How do you share your travel adventures on social media?

[burmans]

I'm with you there brother. 'Social media' I observe as anything but! My friends are actual friends. I write actual letters - and get actual letters back in reply.

Yeah, my wife had that view. But the reality is she doesn't actually write letters that often. For people who aren't in your home town I think social media is great. I can post a picture and within minutes people all over the world have commented. For people in the same city, sure I agree social media is ****! If you don't want to talk to them face to face, don't bother!

 

[Renato1]

We don't check-in or post anything about our trip on Social media when we are travelling.

We can't see the point of advertising our absence from home - it's a security risk.

I feel it's much better to post like one would if one were still at home.
Regards,
Renato

 

[drron]

Only AFF/FT for me ... I post TRs as its a great way to give back to the community.

All other communication is old school - just the way I like it!

I'm with you there brother. 'Social media' I observe as anything but! My friends are actual friends. I write actual letters - and get actual letters back in reply.

That makes 3 of us.Mrsdrron does put occasional trip photos on FB.
AFF is my place for TRs.If a Cruise I will also post on Cruise Critic.
Have never been able to paste photos on FT so no TRs there.
I tell my family and friends about my TRs but none are interested.However people we have met on our travels now follow my TRs here on AFF.As does my locum agent.

 

[mimishat]

I do the check-in to let parents know we have arrived safely and upload a few token pics of the kids enjoying themselves or unique experiences/places we visit. Other than that I feel no one appreciates it. We wait until we are home and tell close friends and family about what we get up to and show them photos. I love reading and hearing about other people's travels and experiences - but I guess not everyone is like that.

 

[medhead]

We don't check-in or post anything about our trip on Social media when we are travelling.

We can't see the point of advertising our absence from home - it's a security risk.

I feel it's much better to post like one would if one were still at home.
Regards,
Renato

That's why you carefully control the audience. I don't think there is anyone on my social media "friends" list who I'd expect to break into my house and who know my address. There are people who'd be in one or other set, but there is no overlapping subset.

 

[Renato1]

That's why you carefully control the audience. I don't think there is anyone on my social media "friends" list who I'd expect to break into my house and who know my address. There are people who'd be in one or other set, but there is no overlapping subset.

Yes, I could close the audience down from being open to anybody and just to the friends list. But that act in itself could send a green light to someone monitoring me.

Also, while not worried about any of my friends on Facebook - at the end of the day - I don't know who they may innocently talk to, and who they in turn talk to.
Regards,
Renato

 

[Isochronous]

Used to check in using four square. But only let it share to me on facebook. Limit the facebook audience is a tip. Stopped doing that when they introduced the swarm BS.

Mostly post whatever of facebook. Friends accept that, no snide remarks. But I also try to mention how cheaply I got the premium airfare. ie recent MH J redemption was the best $481 ever spent. When questioned I also mentioned that it took points gained from $16000 of grocery shopping. Perhaps if you're also doing points redemptions that might be a strategy.

I also go out of my way track friends travelling and to guest them into lounges if the stars align. That has been very rewarding in being able to guest someone who was having a well deserved break from their ill child.

I also try to help my friends with travel tips.

Now looking to start my own blog.



What blog site do you use.

Four Square became totally useless when they introduced the Swarm cough.

 

[Groundhog]

I post my leisure trips on FB. I found that a lot of friends vicariously travel through me. Its nice to talk about my personal travel trips through FB, personal travel is exciting. However these trips are outweighed 100:1 by the amount of work trips that we would all agree arent glamourous and dont need to be talked about. For me a flight for work is about exciting as a drive to the office, even the OS ones. These arent shared on FB - no point IMO. I have friends that talk about their work flights on FB, but they would only make one every few weeks. For them its exciting ( and thats great) but for me its all a blur and i just look forward to getting home (making sure to stop at Dan Murphys on the way to the house)

 

[ReLoad]

Interesting post, I think the first time I flew J it was face booked it to hell, the first time I flew F I face booked it to hell, Nowdays I very rarely post anything travel related anymore, unless it's odd or super uniquely interesting.

Nobody really needs to have me post that I was in SIN for 24 hours for a meeting/event then home again. Or variants thereof.

I'm lucky enough to have an awesome job as is, if people saw the travel I do (and perhaps most importantly the class of travel) - even though it's partially done by gaming the system (thanks AFF!) I think it would be seen as bragging which I'm certainly not inclined to do.

The other side of it, often is travel is something of a chore, the nice lounges or the comfiest seat make it less so, whereas to the person who hardly travels it's seen as opulence.

The flip side is in random travels I've caught up with friends from all over the world who have happened to have posted they are in a certain place at the same time I am, so it does have its positives.

Incidentally On Saturday I did Facebook that I was home for the weekend and how nice it felt for a change!

 

[blackcat20]

That's why you carefully control the audience. I don't think there is anyone on my social media "friends" list who I'd expect to break into my house and who know my address. There are people who'd be in one or other set, but there is no overlapping subset.

That's why I refuse to add people I haven't met (though with a few very minor exceptions), and of course I trust my friends not to rob me. Besides, just because I'm away doesnt mean the house is empty....

 

[dk4]

IMO what one publishes on the Internet should be channel specific. So I would say, as a rule of thumb;

• on broad-based channels - post (just) a little bit, but about (many) different things/interests/activities, don't have a single interest focus (alternate posts between say family, about work, friends, a little bit on travel, hobbies, thoughts on life, funny experiences...) Keep it concise and varied.
• on narrow-based channels - post about specifics relevant to the channel (find a cat lovers forum, if you want to post all about your cats). Go for detail and depth.

e.g. Facebook, a little about everything that you get up to, or that is going on around you - across a broad range of topics. Don't get bogged down in specifics in any single area.
e.g. AFF, discuss anything travel (or bargain) related that you are doing, contemplating, desire or interests you - but stay on target don't wander off into other topics.

 

[Bundy Bear]

I probably post way too much on Facebook.
On Facebook, I do have my friends into groups, travel, family, sailing/yachting. so that if I post a lounge type check in only my travel friends see it.
I used to do trip reports but to do them properly they can take a lot of time, and a lot of the information I have already posted on Facebook. I do have a trip report in the works, which I might finish by the end of the year.

 

[puppysparkes]

Without hesitation, I'm number 2. https://puppysparkes.imgur.com/all/#2 A couple of AFF members might recognise themselves. More to come..

Flicker is for photographers with skills of any sort.
Facebook has a propensity to reduce the quality of your images.
Picasa, what is picasa?

 

[blackcat20]

Without hesitation, I'm number 2. https://puppysparkes.imgur.com/all/#2 A couple of AFF members might recognise themselves. More to come..

Flicker is for photographers with skills of any sort.
Facebook has a propensity to reduce the quality of your images.
Picasa, what is picasa?

Photo not publicly available...

 

[puppysparkes]

sorry should be good to go now puppysparkes's uploaded images - Imgur

Photo not publicly available...

 

[puppysparkes]

Imgur does ask you to # but it's not a social profiling experience like Flickr.

 

[harvyk]

I'm no longer as quick to post up about being in lounges (although last time I flew, I posted up a comment about getting some love from QF, and it turned out that a friend I hadn't seen in 10 years was also in the SYD QP and saw my post, so there is advantages).

I started becoming aware that not everyone was enjoying my posts, when last year a friend of mine posted up that he wants to go to Vega's, but knowing this friend he is highly unlikely to do so. So when I posted up that I was heading to Vega's for real I could just feel the metaphorical knifes coming out.
Then earlier this year I posted up a few J photos, and I def got the feeling of jealousy coming out. So my last J trip despite scoring one of QF's A330 suites, I didn't post anything for fear of a lynch mob waiting for me when I got back to CBR.

So now my rule is that I'll only post about a trip itself if the trip is something interesting. I won't post that I'm in a lounge unless that lounge is something really special or unusual, and sometimes unless you see the geo-location tags on the FB post (although they can't always be trusted, best effort was a photo I took at Sydney Olympic Park and FB was convinced I was in Melbourne) my posts you'd never even know I was away from home.

 

[medhead]

Yes, I could close the audience down from being open to anybody and just to the friends list. But that act in itself could send a green light to someone monitoring me.

Also, while not worried about any of my friends on Facebook - at the end of the day - I don't know who they may innocently talk to, and who they in turn talk to.
Regards,
Renato

I don't even know what that means. What green light will that get if they can't see it? I rarely post to the world.

I also refuse friend requests, SWMBO's aunts and under age cousins. The cousins was justifiable since I don't corrupt minors. The aunts was a good step because that became a point of contention when seeing posts by SWMBO. (Telling her mum about our holidays while we were still away!)

 

[hummel]

Interesting topic. I'm Gen Y (I think) however don't post to fb at all. I do the very occasional post to Instagram if I'm somewhere nice but really that would be 1 out of 5 trips I do, if that.

I travel a little bit for work (like a lot of us here) so this also makes me hesitate.

What i do find funny is family members always rib me for going OS for a weekend in J but they're the first person to check in at the QP using my complimentary pass I've given them? I just laugh.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

I probably post way too much on Facebook.
On Facebook, I do have my friends into groups, travel, family, sailing/yachting. so that if I post a lounge type check in only my travel friends see it.

I used to do trip reports but to do them properly they can take a lot of time, and a lot of the information I have already posted on Facebook. I do have a trip report in the works, which I might finish by the end of the year.

I rarely post travel stuff on personal FB page and if I do it's probably only one or two pics the entire holiday as sometimes people can take things the wrong way and think you're trying to rub their nose in it.

I will post travel pics in travel FB groups because they know posting a pic of a meal in the FLounge isn't elitist and they won't assume I'm spending thousands of dollars flying first class. Co-conspirators will know that it's more than likely a JQ35 special SYD/MEL.

It's all about perception. Most of the haters probably spend more money on their economy booking through Flight Centre than the savvy folk who take the time to read up on purchasing miles for premium travel award tickets and reap the benefits.