Jun 14th, 2012 at 3:00PM: Pinterest became the hottest social network this year, with millions using the site to collect and search for recipes, design ideas and inspirational quotes. Many travelers have used Pinterest for planning and sharing trips, tips and destinations (you can find Gadling here). Now Afar.com, the website and community behind AFAR magazine, has introduced a new feature to curate travel experiences, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Collect And Share Travel Experiences With AFAR
Jun 14th, 2012 at 3:00PM: Pinterest became the hottest social network this year, with millions using the site to collect and search for recipes, design ideas and inspirational quotes. Many travelers have used Pinterest for planning and sharing trips, tips and destinations (you can find Gadling here). Now Afar.com, the website and community behind AFAR magazine, has introduced a new feature to curate travel experiences, ...Get flight info and airport reviews with RouteHappy
Mar 3rd, 2012 at 12:00PM: When it comes to booking hotels, travelers have plenty of options for finding information, recommendations, and tips with TripAdvisor, booking engine reviews, and other user-generated sites, in addition to guidebooks and other traditional media. But as air travel gets more restrictive and less comfortable, how can you choose the easiest flights, or at least be prepared for the inconveniences? ...Postcards - the original social travel network
Mar 1st, 2011 at 2:00PM:
Before Twitter, before FourSquare and even before email - people used postcards to "check in to" their location. The postcard lived in easier times - in an era when we'd arrive at our destination and spend a week actually visiting things and relaxing instead of scrambling to find a Wi-Fi signal to get our email.
It has been 18 years since I last sent anyone a postcard, and I clearly ...
A travel guide to the 2011 Oscar movies
Feb 2nd, 2011 at 4:00PM: The 83rd annual Academy Awards are coming up in a few weeks and the Oscars race is on. This year's nominations contained few surprises, with many nods for Brit period piece The King's Speech, Facebook biopic The Social Network, and headtrip Inception. While 2010's ultimate travel blockbuster Eat, Pray, Love failed to made the cut, there's still plenty to inspire wanderlust among the Best Picture ...Five chilling facts about Cyber Monday Shopping
Nov 23rd, 2010 at 8:00AM: Okay, your goal should be NOT to conform to what you see below. The travel industry, riding something of a recovery this year, is set to come out with some solid sales on Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year. So, as you click among hotel, airline and online travel agency sites, it will pay for you to be aware of the biggest risks you face.
Despite the many risks associated ...Top five social media destinations
Oct 8th, 2010 at 8:00AM:
Do you live your life in 140 characters are less? Have you almost lost your life several times because you had to get that shot of a crazy cab driver uploaded to Facebook? If this is anything like you, here are five cities you're just going to love.
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NetProspex has ranked the cities ...Traveling women are Facebook addicts
Oct 7th, 2010 at 2:00PM: A new study of female travelers indicates that close to half can't let go of Facebook when they're on the road. Unsurprisingly, Facebook is the social network of choice for women on the go.
Ninety-three percent of women who have had an overnight trip in the past month, according to Women on Their Way, have Facebook accounts, and 68 percent of them use it for travel purposes. What do they like ...Ask your social network - Dining out tip
Aug 7th, 2010 at 12:33PM: If you're on Facebook and/or Twitter, you already have a host of restaurant tips at your disposal: Ask members of your social network what restaurants they recommend in the city you plan to visit.
Those who live in that city will be able to give you a local's perspective, and you will also hear from people who live elsewhere but have visited that city in the past.
Who knows? You might even ...Top five ways to use social media to look like you're working on vacation
Aug 3rd, 2010 at 8:00AM: We've put some distance between us and the September 2008 financial crisis, but unemployment – and tension the workplace – is still high. There's plenty of anxiety over whether people appear to be working hard enough, because it's safe to assume that the budgets being allocated or raises and bonuses are unlikely to be generous. So, in the quest to appear productive, employees need more ...Whereboutz by TeleNav lets you create a social networking travel journal
May 24th, 2010 at 10:30AM:
Whereboutz is a new social networking site from the people behind the popular Telenav navigation software. The site lets you create your own trip journal, filled with maps, geotagged photos, videos and more.
Unlike many other social networking sites, Whereboutz allows you to keep your site private, which means you get to pick the people you share your trip with. Of course, if you prefer to ...Facebook "memology" report reveals non-travel bias?
Dec 28th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Facebook has released its trend analysis of the top words appearing in status updates in 2009. Unlike the Twitter worldview, which had some terms that could be seen as travel-related, Facebook users appear to have spent more time at home. Sure, there's the obligatory H1N1 mention, which impacted the travel-hungry throughout the year ... but that's it. What cements the seemingly sedentary ...Share your travel deals with friends with Yapta's Frugal Travel Flaunts
Oct 3rd, 2009 at 3:00PM:
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Yapta, a website that tracks prices and helps you figure out when to book your airfare, has launched a new Facebook application called Frugal Travel Flaunts. When you find a deal on a flight and add it to "my trips", you can choose to publish it on ...Airlines and social media: dialogue waiting to happen
Aug 21st, 2009 at 4:00PM: Social media means that airlines just have another place where they can be raked over the coals. We complain to ticket agents. We complain to gate agents. We complain to customer service reps. And now, we can complain to the world, thanks to the likes of Twitter. I, for example, follow @DeltaSucks, though there hasn't been any action on it in several months. I don't just listen, though. When I'm ...KLM and Air France launch Bluenity - their very own social network
Nov 10th, 2008 at 2:00PM: In what I can only describe as a "me too" move, Dutch Airline KLM and Air France have launched their own social networking site. Bluenity is aimed at bringing travelers on the 2 airlines together, and offers a simple way of tracking where and when your friends are flying. Bluenity also offers members the ability to share tips with fellow travelers. KLM and Air France call Bluenity "the first ...
