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How many times these days we see pictures of our friends or family on Facebook and are tempted to go to the place they are visiting. Worldof mouth and opinions and experiences of others have always influenced the travel decisions taken by the people. Nowadays social media isthe most powerful resource which serves this purpose albeit to a very large number of people at the same time. The best networking toolsfor travel nowadays are Twitter, Facebook, Tumbler, Instagram, Foursqare and Google+.

These apps are increasingly helping people to make the better choices for their travel, from choosing the perfect destination to getting thebest airfare and hotel deals, deciding the outdoor activities and tourist attractions or finding the reviews of local cuisine and shopping.

Here are a few ways in which we utilize social media to our advantage when we travel……

Freebies for loyal customers

Many hotels, resorts and Airlines and travel companies like Travelopod.com are ready to shell out freebies and offer perks as well as specialgifts for their loyal customers who give favorable comments and reviews of their products and services on the sites like Twitter and Facebook. you can get special treatments just by tweeting that you are excited about your stay at a particular hotel and be surprised to find somespecial gift for you at your arrival. Facebook is handy when you are a member of an Airline or Hotel’s loyalty membership program. It is agood idea to like the program’s Facebook page and see the good offers pouring in.

Trouble shooting

Social media actually is your secret weapon in case of any problems you encounter in your travel plans or during your travel. My friend toldthis interesting story about how she lost her luggage during one of her flight, since she was unable to find assistance at the airport, shetweeted for help and within minutes the Airline was able to locate her luggage and inform her about the flight on which her luggage wouldarrive at her destination. Besides this these sites are best to get information about bad weather, delayed flights or getting lost milesreinstated. Travellers are using Twitter to report problematic rooms or resolving issues of bad services of the hotels.

SHARE MEMORIES

Instagram provides excellent opportunities for photography enthusiasts to display their creative skills at the same time share the picturesclose to their hearts. Many hotels and resorts these days have galleries where they encourage patrons to share photographs, they displaythem to generate a buzz for their products. on our official FB page of Travelopod.com we hold contests for best pictures, best caption andpeople can end up not only getting their fifteen minutes of fame as well winning some excellent prizes like upgrades for their next vacation ora free air ticket or vacation packages.

This entry was posted in Travel App and tagged Airfare, Flights, Smart Travel on October 22, 2014.

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