{"id":1228,"date":"2010-02-12T19:08:31","date_gmt":"2010-02-13T03:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/?page_id=1228"},"modified":"2012-09-15T16:02:20","modified_gmt":"2012-09-15T23:02:20","slug":"twitter-travel-deals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/articles\/twitter-travel-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find Twitter travel deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Twitter is an excellent tool to find travel deals, such as coupon codes, cheap hotels, cruises, and airfare deals.\u00a0\u00a0 Travel deals on Twitter are posted in real-time, so you can find them before they expire.<\/h5>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/widgets.twimg.com\/j\/2\/widget.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nnew TWTR.Widget({   version: 2,   type: 'profile',   rpp: 6,   interval: 6000,   width: 250,   height: 300,   theme: {     shell: {       background: '#333333',       color: '#ffffff'     },     tweets: {       background: '#000000',       color: '#ffffff',       links: '#07b6eb'     }   },   features: {     scrollbar: true,     loop: false,     live: false,     hashtags: true,     timestamp: true,     avatars: true,     behavior: 'all'   } }).render().setUser('Pamela_Jones').start();\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/div>\n<p>For those of who have yet to jump on the <a title=\"Pamela Jones on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Pamela_Jones\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> bandwagon, here is a summary of how Twitter works.\u00a0\u00a0 In the next section we will get into how to find travel deals on Twitter.\u00a0\u00a0 For those of you who are already bonafide \u201cTwitaholics\u201d go ahead and skip to the next paragraph.<\/p>\n<p>After you sign up for a free Twitter account, you ask yourself the simple question: \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d and type your answer in 140 characters or less.\u00a0\u00a0 This is similar to a public text message.\u00a0\u00a0 Your message is called a tweet. Tweets are broadcast throughout the public twitter feed, and directly to anyone who chooses to \u201cfollow you\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 If you like what someone else is tweeting, you can \u201cfollow\u201d them to get their Tweets.\u00a0\u00a0 Passionate Tweeters often Re-tweet (RT) other people\u2019s Tweets, so that same message goes to their followers too.\u00a0\u00a0 This is how news travels fast, and boy does it ever!\u00a0\u00a0 Many travel agencies, hotels, airlines, and cruise lines have their own Twitter accounts that they use to post travel deals and travel news.<\/p>\n<h5>Ready to find some travel deals on Twitter?<\/h5>\n<p>The first step to\u00a0finding Twitter travel deals is to follow people in the travel industry.\u00a0 From travel agency CEO\u2019s to travel writers, there are already thousands of travel industry \u201cTweeters\u201d posting travel deals daily.\u00a0\u00a0 To find travel insiders, go to your Twitter home page and select \u201cFind People\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 From here you can search for your favorite hotels, travel sites, and airlines to follow.\u00a0 \u00a0To find more, type in keywords related to travel such as \u201cvacation\u201d or \u201chotel\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 A list of random Twitter users will come up that have those keywords in their name.\u00a0\u00a0 Simply visit their profile and follow them if they look like they like to post travel deals.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some travel industry insiders that are suggested for you to follow:\u00a0<a title=\"TravelEditor\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TravelEditor\" target=\"_blank\">@TravelEditor<\/a>,\u00a0<a onclick=\"pageTracker._trackPageview('\/exit\/to\/Cheapflightscom');\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Cheapflightscom\" target=\"_blank\">@Cheapflightscom<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BrooklynNomad\" target=\"_blank\">@BrooklynNomad<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/getatraveldeal\" target=\"_blank\">@getatraveldeal<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lonelyplanet\" target=\"_blank\">@LonleyPlanet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/IsabellesTravel\" target=\"_blank\">@IsabellesTravel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hotels_near\" target=\"_blank\">@hotels_near<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cruisebuzz\" target=\"_blank\">@cruisebuzz<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Travelzoo\" target=\"_blank\">@Travelzoo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hotel_max\" target=\"_blank\">@Hotel Max<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/fareologist\" target=\"_blank\">@Fareologist<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/applevacations\" target=\"_blank\">@Applevacations<\/a>, and of course myself,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Pamela_Jones\" target=\"_blank\">@Pamela_Jones<\/a> on behalf of Travel Site Critic.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Now that you are following some serious travel Tweeters, some travel deals should start appearing on your Twitter home page.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a specific travel deal, use <a title=\"Twitter travel deal search\" href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter\u2019s new search engine<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s like Google (well, kinda) and allows you to type in search keywords, such as \u201cPhoenix hotel deals\u201d to find what you are looking for. \u00a0Twitter is a bit more advantageous than Google in that all posts are in real time, which means that if someone was tweeting about a Phoenix hotel deal 5 seconds ago, you can find it immediately.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATE:<\/span> Google recently came out with real-time tweets in for some search queries).\u00a0\u00a0 From Twitter\u2019s search engine, which is also found on your home page, type in the exact travel deal that you are looking for without being super-specific.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you are too specific, you may not garner results. For instance you can type in, \u201cPhoneix hotel deals\u201d. \u00a0 Today, this keyword term pulled up a post with a link to a Phoenix hotel deal from $35\/night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Pamela_Jones\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 8px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Follow our founder on Twitter!\" src=\"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/images\/twitter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"205\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>For <a title=\"Twitter travel deals\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search\/%23traveldeals\" target=\"_blank\">general Twitter travel deals<\/a>, you can enter a hashtag\u00a0 term, such as \u201c#traveldeals\u201d in the Twitter search field, which will bring up a long list of new general travel deals. \u00a0 Other hashtag terms that are often posted with travel deals are \u201c#travel\u201d, \u201c#hotel\u201d, \u201c#resort\u201d, \u201c#airfare\u201d, or \u201c#cruise\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Adding your destination city along with the hashtag term is the best way to find exactly what you are looking for (ie. &#8220;<strong>phoenix #traveldeals<\/strong>&#8221; or &#8220;<strong>phoenix #hotel<\/strong>&#8220;).<\/p>\n<p>As a final word of caution, be aware that anyone can post anything on Twitter.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Make sure that you are purchasing travel deals from a reputable company. \u00a0Read <a title=\"Travel website reviews and ratings\" href=\"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/\" target=\"_self\">Travel Site Critic\u2019s reviews<\/a> and do your own research to make sure they have a good reputation.<\/p>\n<h5>Are you a travel industry Tweeter?\u00a0\u00a0 Do you post travel deals on Twitter?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Post your Twitter name in the comments below if you\u2019d like to be followed.<\/h5>\n<div id=\"social-essentials\" class=\"se_left\"><div class=\"se_button se_button_small\" style=\"width:85px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/articles\/twitter-travel-deals\/\" data-text=\"How to find Twitter travel deals\" data-via=\"pamela_jones\" data-counturl=\"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/articles\/twitter-travel-deals\/\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><div class=\"se_button se_button_small\" style=\"width:72px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px\"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/articles\/twitter-travel-deals\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"button_count\" width=\"90\" show_faces=\"false\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"se_button se_button_small\" style=\"width:60px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px\"><g:plusone size=\"medium\" href=\"http:\/\/travelsitecritic.com\/reviews\/articles\/twitter-travel-deals\/\" count=\"true\"><\/g:plusone><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter is an excellent tool to find travel deals, such as coupon codes, cheap hotels, cruises, and airfare deals.\u00a0\u00a0 Travel deals on Twitter are posted in real-time, so you can find them before they expire. 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