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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Anonymous
Travelers are rapidly using social media as a tool to enhance their travel through multitude of ways – for interacting with locals, sharing photos, price comparison, finding less explored places and crowd sourcing popular spots to visits. Regardless of your choice to stay in a budget hotel in India or a plush island resort in the Mauritius, social media is your friend. The following are some of the ways in you which you can tap into social media channels for a better informed and enjoyable holiday.
Flight fare watchers: - Air fare prices bear certain semblance to a magician's prop - now you see them now you don't. The best way to ensure that you don't miss out on flash deals and discount fares is to follow price watcher sites like Kayak on Twitter and Facebook. This can be especially useful to plan holiday packages in India, since you will be booking multiple online flights.
Hotels: - After deciding your stay date, drop a note on Facebook on multiple hotel pages enquiring about a discount - you are unlikely to return empty handed. Another option is to search for the twitter with a combination of your destination and terms like hotel, promo code, promo, discount, deals etc. Most heritage resorts in India have a Social Media presence which makes this much easier.
Pinterest: - Once you have used Facebook to crowdsource the cafes you want to visit, restaurants you want to eat at, the museums you want to check out, search for them on Pinterest. Create your own digital pinup board with images of all the places you want to visit.
Airports & Carriers: - Following an airline carrier on Twitter has dual benefits – you get updated on discount fares and you get instant notification in case of a flight delay or any disruption. Also, ensure that you follow your inbound and outbound airports, eg:- @delhi_airport.
Travel Bloggers: - Do a bit of Googling to figure out the popular travel bloggers in the city you are visiting and follow them on Twitter. As long as you don't bug them too much and is polite, they will gladly share juicy bits of information that you won't find in any guide.
Flight fare watchers: - Air fare prices bear certain semblance to a magician's prop - now you see them now you don't. The best way to ensure that you don't miss out on flash deals and discount fares is to follow price watcher sites like Kayak on Twitter and Facebook. This can be especially useful to plan holiday packages in India, since you will be booking multiple online flights.
Hotels: - After deciding your stay date, drop a note on Facebook on multiple hotel pages enquiring about a discount - you are unlikely to return empty handed. Another option is to search for the twitter with a combination of your destination and terms like hotel, promo code, promo, discount, deals etc. Most heritage resorts in India have a Social Media presence which makes this much easier.
Pinterest: - Once you have used Facebook to crowdsource the cafes you want to visit, restaurants you want to eat at, the museums you want to check out, search for them on Pinterest. Create your own digital pinup board with images of all the places you want to visit.
Airports & Carriers: - Following an airline carrier on Twitter has dual benefits – you get updated on discount fares and you get instant notification in case of a flight delay or any disruption. Also, ensure that you follow your inbound and outbound airports, eg:- @delhi_airport.
Travel Bloggers: - Do a bit of Googling to figure out the popular travel bloggers in the city you are visiting and follow them on Twitter. As long as you don't bug them too much and is polite, they will gladly share juicy bits of information that you won't find in any guide.
