Mike Ferraco ✈️
@FerracoFTW
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The Cheap Flights Guy | I help travelers find the cheapest flight for their trip. Tweets and threads about how you can do it too.
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Joined February 2010
If you use it right, Google Flights is the most powerful travel search engine in the world. But the advanced features are hard to find. I've researched 100s of trips using Google Flights. 🧵 Here are the features you're probably not using (but should be):
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Each year has brought major challenges, change, and blessings. I expect the trend to continue. Happy Anniversary @NolaFTW !
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Year 5 "The year of Adelaide!" A baby who has blessed us with so much joy and love. And a little traveler too. In just her first year, she's been to Florida, Sandbridge, Curaçao, Washington DC, and Georgia.
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Year 4 "The year of change" • We bought our first house • Expecting our first child • There was a global pandemic A lot of uncertainty as we tried to prepare for parenthood with no idea what to expect. Which led us to our best year yet...
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Year 3 "The year we were nomads" We quit our jobs, left DC, and backpacked SE Asia for 2 months, fulfilling one of our dreams. We lived a bunch of places in year 3: • Our apartment in DC • Parent's houses • Airbnbs • A house in Florida • A short-term apartment
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Year 2 "The year we won a trip to Hawaii" We didn't know people actually won those contests, until we did 😂. This was also the year we went to Greece, Chicago, New Orleans, New York, and Belize. ✈️
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Year 1 "The first year" Our first home together was in Washington, D.C. Things we miss the most about our favorite city? • Biking along the Potomac • All the food • Living 5 minutes from a major airport
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Last Friday was our 5 year anniversary. Here's my favorite picture from each of those 5 years. 🧵 📷
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I was standing on the sidewalk with my son when an older man approached me. He said: “I remember standing here with my newborn daughter. An old man came up to me and said ‘It goes by fast, cherish it.’ Well, my daughter is 45 now. It goes by fast, cherish it.” Don’t blink.
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You can get the same outcome (minus the caffeine boost) at other non-tourist spots in a city like: • grocery stores • shopping malls • city parks Places where tourists don't congregate and normal life is happening.
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First thing I do when I visit a new city: ☕ Find a good coffee shop • Gets me out exploring with a purpose immediately • Not a tourist spot, plenty of locals to talk to • Caffeine boost after traveling
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Some of the things I value the most about remote work right here.
No morning commute = going on a morning run, enjoying breakfast with your family, or just having a slow morning, stress-free. 💭
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Scared that having kids will end your travels? Take them with you!
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Usually I help people find flights. But I'm also pretty good at finding 🔥 coffee chops. DM me and I'll send 1 or 2 your way for your next trip.
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Average airfare is up 27% compared to 1 year ago. 👉 Want to be sure you're booking the cheapest flight available before you commit to summer travel? Comment with your destination and dates. I'll reply with the cheapest flight you can book.
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6 Cheap Flight Search Tools on Google Flights: 1. Multi-city search 2. Discount Dates 3. Region search 4. Flexible dates 5. Price tracking 6. Duration and baggage filters
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🥘 A recipe for expensive airfare: Picking a destination and dates before searching for flights. 🧠 Shift your mindset: Pick your location based on flight prices. Then pick the cheapest dates. You'll save $1000s on airfare.
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Airlines are not tech companies. That's why finding the best flight on an airline website is hard. Always use flight search services built by tech companies: • Google Flights • Skyscanner • Scott's Cheap Flights • Hopper What am I missing?
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