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Tweet Of The Week: Travel Makes You Smarter, So Says Mark Twain

JetSetCD — 2009-11-17T16:42:46-05:00

We love Tuesdays. Why, you ask? Because the day brings many travel tips and quips as "Travel Tuesday" on Twitter, and we're going to share our favorite with you. Got an avid travel twitterer we should follow? Let us know.

Traveling is often costly, confusing, frustrating and dangerous, but more often the benefits one reaps from a good trip far outweigh any risks. For this reason, how could we not think ourselves a little smart, in coordinating and appreciating it all? Amanda Drake of Y Partnership, a marketing firm, tweeted today:

Tidbit: 67% of active travelers agree, "I think my IQ is higher than average"

We're surprised only 67% of "active travelers" agreed with that! For reference, let's just take a look at some of the best travel quotes, as rounded up in BraveNewTraveler's The 50 Most Inspiring Travel Quotes:

Tweet Of The Week: The Return Of Fuel Surcharges?

JetSetCD — 2009-11-10T18:04:09-05:00

Have we been too focused on the rise of holiday travel fees and the continued ridiculousness that are checked baggage fees to see that giant fuel surcharges are back? While it's true that during our compulsive airfare searching, we've noticed higher prices on international flights, the thought that it could be related to fuel sits in cobwebs at the back of our mind.

Thus, we turned to the Twitter of travel royalty, Pauline Frommer, who noticed these added fees for Europe flights, saying:

Qantas Has Issues And John Mayer Tweets Them

amandak — 2009-11-09T12:24:24-05:00

The flying kangaroo, AKA Qantas, has got problems. As if banning beer on some flights wasn't bad enough, the planes and the pilots have been misbehaving too.

Last week, there was the case of the pilots who forgot to put the landing gear down on their way into Sydney, forcing the pilots to abort the landing and go again later. Those pilots have now been suspended although the lack of landing gear is being put down to a "brief communications breakdown" by Qantas.

The Top Five Twitter Travel Lists Out There Now

JetSetCD — 2009-11-04T09:29:21-05:00

Twitter has made it a billion times easier for fans to stalk their favorite celebs, for airlines and brands to track their customers, and now, with the new Twitter Lists feature, it's super simple to follow frequent travelers around the globe. For those of you not yet on Twitter, we advise you not to tune out yet, because one day you will probably have to know about it for one reason or another.

Back to Lists—introduced during these first few days of November, the function is the first big update on Twitter in a long time. It allowed members to gather those they follow into neat and tidy lists based on any identifying characteristic, like mommy bloggers, celebrities, personal friends and—yes—travelers. In the course of these first few days of List generation, we've found ourselves included in over 100 lists and counting, keeping company with some of Twitter's best travel authorities and most frequent flying.

To help you on your List discovery, we've gathered up a few of our favorite travel-centric ones. Lo and behold, our Five Favorite Twitter Travel Lists RIght Now...

Tweet Of The Week: Yankees Vs. Phillies, Zoo Edition

JetSetCD — 2009-11-03T16:29:21-05:00

As we're sure at least everyone on the east coast of the United States knows, we're in the midst of the World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees. Game six takes place tomorrow night at Yankee Stadium, but we're a little focused on today still, it being #traveltuesday on Twitter and all. But thanks to @FreeFunGuides, whose sole mission is to tweet about anything free, we know what we'll be doing if the Phillies win:

Tweet Of The Week: Unadulterated Travel Excitement

JetSetCD — 2009-10-28T08:29:17-05:00

Yesterday was perhaps a record for the #traveltuesday hashtag on Twitter, as the announcement of the Southwest $25 sale spread and folks mentally escaped their jobs by discussing travel tips and favorite destinations.

Nonetheless, there was one travel tweet that stood out from the rest, and not because it was rendered in all caps. Instead, we were taken with @MistiEyes' earnest excitement in her tweet:

Tweet Of The Week: Direct From Brazil's Iguazu Falls

JetSetCD — 2009-10-20T16:38:40-05:00

The announcement of Rio's win of the 2016 Olympics may already be weeks behind us, but the good feelings continue as the tourism focus turns decidedly southern. For this reason, we specifically loved @sambayogi's unique addition to #traveltuesday—a live-tweeted picture of her visit to Brazil's Iguazu Falls:

Iguazu Falls, Brazil took my breath away- worth 14-hr bus ride from Floripa!

For the 14-hour bus ride alone, she deserves "Travel Tweet of the Day," and for those who haven't yet had the fortune to spend some time on Brazilian beaches, "Floripa" is short for the city of Florianopolis. Because of Floripa's exotic oceanside scenery and nightlife, the next few years should see some Olympics-prep refurbishment right along with Rio, so add it to your list.

Related Stories:
· @sambayogi [Twitter]
· Twitter coverage [Jaunted]