Each week there are a series of travel chats that take place on the Twitter-sphere bringing together new and seasoned travellers. The intention of these chats is to share experience, views and opinions of travel related issues that have quite often affected those taking part.
I created the list below of chats that I have either taken part in myself or planned to… and then missed out. Quite often, the chats are promoted to a U.S. audience, so I have converted all timings to GMT (London) time for Europe-based travellers like myself that still wish to get involved :-).
When I first joined Twitter, I wasn’t sure of the protocol for travel chats – do you introduce yourself? Do you dive in and start chatting? How do you know when and where to start? Well, yes, it is good practice to introduce yourself to the chat, as well as letting your followers know that you are joining a chat so may be tweeting a little more than usual – and of course, they may want to join in.
Take a look through the list below, choose a chat that interests you. Search Twitter for the relevant hashtag close to the start time. The host or organiser for that chat will post questions, usually related to a nominated theme. Time is allowed in between for you to discuss with other participants your responses.
- In order for all chat participants to see your tweets and engage with you, be sure to end each tweet with the relevant hashtag. This will ensure your comments are read and shared with others.
- Keep it polite – Don’t be rude or offensive to others. The chat is a friendly and sociable environment.
- Tell other travel-addicts about the chats – the more the merrier.
- Most of all, enjoy yourself. Some travellers have had some really interesting experiences, don’t be shy to ask about it and follow up outside of the chat on any key points of interest.
N.B. List in order of days of the week. Should you wish to add a chat that you host to the list, then please let me know through the ‘Contact‘ page.
Weekly Travel Chats
Monday
GirlsTravel | 6pm | #Girlstravel
Founded by: @sheswanderful, co-hosted by @turnipseeds, @travlin_girl and yours truly, @adlibtraveller
Travel Cult | 8pm | #TravelCult
Hosted by: @SavvyGirlTravel
Travel Pics | 8pm | #TravelPics
Hosted by: @AntiTourist, @PoonamParihar
Traveling Moms | 1am | #TMOM
Hosted by @TravelingMoms
Tuesday
Cruise Chat | 7pm | #Cruisechat
Co-hosted by @CruiseLineFans @SimonTravels and/or @CaptainBirdie
Not So Usual Therapy Session | 8.30pm | #NUTS
Co-hosted by: @SandiMcKenna & @MidlifeRoadTrip
Travel Talk on Twitter | 9.30am/ 9.30pm | #TTOT
Founded by @TravelDudes
Wednesday
Reality Abroad Talk Wednesday | 5pm | #RATW
Hosted by: @RealityAbroad
Travel Chat South Africa | 5pm | #TravelChatSA
Hosted by: @TravelOpulent
Responsible Tourism Twitter Chat | 6am and 6pm | #RTTC
Hosted by @TheTravelWord & @RTTCollective
Adventure Travel | 7pm | #ATQA
Founded by: @ATQandA
Expedia Chat | 6.30pm | #ExpediaChat
Sponsored by: @Expedia
See The World | 8pm | #SeeTheWorld
Hosted by: @TheCultureur and @RovingAltruist
Round the World Chat | 8.30pm | #RTWChat
Hosted by: @BootsnAll
Travel Generation Chat | 9.30pm | #TGChat
Hosted by: @TravelGen
Travex | 10pm | #Travex
Co-hosted by @travelsquire & @theexplorateur
Thursday
Islands Chat | 6pm | #IslandsChat
Hosted by @IslandsMagazine
JETSET Extra | 6.30pm | #JSETT
Hosted by @JETSETextra
Travellers’ Night In | 8.30pm | #TNI
Hosted by @ZipSetGo
Travel Forward | 9.30pm | #TravelForward
Hosted by @ThoseWW and @ConstantWanders
Friday
Virtuoso Active & Speciality Travel | 4pm | #VastChat
Hosted by: @Sheila_gh & @moe_adventure
Travel Skills | 5pm | #TravelSkills
Hosted by: @johnnyjet & @cjmcginnis
Jetting Around Chat | 6pm | #JAChat
Hosted by Pola @JettingAround
Aloha Live | 8pm | #AlohaLive
Hosted by @DiscoverHawaii
Fortnightly Travel Chats
Eat The World | 8pm | #EatTheWorld
Hosted by Stephanie @20sTravel twice monthly (Full #EatTheWorld schedule)
Monthly Travel Chats
Florida Keys Chat | 8pm | #FLKeys
Hosted by:@KeysClaudia, moderated by @PineapplePress, last Wednesday each month
Mexico Travel Chat | 6pm | #MexChat
Hosted by:@StayAdventurous second Monday of every month (Full #MexChat Schedule)
Paradise Chat | 7pm | #ParadiseChat
Co-hosted by @ParadiseChat & @MarriottResorts, announced on monthly basis by Marriott Resorts
Great re-cap! Thanks. Perhaps you can add another – #SM4TA – Social Media for Travel Agents.
Myself, @SophieBujold and @TravelweekGroup created this and have successfully hosted two chats with an average of about 25-30 participants each time. We will be hosting it on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 2pm (EST).
It is aimed at Travel Professionals on a whole. Thanks!
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I was JUST asking about this in the Facebook group we share. Can I share it with the group? How helpful! Thank you!
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It’s really a great and helpful piece of info. I am glad that you shared this helpful information with us. Please keep us informed like this. Thanks for sharing.
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I love this list. Seriously, I refer to it constantly!
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Thanks so much for the comments, great to know that it’s of use 🙂
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It’s great to have this list in one place, well done! And thank you for adding #JAchat to the list. 🙂
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No trouble at all, thanks for checking out the list!
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Great list particularly for newbies! Thanks for sharing.
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This is great!
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Thanks for reading, I’m glad that it’s been useful 🙂
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Brilliant. Thank you so much for this! There is also one on Responsible Travel hosted by Ethan Gelber (@thetravelword ) #RTTC that you should add to your list. I’m not sure of the day – think it’s Wednesday.
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Thanks Kim, I’ve now added this to the list 🙂
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