Dan Koday

Travel Writer/Editor ✏️ Digital Content & Social Media Consultant 📱

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

@ups your phone support is garbage. Just spent time calling and was told I would be transferred to refund team twice. Neither time connected. Why can’t I speak to someone directly on the refund team? Bc you delivered my package late and want zero responsibility

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

Terminal A EWR is absolute trash. 1 hr from touchdown to getting bags.

Takes longer to get through security each time than Terminal C.

Ubers take longer always. Am I the only one experiencing this? It’s made my travel experience worse, not better @united #terminala #ewr

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

When the sky is fallin’, the mountain is callin’.

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

As a concerned citizen of the world, I’d like to know what happened to all the chocolate filled @CadburyUSA cream eggs — you really don’t see them anywhere anymore!

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

Walking around @boroughredbank and this town would be great if drivers — including the police officers — stopped for pedestrians in crosswalks.

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

I think about this daily since I produce a lot of social content for clients. It’s a love/hate

[annie-mai @anniemaisocial]

working in social media 🤝 wishing you could delete all social media apps

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

Wait what, this is happening? I’ve heard of certain agencies paying journos to place stories editorially (highly unethical!) but this is a new level of 🤯🤯🤯

[Jill Schildhouse jillschildhouse.substack.com @JillSchildhouse]

Publicists: If a writer is charging for their leads on Substack, they are not ethical journalists. Do not pay. Do not work with them. You’d better serve your client by using that money to buy an ad, bc at least that would be guaranteed coverage. #prtips

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

@starlightmikka @starlightmikka happy to be a mentor, feel free to DM me or email me here: https://t.co/Njnjr89fxw

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

@astridtaran @Forbes @ForbesVetted Congrats Astrid!

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

That said, when I do go on a trip, my goal is always to get coverage and as much of it makes sense based on different angles.

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

The expectations have gotten out of control & are unethical. Would you agree to review or even write a Yelp review of a restaurant you’ve never tried? I get that these trips need to produce results for them, but there’s a reason it’s called *earned media* and not *paid media*.

[Rachel Dube @RachelDube_]

sometimes press trips truly have unrealistic coverage expectations. This is the reason why I prefer to do my own thing as much as I can. Takes the pressure off! But anyway, fellow freelancers, how many articles do you aim to secure per trip?

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

I also think it’s our responsibility as journalists to continue to push back and set realistic expectations and boundaries.

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

It’s happening more and more but in the end they’re burning bridges both for their agencies & clients. The other day I was then re-invited to one my outlets weren’t good enough for when another journo dropped out. Insulting, + just bad all around.

[Katie Lockhart @fndyrhappyplate]

Alright journo Twitter, how do we respond to a PR who invited you on a press trip then rescinded the invite after you accepted because "they're prioritizing confirmed coverage"?

[Jessica Valenti @JessicaValenti]

Nothing has made me happier than finding out that Megan Mullally calls Nick Offerman 'Episode 3' around the house

[Jeff Bogle @OWTK]

"Hey, you're invited on this trip!"

"Cool, thanks for thinking of me. I can attend!"

"Great, what's your story? Where will it be published? And when? Also, you're on the wait list as we had a big response to our invitation."

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

@MercedesBenz @MercedesAMG why is it that a feature is available when you "build" a car on the website, but at the dealer they told me it's not available? specifically the Sienna Brown Nappa leather in the C-class?

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

An icon, really.

[Ahmad Barber @theahmadbarber]

Has anyone ever heard of this? I have not an apparently I grew up in a different world.

[Jonathan Alter @jonathanalter]

As someone who has argued publicly that Biden is too old to run for reelection, I must admit: He sure wasn't too old tonight.

[Daniel Stables @DanStables]

Writers: does anything do your head in more than mistakes being edited *into* your work? It happens to me all the time, I’m sorry to say.

I don’t mean differences of opinion, style things, etc – I’m talking actual typos/grammatical mistakes. What to do?

[Dan Koday @dankoday]

@WheresEbony just DM’d ya! 👋🏼

[Ebony Joseph @WheresEbony]

Any #freelance #ecomm writers open to work? Share your portfolio in the replies. Would love to add you to our email list for future opportunities to contribute to Tripadvisor!