Help your clients stay in touch while abroad
You may wonder how your clients can stay connected while travelling or living in another country. How can they know what’s happening in Bhutan, Bulgaria or Burundi? How can they access reliable and timely safe-travel information exactly when, where and how they need it? The answer is through a variety of innovative smart-travel tools.
Travel.gc.ca – the Government of Canada's website for Canadians travelling or living abroad – is supported by a wide range of e-communications resources. The website uses social media to share information, receive and respond to inquiries, extend its reach to a wider audience and keep the conversation going with Canadians who travel and live abroad. It encourages feedback and interaction.
Did you know…?
Travel.gc.ca now has about 12,000 followers on Twitter and 5,500 likes on Facebook.
Canadians travellers can:
•Follow travel.gc.ca on Twitter for the latest Travel Advice and Advisories, Travel Health Notices, crisis updates, evacuation information, and to learn how and where to get consular assistance in an emergency abroad.
•Visit the travel.gc.ca Facebook page to stay up-to date on safety, security and health conditions around the world, travel-related public outreach events, and other information of interest to travellers.
•Join travel.gc.ca on Foursquare to make the most of wh¬¬ere they are and to get destination-specific information when they “check in” at locations outside of Canada with a mobile device.
In addition to benefitting from social media, travellers can:
•Subscribe to RSS feeds for country-specific news and alerts delivered directly to their RSS readers.
•Sign up for email Travel Updates to receive daily bulletins on Travel Advice and Advisories, seasonal updates and other important safe-travel news.
•Pack the Travel Smart mobile app to access key information on the go, such as border wait times, the coordinates of Canadian embassies and consulates, destination-specific safety and health conditions, and more.
•Sign up for the Registration of Canadians Abroad, a convenient, mobile-friendly service that enables the Government of Canada to reach and assist Canadians in an emergency abroad or inform them about an emergency at home.
There have never been so many ways for Canadian travellers to stay informed and to keep in touch! Encourage your clients to use these resources, to join the safe-travel conversation, and they’ll never miss a travel-related update from the Government of Canada.
Did you know…?
When bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, travel.gc.ca’s first Tweets went out within 20 minutes. Social media channels played a crucial part in the Government of Canada’s communications response, reaching more than 2,000,000 people with key information about emergency services and security measures for Canadians affected by the tragedy.
For more information about smart-travel tools, contact Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada at travel@international.gc.ca or visit the Stay Connected page.