10 ways to slash travel costs
Just because we’re in a recession doesn’t mean we still can’t travel affordably—you just have to be savvy. The New York Times’s Practical Traveler, Michelle Higgins, provides 10 expert tips on how to cut travel costs. Here’s one of her handy insights:
Sign Up for a Twitter Account
An increasing number of travel companies are using Twitter to market their brands, often by tweeting exclusive deals to followers. JetBlue calls out last-minute discounts at JetBlueCheeps on Tuesday mornings. A recent example: “$89 BOS to LAS this Sat. LAS to BOS this Mon. or Tues. 25 seats avail or til 6 pm ET.” Fairmont Hotels offers its Twitter followers special discounts before anyone else. Farecompare’s “flyfrom” Twitter feed offers location-specific fare sales when you plug in your home airport’s three-letter code, as in flyfromNYC.
All you need to do is sign up for a free account at Twitter.com and start following the companies you like or travel experts who do the work for you. (You can find me at MichelleHiggins.)
Read her full article for all 10.
