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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Mike Ferraco ✈️ retweeted
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.
Mike Ferraco ✈️ retweeted
Remote work is not about working from home, it's about working from anywhere.
Mike Ferraco ✈️ retweeted
The 10 most important reasons why remote and flexible work matters so much:
Mike Ferraco ✈️ retweeted
Most people think traveling is too expensive.
I find cheap flights and plan travel for clients every month.
Here's how I save them money:
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Mike Ferraco ✈️ retweeted
Airfare ⬆️ 10.7% is the single highest one-month jump on record.
But let's zoom out and look at airfare today compared to:
1 year ago: ⬆️ 24%
2 years ago: ⬇️ 5%
5 years ago: ⬇️ 25%
10 years ago: ⬇️ 35%
Chart:
Mike Ferraco ✈️ retweeted
Something I've realized:
Whenever I find myself saying "I'll do this when I have more time."
I should do 1 of 2 things:
• Do that thing immediately
• Accept I'm never going to do it
The time will never be right to do *anything* and this helps me remember that.
Mike Ferraco ✈️ retweeted
Cost of return to office full-time:
• 260-520 hours commuting / year
• $5K-$10K in commuting cost / year
Mike Ferraco ✈️ retweeted
The problem with all the "airfares are going up!" stories is they never grapple with the fact that two things can be true:
(1) "Average airfare" can be increasing
(2) Cheap flights are still extraordinarily abundant
Mike Ferraco ✈️ retweeted
I haven’t commuted to work in almost two years. That’s an extra ~750 hours of my life I’ve gotten back.
While I miss the everyday comradery of office work, remote work has let me travel the US, work more productively, and spend my mornings with my son. Well worth the trade off.
Mike Ferraco ✈️ retweeted
5 things I learned on my first solo trip around the world. #TravelTuesday
1) The beginning is toughest
2) You won't be alone
3) Be ready for the travel time warp
4) People aren't what you expect
5) Emotions are amplified
scienceofescape.com/things-t…
Mike Ferraco ✈️ retweeted
My tweets sucked.
I had no idea what to write about.
Then I analysed my data.
And found a way to get tweets that WORK!
Now I’m on +1k % impression growth & double digit engagement.
I created a simple guide.
Use it to hyper niche down.
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Mike Ferraco ✈️ retweeted
I spent a lot of the last 4 years talking about the future of work. Most people don’t care about the future of work
What people really care about: a better future of living
That’s why remote work matters. It enables > 1 Billion people globally to access a higher quality of life
Mike Ferraco ✈️ retweeted
Things worth doing the old-fashioned way:
•Print photos
•Cook at home
•Exercise outdoors
•Play a board game
•Keep a paper journal
•Read a physical book
•Call someone just to talk
•Send a handwritten letter in the mail
•Eat dinner as a family without electronics
