Whether you love to travel or you’re required to do so for work, you can make social media work for you! It can help you find the best deals on flights, hotels or car rentals, if you know where to look. Follow these top tips and let social media find you the best prices!
Twitter
Use search and hashtags to find deals. You can use general hashtags like #traveldeals, #cheapflights, or #cheapairfare. Follow the airlines you like to fly on Twitter. Add those airlines to their own list so that you’re only checking them when you need them. You can find an alert for your city at Fly.com’s real time city alerts list. Follow aggregators who focus on tweeting the latest travel deals. There are accounts such as cheapestairfare, airfarewatchdog or Travelzoo.
Websites
Sites like www.farecompare.com can send you tweets or you can get their app for your iphone. Kayak.com is another good site for finding cheap travel deals.
Facebook
If you’re a member of a loyalty program and ‘like’ that company’s facebook page, you will have access to special offers. Examples of that would be Hilton or the Hyatt Gold Membership. You can also use Facebook with sites like DealScoopr, which utilizes your Facebook friends to help you find deals.
Foursquare
Foursquare is often overlooked when traveling. You should search for any place you want to visit on Foursquare, as many have special offers or bonuses for checking in.
Written by Phyrra Nyx for Top Tier Media.
