Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Travel with Social Media


When is comes to travel, tons of quotes approach your heart with the touch of consonance.Of course for those who like travel.


The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.  ~St. Augustine

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.  ~Anatole France

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience.  The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him.  He goes "sight-seeing."  ~Daniel J. Boorstin
 


Travel is not an easy task, which drags you into a place of unknown and uncertainty. To get the travel information is critical. Traditional paper-version is welcomed for decades.


part of my travel guide collections
In big cities, visitors can easily find Official travel guide or brochure at the airport or Visitors Center. The travel guide can provide all the information of city map & transportation, attractions, dinning, shopping and accommodation, etc. More attracting feature is multilingual which is effective for non-English speakers. 




With the development of digital communication, traveling resource is more approachable and easy to carry. E-version travel guide is available.  Hawaiian Islands Visitors' Guide  The bright color and interaction paging makes it more attracting and brings a lot of fun.

When you are on the trip with a smart phone, congratulations, you are in the next level of convenience of travel. Because you experience more with these magical apps. Here are some of the useful apps. These apps are always easy to find if you search best apps for travel in Google, you will find everything to meet all you needs.



  • Tripadvisor can help you find the nearest hotel, restaurant with GPS.
  • In this app, you can view people's rating and comments, which is powerful in the groundswell.



  





 




When you have enough information about the place you are going to visit, the main question would be how to get there. Smart app Transit will help you with the public navigation: arrival time for a specific bus, each bus stop on the route. It happens in a trip that you want to arrive at a specific time. This app will help you set up departure time and even email the information to a friend.








I never stopped traveling and have been experiencing the benefit for social media. Join the digital communication and enjoy the trip.
recent trip to San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge









 

2 comments:

  1. As a fellow travel lover, I really enjoyed reading this post. It really is amazing how difficult planning a trip can be; in a sense I consider it a more negative part of the traveling experience. With the growth of digital communication however, getting all the information you need to plan a trip can be a click away.
    I for one will definitely download the trip advisor app so I can start planning my next adventure.

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    1. Yes,definitely, this app is great!
      As you know planning a trip is not easy and it is more difficult for me when I came to a totally unknown country.
      Thanks to the new technology, I can keep my hobby on and on...

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