Social media could be coming to the rescue of hundreds of tourism businesses across NSW as interstate travellers are forced to cancel accommodation and head back across borders.
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With all the other states and territories slamming the door shut to NSW in varying degrees, interstate visitors have been forced to abandon holidays and head home.
Victorians joined six-hour queues out of the NSW South Coast yesterday and back over the border when it announced its border would close to NSW at midnight tonight.
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As they fled the NSW South Coast, cancellations rolled in from those who had bookings, leaving accommodation owners to take to Facebook let others know of the newly available getaways - and hopefully pick up new bookings to fill the books in what is meant to be the busiest time of the year.
Groups like NSW South Coast Holiday Accommodation (Australia) are littered with postings of last minute cancellations.
Posts proclaiming "cancelled due to border closures" and "property now available due to interstate cancellation" are common across the group.
Social media users are jumping on the chance to look and book a last minute getaway on the back of a year when holidays were largely non-existent, interrupted and hard to come by.
If you're looking to find a place or showcase a place, these other groups (some private, some public) might also offer some options for those looking for renters or getaways:
Kim Chappell
As Senior Producer - Digital for ACM's regional titles I assist newsrooms in digital best practice. Before this role, I was the digital journalist with ACM's national team and prior to that, the digital specialist with ACM's Agricultural division. I started as a general rounds journalist with The Land in 2006, moving up to hold the title of chief of staff before switching to digital reporting in 2015.
As Senior Producer - Digital for ACM's regional titles I assist newsrooms in digital best practice. Before this role, I was the digital journalist with ACM's national team and prior to that, the digital specialist with ACM's Agricultural division. I started as a general rounds journalist with The Land in 2006, moving up to hold the title of chief of staff before switching to digital reporting in 2015.
