@20YS GOES TO BREAKFAST TELEVISION MONTREAL FOR A TRAVEL SEGMENT
It’s September! Oh it’s September and pretty soon, it will be ‘Tis The Season! The summer months seem to just fly by and as they say in the movie Shawshank Redemption… The world got itself in a hurry. Oh indeed it did!
WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS
Though I’m quite feeling a bit of melancholy with saying goodbye to August, I’m pretty happy of how it came and went! It was one of the most productive months for us. Not just in terms of the usual barrage of events and galas and getaways but… more significantly, August also marked 3 major milestones for us!
Firstly, my sister Maureen had another baby, right after her baby shower in fact! It’s a precious little boy named France Marlow (for now) with an adorable nickname perfect for a cute little dog or cat: Chee Chee. Lastly, I had my debut on a TV Show in Montreal! I had my very first guest segment at Breakfast Television Montreal you guys and I couldn’t be more happy!
So bring on September!
BT MONTREAL STUDIO #OOTD: ERIC IN P.K. SUBBAN X RW&CO. SUITING COLLECTION
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TV DEBUT AT BREAKFAST TELEVISION MONTREAL
As for my debut with Breakfast Television Montreal, I talked about TOP 5 Ways to Save on Travel especially with airfares. With all my years of travel blogging and press trips, I’ve learned so much about the industry and have gleaned on the insider’s tips on how to save on your next travel plan. I’ve been dying to share these tips!
So on a very early Thursday morning, we excitedly left our home away from home, the Delta Montreal (see our #Unrooming video here!). Dressed head to toe in RW&Co.’s new fall collection and Eric in a P.K. Subban X RW&Co. Suiting Collection (see #SubbanRWCo for more details), we walked/glided over to the heart of Centreville Montreal to the Breakfast Television Studios.
ON AIR #OOTD FOR DERICK FAGE AND @20YS: RW&CO. FALL COLLECTION
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So, here’s the video of our very first Breakfast Television Montreal segment with BT Montreal Host Derick Fage! You may remember Ottawa native Derick Fage as the long time television host of Daytime Ottawa! He’s recently accepted the new anchor position at Breakfast Television Montreal, co-hosting with the beautiful Laura Casella! You can watch the official one here and the behind the scenes take here. If you want to read or print the transcript of our BT Montreal TV presentation, here’s the tips that I’ve outlined on TV below:
WATCH BREAKFAST TELEVISION MONTREAL ON HOW TO SAVE BIG BUCKS ON YOUR NEXT TRIP
It may already be the end of August (it’s September 1st oh my!) but it doesn’t mean you can’t do anymore vacations! And it doesn’t mean you have to splurge either! There are plenty of end of summer deals to be had when it comes to travel, airfare, hotels and activities. Here’s our Top 5 Tips on HOW TO SAVE YOU ON YOUR NEXT TRAVEL PLAN:
1. TECHNOLOGY IS YOUR FRIEND – Have a computer, a laptop or a smartphone? These are your best friends when it comes to scouring the best deals online and IRL (In Real Life) for flights, hotels or vacation packages. Stay away from the big sites like Travelocity, Trip Advisor and Orbitz and try to use aggregator sites like Kayak.com and Hotels.com, which will scour the web for you and present you with multiple options, outlining the cheaper days to travel.
2. TECHNOLOGY IS YOUR NEMESIS – While technology can be your friend, it can also be your biggest enemy! Ever heard of browser history? Cookies? Not the warm and delicious cookies that you eat. But those ones that live in your computer and take digital footprints of your travel searches! Do you ever wonder why sometimes when you search for air fare in a particular website, the price all of a sudden goes up minutes or hours after?
It’s not because somebody else just bought that very same flight you were after. It does not reduce the supply and increase the demand. The price increase is not due to the law of supply and demand but rather these cookies that send your keyword travel searches to the airlines, hotels or other travel companies. They can see what you type of flight you were looking for, your destination, which day and what time you plan to travel and armed with this valuable information, they increase the prices!
This may make you panic and may make buy, which is understandable. You may fear the price will increase even more if you wait. But fear not. Instead, be a COOKIE MONSTER! Eat those cookies by deleting them in your computer settings! Refresh your browser, start over or better yet, switch computers and keep refreshin’ it!
3. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE DAY TO TRAVEL? – Beware! That may not be the best day to travel on a plane or even to buy your tickets! Here are the days that’s best to book for the best deal on airfares! In general weekdays are the best days to travel. While Tuesday is the CHEAPEST day to book a flight, Wednesday is the CHEAPEST day to travel!
And the most expensive day to fly? Sunday!
4. TRAVEL BLOGS ARE YOUR 411 – You can get a round up of top things to do in say Paris or Tokyo, you also get the insider’s secret to most of these hotels and travels destinations. AND most of the time, these travel blogs have discounts and promo codes that can help you save a lot of money! And on top of it all? A lot of travel blogs run contest and give-aways so your next trip to paradise could be ABSOLUTELY FREE!
5. ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE – If you never ask, you’ll never get! Sometimes, all you need is to ask VERY nicely! Celebrating a special occasion? Tell the hotel or the restaurant in advance! Most of the time, they’ll be more than happy to surprise you with special treats. It could be a birthday cake, a glass of champagne or better yet… a room upgrade! So… meet you at the penthouse?
THE CREDIT CARD SANDWICH: HOW TO ASK FOR A HOTEL ROOM UPGRADE
Wrapping up the segment, Derick asked me, how about asking for a hotel room upgrade. Do we have tips on how to do that and does it work? Well my friends, we couldn’t claim to be Fashion, Lifestyle and Travel Experts if we didn’t know the answer to that, could we? Ever heard of a Credit Card Sandwich? We’ve tried it, it works! How? You’re just gonna have to see the video right here!
ON AIR #OOTD FOR DERICK FAGE AND @20YS: RW&CO. FALL COLLECTION
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TECHNOLOGY IS YOUR FRIEND BUT SOCIAL MEDIA IS YOUR BEST FRIEND
But here’s a BONUS TIP my darlings… use Social Media to your advantage! Develop warm connections with hotels, tourism boards and other tourist attractions of your destinations. Don’t ask them on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, etc. Instead, engage with these companies, have a conversation with them and warm up that connection before you do ask. You’ll be surprised of what they can hook you up with!
Next time, we’ll go deeper and more advanced on finding tips and tricks to saving significantly on your next trip!
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How about you, do you have some top travel tips to share?
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