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2008's Worst Travel Experience Is...

December 31, 2008 at 11:00 AM | by Jaunted | 2 Comments

Used to be all you had to do during a plane crash was hope to live. Now you have to update your social networks with news live from the scene of the accident--and field requests for more info from the likes of Rick Sanchez. Because victims would obviously rather be slamming vodka tonics than punching 140-character messages into phones, live tweeting a disaster is the worst travel experience of 2008.

The sentiment extends, too, to the earthquake that was announced on Facebook, photos of the terrorist rampage in Mumbai posted to Flickr and the other plane crash that was documented on Twitter. It's not the wealth of first-hand information that rubs us wrong--we quite like that--it's the way our gizmos have us shackled to home. If the point of travel is to go somewhere new for fresh experiences and a change of perspective, let's resolve in 2009 to live in the moment with our new-found friends in far-away lands instead of digitally seeking comfort in the familiar of back home. Now excuse us as we cross-post this to Twitter.

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  1. ecortes

    Jaunted Member

    Agreed

    My brother told me I would be an idiot if I ever tweeted my "disaster" story. He said, "You would be a food not to CALL me!"
    January 2, 2009 at 9:24 AM
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  1. juliana

    Jaunted Contributing Editor

    i always twitter my pre-boarding

    i dunno. while twitter and facebook have probably ruined my brain a little in that i am always thinking, "should i twitter/facebook this?" but the fact is, a lot of people are getting their information from twitter and facebook these days. so if i was in a plane crash, i would probably twitter first then text my husband and my mom. ooo. actually, i can text multiple people so i'll just add my mom and husband to the twitter text. yes, i am one of those people you don't want to become.
    January 2, 2009 at 9:51 AM
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