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BootsnAll Traveler Connect: Internet Tool for Solo Travelers
Date: July 14th, 2010 |
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People who know me (and many who don’t) know that when I started working for BootsnAll back in 2006 I was, by any measure, the atypical BootsnAll traveler. At that point I’d never stayed in a hostel, I hadn’t taken off backpacking around Europe (or anywhere, for that matter), and I really didn’t relish the [...]
[read more]Connecting Travelers in a Digital Age
Date: July 1st, 2010 | No Comments
I spent last weekend in New York at the second Travel Blog Exchange conference with colleagues Sean Keener and Katie Hammel, and since the trip was a whirlwind of activity (for more than just me) it’s been interesting to watch the recaps filter through the blogosphere over the last few days. It’s easy to say [...]
[read more]Summer Travel Destination: National Parks
Date: June 22nd, 2010 | No Comments
It’s finally technically and officially summer around here, although we’re still suffering from unseasonably cold and wet weather in Portland (remember this, people, next time you ask me if you should move here). I can tell from all of the “OH MY GOD IT’S SO HOT” updates on Twitter and Facebook, however, that bona fide [...]
[read more]Summer Road Trip Tips
Date: June 16th, 2010 | No Comments
This is the time of year when many people organize road trips, which makes sense. While some parts of the world experience decent weather year-round, summer is when you can count on good weather – and, in particular, good driving weather – in more places. And although a good road trip includes a list of [...]
[read more]Summer Festivals Galore
Date: May 25th, 2010 | No Comments
Although you wouldn’t know it by looking outside the window in Portland right now, we’ve had a spate of abso-freaking-fabulous weather here lately. When the sun first starts streaming down on Portland, it’s intoxicating to the point of distraction – and it’s just a taste of things to come.
Summer brings out the festival spirit all [...]
Summer Travel May Not Require a Big Budget
Date: May 12th, 2010 | No Comments
There’s an old joke I love about a guy who, upon his death and arrival at the pearly gates, asks to get a tour of hell just to see what he’s avoided. Near the furnace where the devil himself is throwing the condemned into a gaping fiery hole, there’s a pile of people that every [...]
[read more]Expanding Your Options for Weekend Travel
Date: April 28th, 2010 | 1 comment
BootsnAll has long been known as the place to go if you’re interested in RTW travel and long-term trips in general, and several of my colleagues have round-the-world trips under their belts. But that doesn’t mean long trips are the only ones we like to take. In fact, most of the travel we do is, [...]
[read more]Volunteer Vacations: Something for Everyone
Date: April 14th, 2010 | 1 comment
Not too long ago on BootsnAll we published an article called “The Evolution of a Traveller.” It was a fun look at the different stages travelers go through in life – of course not everyone fits into the categories outlined by the author, but there’s enough truth to the groups she talked about for most [...]
[read more]Work is Fun, but it’s Still a Business
Date: April 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Sometimes at BootsnAll it’s easy to forget that we’re running an actual business. Sure, we all work hard every day – often more than the usual five workdays per week – but when you’re up to your eyeballs in awesome and inspirational travel stories all the time, that “work” stuff morphs pretty seamlessly into “fun.”
For [...]
Growing Up (But Staying True to Who We Are)
Date: March 9th, 2010 | No Comments
In the early days of BootsnAll, Sean and Chris wrote up a “Code of Conduct” and although some of it might not hold up in the company today, most of it still applies.
One thing that hasn’t changed is that we recognize that there are many types of travelers, and “all types of independent travel will [...]
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BootBlog is the company blog of the BootsnAll Travel Network, a company that has been connecting travellers since 1998. Our goal is to inspire, educate and cultivate an organic community of independent travellers. But what does that mean? Well, we love to travel and we love to connect other travellers who have the desire to get out and see this great world of ours. BootBlog will showcase what is going on around the office, around the company and within our community of travellers.Top Categories
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BootsnAll Travel Network is launching a Facebook application to connect travelers. Portland, Oregon June 21, 2010 -- BootsnAll Travel Network has created a Facebook application -- BootsnAll Traveler Connect -- that helps connect travelers. The app lets you find other travelers going to the same place you are, or connect with locals living there. Users can ask travel questions, arrange … [Read more]
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It's been awhile since we had a BootsnAll member stop by the office. However, thank to a recent post on the message boards wondering where the Boots Crew were these days, we managed to arrange lunch with Bideshi, aka Mike (blue shirt below).
With a couple of stints working in South …
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Awhile back I posted here about getting into the Boston Globe Travel Show for free. Turns out that was for the trade conference during the day on Friday Feb 19th, not the travel show for regular consumers like you and me that runs from the evening of Friday, February 19 to …
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