Harnessing Social Networks for Great Travel

Most of us who travel a lot are looking for great ways to save money on transportation, accommodation, and doing cool stuff in unique destinations like taking tours and seeing important cultural and historic sites. Not to mention finding the best places to relax and enjoy the view.

Whenever I go to a destination, I am looking for things that are out of the ordinary, things that will enhance my travels, and things that will save me money. It is only recently that I’ve come to understand that social networks offer a great opportunity to find travel bargains as well as give me information about wherever it happens to be that I am going.

Using social networks to enhance your travel experience is an idea that a lot of people never think of. It’s a funny thing, because most of us use social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube all the time but when it comes time to travel suddenly we start to think that big broker sites or travel agent conglomerates are our only option. …