( CNN ) -- Jordan Axani planned to travel around the world with his girlfriend Elizabeth Gallagher , until they broke up . Now , he 'll embark on Sunday on the circumnavigation with Elizabeth Gallagher . No need for a double-take : The name may be the same , but the person answering to it is n't . Axani had booked his-and-her airline tickets in his name -- and his girlfriend 's , he said . So , after his ex went overboard , he had to find a new co-passenger with the same name , he said , because the tickets were non-transferable . Axani is Canadian , as is his ex , so the new Elizabeth Gallagher needed to be , too , to make the switch work . So , he took to social messaging service Reddit to find her . After threw out the offer in early November for a free round-the-world trip , social media posts avalanched down at the hashtag # ElizabethGallagher . Elizabeth Quinn Gallagher from Nova Scotia quickly tweeted Axani a photo of her passport . Scrawled on the shot in hot pink , the words `` Take me ! ! ! '' He did , he announced on Wednesday , but though `` Quinn '' came at him straight out of the chute , making the final choice was n't that simple , Axani said in a statement . Many deserving women had contacted him . Founded charity . Some of their stories told of such compelling real-life heartbreak and perseverance , that Axani started a crowd-funding initiative , A Ticket Forward , to buy trips around the world for them , too . The first four he hopes to fund are a victim of Lymphoma , a single mother with an autistic son , and two women who fled violence in their native countries . But Axani settled on Quinn from Cole Harbour , Nova , Scotia , as his travel partner . He said she stood out with her volunteer work at a homeless shelter and her wish to become a social worker . From the get-go , Axani told prospective EG 's that he would put no pressure on them to do him any favors . He was not looking for his ex 's doppelganger to mend a broken heart . `` I am not looking for anything in return . I am not looking for companionship , romance , drugs , a trade , or to take selfies with you in front of the Christmas Market in Prague , '' he wrote . But he had nothing against a few bills to sooth the financial pain . `` If you feel compelled to toss me a couple hundred bucks , great . Really the only thing I ask for is that you enjoy this trip and that it bring you happiness . '' Axani and Elizabeth Quinn Gallagher are to depart New York City on Sunday for Milan , Italy . From there , the two will hop to Prague , Paris , Bangkok , New Delhi and back to Axani 's home of Toronto , provided Canadian authorities allow the new Elizabeth Gallagher to board with the ticket booked for the ex . CNN has reached out to the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority to find out whether they have any security measures in place that would prevent Elizabeth Gallagher 2.0 from traveling .
Jordan Axani booked an around-the-world trip for him and his girlfriend . They broke up , and the ticket was non-transferable , he wrote on social media . He looked for a woman with the same first and last name of his ex to take her ticket . He decided upon a winner this week .