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The
emergence of social media into the travel scene brings another dimension to the
travel experience, but can’t remove worries about safety in the travel
destinations beset by migrants from wars and poverty interspersed with ISIS
inspired followers.
Airbnb is
expanding with apps, as well as offering business travelers hookups with large
scale travel organizations like American Express Global Business Travel + with
airlines who are granting miles for stays, however, the end result is another
step toward establishment of a mega travel company catering to both business
and consumer oriented travel experiences.
The
appearance of EMOJI use by airline customer service departments can help
resolve booking problems and other dilemmas that involve cancellations.
Look online for
specialty travel by using your search engine slot to query whatever you want,
for instance if cooking based trips are what fuels the travel experience, ask
for “cooking tours in Italy” or “wine tasting,” also use the search engine slot
to query for “fish restaurants in…” whatever city and find local bloggers that write
about where to eat, however, this is best for travelers who are already there
with smart phones to map directions.
IPhone users
can use the free use apps or pay for a specialty app to get traveler
information about the local scene in a destination city, other smart phones are
equipped similarly, but the idea is to go online to discover what is available
to enhance the travel experience.
Of course,
use the social network followers of choice, whether Twitter, Facebook,
Instagram, even Pinterest, to have a great travel experience in 2017, but also
focus on the importance of price versus safety.
It’s a given
the chaos in the civilized world will not get better until the focus is on the international
political elites to protect travelers and the citizens who elected them, rather
than what so far is the social engineering sacrifice of what may seem to the
political elites as just a few lives.
In the
meantime travelers may suffer unknown hazards versus a global world of commerce
interests fueled by the influx of non-union lower-paid complacent workers that
may overrule any terrorist inspired incidents.
