for you all. Something to do before you die. This is how it feels. You turn the corner and Pete was stood there, arms folded in his beautiful sort of blue suit next to a wedding limo. And I got given some flowers and marched into a wedding ceremony, presided over by Mr Elvis Presley. None other than... What was the package called? The hound dog himself. And we had the Loving You package.

22:43Imagine Pete when he says that. All of our nearest and dearest there. So Pippa, Josh, Ted and the rest of the team. And it was lovely. They all kind of sat around. there was a photographer there which was amazing but yeah Elvis presided over the wedding loving you package he started you only get 15 minutes but he packed it out with three songs he did we got with the third was unnecessary I do feel like the third was unnecessary but the first one we walked into a beautiful song it was lovely walked down the aisle Pippa actually walked you down the aisle Yeah, people were down the aisle. Very nice of her.

23:26Which was a real lovely moment. We then proceeded to do the vows. At that point... You couldn't keep eye contact with me during that. I noticed that. No, because it was repeat after me, and the one that got me was, I promise to love you tender. Yeah, whilst holding my hands. You got a bit clammy at that point as well, actually. I don't mean to sort of judge your moistness, but got a little bit wet on the palms. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Well, I mean, we all know commitment is not my favourite thing in the world. So being forced into a marriage, with a bride with a beard was not really high on my list of things to do.

24:01But we then proceeded to do that. And then kiss. Well, that didn't happen. No, well, we tried. No, we didn't. We tried. Elvis told us to kiss. Let's just get on to the king for a minute. Lovely guy. Nice boy. Really nice guy. Kept making us point and going, uh-huh. But, you know, you expect that. Also, good friends with Vernon Kay. Yeah, I didn't see that coming. Yeah, that was weird. to the point where he says he messages him quite a bit. That was a bit of a shocker to me. I was with Vernon quite recently. And he never mentioned to me that he knew the King. But I will be asking him about that.

24:35So will I. I'm going to be like, mate, why were you in Vahicu? Where? Why? He's such a weird bloke to know. Vernon's a lovely guy. It was just quite a random one, wasn't it? Oh, yeah, I know a couple of people from the UK. Vernon Kay. Eh? Also, he married Bon Jovi. He personally married Bonjo? Well, that's what he said, but he also told us his name was Elvis Presley. So... Who I think is dead. No, he is. That wasn't actually him, yeah. RIP to the king. Yeah, so, no. Yeah, Elvis married us, so thank you, Kevin, or whatever your name was. But it was lovely. We got married. It was a real pleasant thing for everyone, bar me.

25:13We then got the limo back together. Yeah. Just married. and you proceeded to twerk out of the window. Hey. In your wedding dress. I was running high. And sing Flo Rider with the team, bouncing up and down, which was, I mean, it was a lot. It was nice. Do you know what? There's nothing better than just being hitched and sticking your face out of the window. How many times have you, how many times have you? Well, that was the one time when it felt magical. Sticking my face out of that window. Wind blowing in your barnet. What's left of it. and what's left of it. And sort of like shaking his flowers out the window, going, just married in Vegas, baby.

25:53And some American behind you shouting an expletive at you. I'm not going to do it because it won't make the pod. But basically told me that I was a beeping beep and get back in my beeping car. And that was within about 20 seconds of leaning my head out the window. Yeah. America. But I shouted out, you want to back off my wife. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll send Pete on you. I twerked Pete's face into the window. That was fun. But yeah, no, it was good. But yeah, we got married. And then... Oh, God, we forgot. We went shopping as well. Oh, we did. We went to boot and barn. We spent two hours in a Western shop and decided to do another sort of semi-fancy dress night for that evening after the wedding.

26:34Boot and barn. So it's just called the boot barn. Oh, right, OK. It's not boot and barn. They weren't selling barns as well. It's the boot barn. It was an odd place, boot and barn. Well, you got your first pair of cowboy boots. I did, yep. Not coming back with me. They were a one-time purchase. As the night wore on, I realised just how shit they were. Yeah, I've got to be honest. I was walking back with Pippa and Josh, actually, from the night out that I'm sure we're going to talk about. And the, what's it called? The end of the show. The show? F*** me. Jesus Christ. The end of the show? The tip of the show.

27:08Yeah. It was just getting more and more square to the point where you must have known those shoes look shit that I bought. Mate, right, what happened was I said, buy everyone boots, all right? Pick what you like. No one gave them to you and go, these are for you. Yeah, but I don't understand cowboy boots. There must have been 500 different styles that you could have gone with. It's not my fault that you picked the ones that were made of Play-Doh, all right? I don't know what you want me to do about it. They're like clogs? Everyone else managed to buy a nice pair. Josh has really gone with it. I've now converted Josh into a Western man after Ted's Colorado experience with us.

27:47We've now got Josh in the game. The three of us are planning on going down to Isha with a cowboy hat suit. So upset. I fully stole Pippa. Pippa went all in on the cowboy. Pippa did go all in on the cowboy. She's still got her boots. Yeah, absolutely loving it. We then went out to a Nashville bar. Now that was sick. If you want to be my lover. They didn't play any of that. Because that's Spice Girls. lots of country music though live music he had a huge beard oh my god by the way guess what who's he who's he there is so much in this pod I just want you to know for listening to this pod there is so much that we haven't been able to say well this is why you've got to watch the vlog you've got to watch the vlog because you'll get to see loads of this yeah you've got to watch the vlog because this is we are really trying so hard to just hit the points that we need do you want me to do it no I've got this that Avios did out in Vegas has been amazing.

28:41Unbelievable. It's been amazing. But we just, but we can't talk about some certain things. So do watch the vlog. I can't remember. Oh, I'm now an avid whiskey drinker as well. Yeah. Loves a whiskey. Sam loves a whiskey in Vegas. Yeah. Love that. Which is slightly odd. But yeah, but you only had one. But it is where Vegas is my bitch now. We are in it to win it. That's all I'm going to say. We're in it to win it when it comes to Vegas. It won't forget us in a minute. I mean, there is so much to talk about and there's so many different things that happen and we're probably not doing it justice because it has been, like as a staying relevant trip, it has been incredible.

29:29It's been unbelievable. You know, the team is our kind of first team. We're celebrating a year of this. We've spent all... That was, was that a little tired burp? Yeah. Yeah, a little bit of tiredness come up. Yeah.

29:45So what I will say, what I will say is it genuinely, we couldn't have done it, you know, without the team and everything else. We've spent all year collecting Avios and this was the best reward it could have been. Mate, this has been, and I mean this genuinely, probably the best few days of my year. It's been a bad year. it's been so great so yeah thank you for both of us to have yours because it has been so memorable it has it has genuinely been incredible but it does get me thinking I love it when you think which means I don't have to yeah it gets me thinking yeah if we collect more avios where could we go next year Vegas baby I mean we could do Vegas baby I would come back again do you know what after after, and as a team where we've all done, you know, everyone's got the boots now, apart from you, I think Nashville would be amazing.

30:40Oh, Nashville. God, that'd be great. But do you know where else I'd really like to go? Where? I'm just putting some ideas whilst they're here. Go, go, go. I would really love to do a safari. Oh, my God. And I'd also really like to go and see some great whites in South Africa. Oh, South Africa would be amazing. That would be class. But, who knows? Mate, who? Hey, You never know. You never know. You never know. We're just two guys giving it a go. Having a go. Having a go. And collecting avios. And having fun whilst doing it. Being two best pals, just touching, hugging, loving life. Yeah, and what I will say is they give us a hat and all.

31:21Yeah, a hat, dressing gown. And as I said, as we've said, watch the vlog. And I'm sure as the months go by, we may we may disclose a little bit more from our trip to Vegas no we're not going to disclose any more from our trip to Vegas it's been an absolute beauty what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas that's a very good point what happens in Vegas stays together Pete what a beautiful trip with you mate I feel like we've hit a new level of bondage so I love you so much you're my brother you're my wife you're my wife you're my husband you're my hubby he's my hubby he's my hubby he's got geometry him good that's my lady thank you so much for listening and we really really hope you've enjoyed well no we do we hope you've enjoyed the vlog and remember listeners if you want your everyday to pay for your holiday then search Avios and start collecting today T's and C's do apply and we are now both gonna go and be sick from tiredness yeah because we are just tired just exhausted this has been a Staying Relevant production hello Relevanters we wanted to let you know that you can hear exclusive bonus episodes of Staying Relevant every month on Amazon Music.

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