Friday, June 19, 2009

USA Today Coverage of Pleasant Holidays' Twitter Deals

In her article,"Stay alert and on Twitter to snag fast-moving travel deals," Laura Bly highlights Pleasant Holidays' leading edge use of Twitter for communicating travel deals. Click on post title for link to article. Below are excerpts:

"A few tips and resources for scoring deals via Twitter:

Follow twitter.com/wendyperrin for frequent posts from Conde Nast traveler's bargain hunter Wendy Perrin
For airfare alerts: twitter.com/airfarewatchdog and twitter.com/rickseaney
For twice-daily roundups of top two deals from new site buzz.trazzler.com: twitter.com/travelbargains
When planning a trip, follow specific hotels and visitor bureaus at your destination. Use a hashtag (# symbol) to find information, i.e. #traveldeals or #hideals for Hawaii."

"Pleasant Holidays' new Twitter and Facebook offers include weekly last-minute specials to Hawaii, such as $200 round-trip fare to Honolulu from Los Angeles or San Francisco including a three-day car rental, and will expand to Mexico and the Caribbean next month."

Follow us on Twitter @PleasantHoliday: https://twitter.com/PleasantHoliday
Become a Fan at: http://www.facebook.com/business/dashboard/#/pages/Pleasant-Holidays/52075058926