How To Use Twitter to Find Travel Deals

Posted by Julia on Apr 2, 2010 in Travel

Are you a Twitter Addict?
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Are you a Twitter Addict?

Newsflash. The 140 character social networking phenomenon can be used for more than just telling the world what you had for breakfast this morning. Twitter is a great way to scope out online travel deals and stay in the loop about last minute specials. Here are a few tips to tweeting your way to cheaper travel:

1) After you’ve signed up for a Twitter account, follow tourism industry professionals who are tapped into the scene:

@Kayak (their Twitter team shares hand-picked travel deals on flights, hotels and vacation packages)
@traveldeals
@smartertravel
@JetBlueCheeps

2) Following Tourism Boards of the destination you want to visit is a great way to find out about hotel specials, discounts on attractions or upcoming special events.  Here are a few examples…
@MexicoTB
@visitflorida
@TourismNewZealand
@VisitBritain

3) To find a ton of travel frugal tweets and for inspiration on who to follow, go to Twitter Search and type in relevant hashtags:
#traveldeals
#farealert
#traveltuesday

4) Stay on top of travel news with these well-read travel journalists/blogs:
@worldhum
@jaunted
@gadling
@MichelleHiggins
@WendyPerrin
@traveldudes
@BrilliantTripsBlog
and yours truly @juliadimon

Where do YOU find good travel deals on Twitter? Who do you think rocks the travel Twittersphere? Leave your comments below….

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  • Robyn Gilliat
    Awesome lists, I'm just planning a backpacking trip to Europe so its good know the resources out there
  • Such a helpful post, thanks!
  • Julia, great list. I also like following some of the airlines that I frequently use because they occasionally post alerts to fare sales. For example, Virgin gave away a bunch of great fares at 50% off last week to Twitter followers.
  • Nice list. love twitter, especially ones that discuss daily events happening in my hometown of NYC. A few of my favorites are:

    @FreeNewYork
    @NYCFoodGuy
    @TheSkint
    @NewYorkology

    I'm sure every large city is well represented on twitter.
  • LONELY PLANET is my favorite
  • camwears
    Great! Thanks for these...
  • Henry Harteveldt is the lead travel analyst at Forrester Research (disclosure: my former employeer and he a former colleague) and he has the pulse on the inside scoop of all things travel. I look to him for guidance on major travel industry news but also tips and tricks on stuff only insiders know. Plus he's fun. Follow him at @hharteveldt
  • A good resource for cruise deals, information, and industry experts has been compiled by the Google Travel Team as a list on their twitter account: @googletravel/cruises
  • The following is another great Twitter account list of most all the major cruise lines:

    http://twitter.com/cruisemuse/...

    Simply follow this list and you will follow the tweets of 50 or so cruise lines.
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