I'll admit it. When a friend first told me about Twitter, a social media website, I just didn't get it. The company says it's a "real-time short messaging service." In fact, the messages you can send and receive via Twitter are limited at 140 characters.Basically, you are broadcasting short and sweet bits of information to the people who "follow" your tweets. (Tweets are the messages you send via Twitter.) You hit "send" and your message shows up in the Twitter feeds of those who are following you. You may also send private direct messages.
I was skeptical, but I joined because there are a lot of terrific travel and cruise website editors who tweet on a daily basis. It's taken a few weeks to get used to this new way of communicating, but I like the easy access to so much cruise-related information.
With just a few clicks of your mouse, you can read the latest cruise and travel news and link to interesting stories across the web. If you'd prefer not to join Twitter, you can always read my "tweets" at the Luxury Cruise Bible homepage.
If you're new to Twitter, here are ten cruise tweets you should follow:
- @Luxcruisebible—Yes, that's the Twitter handle for yours truly. I tweet about luxury cruise lines, worldwide vacation destinations, and the occasional offbeat story on behalf of Luxury Cruise Bible.
- @CruiseEditor—For the latest Cruise Critic news, follow the tweets of editor-in-chief Carolyn Spencer Brown.
- @Cruise_Critic—This is another Cruise Critic Twitter feed to follow. These tweets usually focus more on the website while Carolyn's tweets tend to comment more on cruising in general.
- @CruiseLog—Gene Sloan, cruise editor for USA Today, keeps followers up-to-date on the stories he's following. He also retweets some interesting links of interest to any cruise fan.
- @CruiseIndustry—These are the official "tweets" of trade magazine, Cruise Industry News. Get your fix of just-breaking cruise news here.
- @CruiseDiva—Aka Cruise Diva, Linda Coffman has been writing about cruising for years. She is the author of Fodor's The Complete Guide to Caribbean Cruises, co-author of Fodor's The Complete Guide to European Cruises, and contributes to Fodor's Caribbean Ports of Call, Alaska Ports of Call, European Ports of Call, Bermuda, Greece, and Greek Isles guidebooks.
- @CruiseMates—Paul Motter is the editor-in-chief of CruiseMates website and he tweets about the industry in general.
- @ShipCritic—If you read the ShipCritic blog, you already know Anne Campbell. As a journalist, she's covered the cruise beat since 1993.
- @AvidCruiser—This is Ralph Grizzle's handle and he's definitely worth following. You probably know Ralph from his terrific articles and video interviews for The Avid Cruiser magazine.
- @ExpertCruiser—Anita Durham-Potter is ExpertCruiser and she's a weekly columnist for MSNBC and Tripso.
Give Twitter a try and connect with these and hundreds of other cruise and travel experts.
Interested in luxury cruise news and unbiased luxury cruise reviews? Visit LuxuryCruiseBible.com.
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