Tomorrow morning, The Roaming Boomers® will be on ABC 15’s Sonoran Living program talking about travel and leisure deals that are found only on Facebook and Twitter.
In the spirit of Facebook fan deals, we have negotiated eight exciting deals exclusively for our Facebook fans!
Take a look at these eight exclusive Roaming Boomer deals we have for you:
SWB, a southwest bistro at Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch – 15% offbreakfast or lunch check (excluding alcohol) Monday-Friday.
Arizona Opera’s production of Turandot – 25% off your ticket price.
The Lodge at Sedona – Queen rooms for just $99 each night and luxury King rooms for just $150 each night, Monday – Thursday only. Free gourmet breakfast.
T. Cook’s at The Royal Palms Resort & Spa – 15% off breakfast or lunch check (excluding alcohol) Monday-Friday.
Talavera Restaurant at Four Seasons Scottsdale at Troon North – One free dessert per entree, valid Sunday – Thursday.
La Hacienda at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess – 20% off your entire restaurant bill.
Let’s give a BIG round of applause to these fine organizations for supporting you, our fans!
OK! Here’s the Fine Print
All of these offers are only good through January 31, 2011.
These deals have been negotiated exclusively for our Facebook Fans. Therefore, go “like” our Facebook Fan Page to qualify.
All of these deals require aspecial “promo code” which is found only on our Facebook Fan Page. Once you “like” our Facebook Fan Page, you will then find the special required “promo code”.
It is important that you give the special “promo code” when you first make your reservations!
Wow! Let’s all get out there and enjoy these incredible travel and dining deals.
Note: This is an example of the incredible deals that we will be bringing to those who are members of our soon-to-launch Roaming Boomers Rewards Club. While you’re here, make certain that you join our free club to take advantage of future cool deals that we will bring to our subscribers. To join, simply put your e-mail address in the “Join Us! section of our website.
TEMPE, Ariz., Jan 10, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Beginning today, US Airways’ (NYSE:LCC) customers who have wanted to take a luxury vacation but were worried about the price tag will have the chance to experience the VIP lifestyle during a Twitter promotion @USAirways. US Airways Vacations will be offering upscale travel packages, including luxurious extras such as room upgrades, champagne toasts, first class seats and limousine transportation for @USAirways Twitter followers between Jan. 10 and Jan. 21.
“Each day, we’ll post exclusive travel deals and trivia on our @USAirways Twitter feed for our followers. Travelers will have chances to score amazing prizes and save big on their next vacation,” said Chris Ames, director of sales, US Airways Vacations. “In addition to our generous discounts, we’ve also got some surprises to take our loyal Twitter followers’ vacations to the next level.”
The @USAirways exclusive offers will include a limited number of VIP upgrade deals with indulgent extras such as an upgraded room, butler service, spa treatments and more, all for the price of a regular package to our top destinations. There will also be additional discounts offered exclusively to US Airways’ Twitter followers and the chance to win vacation packages through daily trivia questions.
US Airways customers who don’t “tweet” can still save up to $250 on vacation packages between Jan. 10 and Jan. 31 by visiting the US Airways Vacations website at usairwaysvacations.com/January.
Old Town Farmers’ Market ~ Scottsdale, Arizona – When we travel, we absolutely LOVE to visit the local farmers’ markets.
Farmers’ markets are a wonderful place for breakfast or lunch, a great place to visit with locals, and a wonderful place to purchase fresh organic foods for picnic lunches, breads, wine, cheeses, and fresh fruit while you’re traveling.
In our visit to Scottsdale’s Old Town Farmers’ Market, we found fresh baked goods, jams (David loves Arizona orange marmalade), hand-made pasta (pictured right), almost every conceivable vegetable (Arizona growers create produce in winter), Arizona wines, home-made tamales (YUM), cheeses, olive oils, fresh flown-in fish, artisan chocolates, hot home-made donuts (they were cleaned out in an hour), fresh Arizona citrus, and much, much, more.
The Old Town Farmers’ Market occurs Saturday’s from 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., and directions can be found at the link just above.
Roaring Fork Restaurant ~ Scottsdale, Arizona – After church on Sunday, we teamed up with Susie Timm (Girl Meats Fork), her husband Eric, and headed off to Roaring Fork to sample their newly tendered Sunday Brunch.
For over a decade, Roaring Fork has been serving up “wood fired cooking that captures the spirit of bold American cuisine, creating flavors that crackle with a rugged edge”.
Further, Roaring Fork is from the same team that brought us the very successful Eddie V’s and Wildfish Seafood Grille.
The Brunch started on November 14th, will continue every Sunday through Mother’s Day, is served from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and includes a buffet style menu offering a bread table, savory Cold & Hot item station, Egg & Carving tables as well as a tasty dessert station. Menu items include:
Sticky Cinnamon Buns
Waffles with warm syrup and whipped cream
Candied jalapeno coleslaw
Apple walnut orzo salad
Classic eggs Benedict
Breakfast flat bread with spinach, tomatoes, eggs and white cheddar
Green Chile Pork Stew
Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
Sage and Cornbread Stuffing
Scalloped potatoes and roasted chilies
Green Chile cheese grits with cheddar and bacon
Pecan Pie Diamonds
Banana Foster bread pudding
Fruit tarts
In addition, signature Mimosas and Bloody Mary’s are available throughout brunch services for $5.00 each.
As we were seated at our table, immediately presented to us was this plate full of piping hot, sugar-glazed manna directly from heaven. Wow! What a wonderful first impression!
With so many delectable choices available, I (David) determined ahead of time that I was going to stick to breakfast-type fare, and only one plate full of food.
Even this decision was difficult with so many options, but I finally settled on Corn Bread Benedict, Chilequilles (w/ Roasted Chicken & Potatoes), and Green Chile Pork Stew (w/ Warm Buttered Tortillas). I’m so glad I now live in the Southwest. What an absolutely delightful variety of flavors. As I’m writing this, I find myself deeply wishing I had leftovers.
As the four of us enjoyed our food and conversation, it was now time for dessert. Carol and I were both on the verge of being full, so we opted to share….get this!….hot Banana Foster Bread Pudding.
I went to the dessert station, and brought back this wonderful, gooey dessert fit for the finest king’s table with the agreement that we would share. Carol would eat half, and then pass the plate to me to enjoy.
As we continued in our conversation, with not a small bit of salivation on my part, I glanced over and Carol had “shamefully I say, shamefully” consumed well over half!
ACK!
“Honey”, I said, “what happened to our agreement?”. She blushed, made a few feeble attempts at justifying her behavior, and off I went again to the dessert table.
In all the excitement, I also forget to photograph what was perhaps the pièce de résistance of the whole meal.
But, I did have joyous visions of Banana Foster Bread Pudding dancing in my head as I slept that night. Glorious! Standing ovation worthy!
As you have probably figured out by now, we loved this meal, and can confidently recommend that you enjoy this Sunday Brunch for yourself.
Disclosure: this wonderful Sunday Brunch was provided by the really cool folks at Roaring Fork. Thanks!
Towards the end of last year, I wrote separate articles sharing how Twitter and Facebook were excellent places to find up-to-the-minute travel deals.
Now that we are ten days into the new year, I thought I might do a little digging around to see what we might find from the “Twavelverse” in the way of travel deals on Facebook and Twitter.
Here is a “tweet” from Delta Airlines on January 5th that tells me that we might be on to something here:
“…don’t you worry, 2011 will see many fun giveaways in our social media channels!” (via @Delta on Twitter)
Here’s what I found:
Twitter:
US Airways – Just for our Twitter followers! Save up to $350 on hundreds of vacations – it all starts today. Details at https://bit.ly/etaQjl (via @USAirways, 1/10/2011)
Hawaiian Airline – Twitter Hawaii Five-O Trivia Contest from Hawaiian Air – In H50, right before the tooth was found, what landmark was featured? – https://bit.ly/efUgc5 (via @HawaiianAir, 1/4/20100)
Scottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau – The first person to physically say “I Love Scottsdale” at our table at the Bud Light Fiesta gets 2 tickets to the BCS Championship game. (via @scottsdaleaz, 1/6/2011)
The Lodge at Sedona – last minute getaway twitter deal – king suite 30% off 1st night, 20% off 2nd night, subject to availability: https://bit.ly/dNs6Te (via @LodgeinSedona, 1/10/2011).
National Park Service – Free Entrance Days in the National Parks Announced for 2011: https://go.usa.gov/r8z (via @NatlParkService, 1/05/2001).
Facebook:
Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain – Stay 3 nights or more and save 20%!! (via Sanctuary FB page, dated 1/04/2011)
Virgin America Airlines – You deserve a little break from the daily grind. Fly Virgin America and any of our sister airlines for a chance to win the ultimate get-way-away. Enter before January 31 and you could be relaxing on Sir Richard Branson’s private island, Necker. (via Virgin FB page, 1/0702011).
Celebrity Cruises – Each week in January we’ll feature a different destination. This week, it’s cruises to Australia & New Zealand, Hawaii and Panama Canal. Book between Jan. 3 and Jan. 9 to receive up to $150 on us to spend onboard. (via Celebrity Cruises FB page, 1/04/2011)
Kiwi Collection – Every 100th booking, for the next 100 days is free! Chance for free vacation. (via Kiwi Collection FB page, 1/05//2011)
Pink Jeep Tours – Click on the Sweepstakes tab to enter to win a Jeep tour for two. (via Pink Jeep FB page, 1/07/2011).
As of this writing, Facebook has over 500 million users, and Twitter clocks in with 106 million users. Furthermore, baby boomer users (the biggest bubble of money in the US) have more than doubled on Facebook in the last year.
This means that purveyors in the travel and leisure category are all scrambling for the attention of these massive crowds of people. For them, it is a dream come true because they have direct free access to your home with your simple subscription.
In both environments, use the search tools to find your favorite resorts, hotel chains, restaurants, wineries, etc., follow them, and watch the travel deals stream onto your computer on a daily basis.
Follow our simple advice, and we believe that you will find 2011 to be the year of travel and leisure savings unprecedentedly found on Twitter and Facebook.
The Roaming Boomers
Tomorrow morning, The Roaming Boomers® will be on ABC 15’s Sonoran Living program talking about travel and leisure deals that are found only on Facebook and Twitter.
