Five Travel Startups Use Social Media for Local Guides and Lower Fares

Samantha Shankman

December 23rd, 2013 at 11:36 AM EST

Photo Credit: Jetpac City Guides searches though public Instagram accounts to create curated city guides. Jetpac.com

[gallery ids="118080,118081,118082,118083,118084"] Our wish for 2014 is that startups stop wasting time trying to become the Facebook of travel and creating planning tools that only complicate the pre-trip process. Below are five examples of startups that use social media to improve or expedite the trip planning or sharing process, rather than drag it out. Get your daily dose of Skift: Subscribe to our newsletter, RSS, Twitter OR Facebook accounts. For all of our SkiftSeedlings collection, check out our archives here. >> CarryOn is a social travel planning site tha

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