Hong Kong budget lodging ideas from Twitter
Posted June 11th, 2008 by Sheila
We had a lively Web 2.0 discussion last fall about 6 ways that travelers can use social media, and a few of you follow me on the microblogging and worldwide chat room called Twitter.
I’m even teaching an entry-level workshop here in Austin on June 20, Learn Five Web 2.0 Tools in One Day, so yeah, I guess you could say I’m really into this stuff.
Geek!
A lot of travel bloggers are also on Twitter, including World Hum, Pam from Nerd’s Eye View, Glennia at The Silent I, Leif Pettersen from Killing Batteries/This is Why I Love Minneapolis & Sometimes St. Paul, Debbie from Delicious Baby, Darren from Travel Rants, Kevin from Travolution and the Happy Hotelier. What can I say; we’re a chatty bunch.
Yesterday, as I dipped my toes/browser into the Twitter stream, I saw that Elliot Ng from the excellent Uptake travel site was asking about good but inexpensive lodging in Hong Kong. I know about the fabulously-located Hong Kong YMCA, but wondered what other sorts of suggestions he’d get….
Later, he sent out a “tweet” (Twitter message) thanking some folks for their inputs, so I thought I’d share them with you:
- Sage Brennan said, “I have had ok stays at the Cosmo/Cosmopolitan and the Charterhouse of the HK ‘budget’ options.”
- Bruce Wang said, “Try this [the Yes Inn,] my wife stayed there once.”
- Thijs Jacobs said, “Try the Holiday Inn Express.” (Really? Yes, there is one, in Causeway Bay.)
- Suave_su said, “Youth hotel ;-) ” (I think he meant Youth Hostel.)
As far as I can tell, these are all people currently located in China (one of whom is Dutch, one is originally from North Carolina) who quickly sent a guy in northern California some advice about Hong Kong.
I looked at the Web sites for each lodging, and barring any really damning reports from elsewhere, they all looked just fine.
Ahh, the kindness of Web 2.0 strangers.
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June 11th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Hey, thanks for mentioning me and those other great bloggers to follow on Twitter. For the record, I really enjoy the microblogging aspect of Twitter. I don’t do a lot of link posts on my blog and my blogroll is “outsourced” to Bloglines but I do enjoy posting links to Twitter because they’re so LIVE, you know? And I love seeing who’s posting what travel links up there too, especially when it’s something more than “Read my new post, K?” Not that I don’t do THAT too, but I like the extra stuff, especially, coz I’m reading your new post in RSS, already, probably.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Hi Pam,
I love the networking aspect, connecting with people that I’d probably never meet in person, which is why I used this example on Twitter. How else would I read about a Hong Kong hotel recommendation from a Dutch guy living in China?
June 12th, 2008 at 11:23 am
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June 17th, 2008 at 6:26 am
Hey, you forgot soultravelers3 on twitter! :) Hard to keep track of all the travel bloggers on twitter, I know. You just helped me find a few! Thanks Sheila! Cool that you are teaching that class!!
We are traveling now on our open ended world tour and love twitter as it is the easiest place to pop in when you are on the move. We are in Portugal at the moment and loving it, but finding internet is sometimes a challenge, so fast is a good thing. :)
I love the travel pack and t-list on twitter. I can get a lot of information about travel very quickly that way. When you travel as a family, quick info on the move is a joy! :)
June 17th, 2008 at 6:27 am
I fogot to mention that is also great for families, as I don´t always have time for email ( or a connection I trust) but my mom can always look at twitter to know our latest and that we are safe.
June 18th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Hi soultravelers3,
I’m sorry; I DID forget you - whoops! Thanks for stopping by. I do the same thing with my Mom when I’m traveling; she can always look at Twitter or my blogs to see what I’m up to, if I haven’t had a chance to call.