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Growing Up (But Staying True to Who We Are)
Date: March 9th, 2010 |
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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 [...]
Announcing the BootsnAll Travel Writers Platform
Date: March 1st, 2010 | No Comments
One of the things that tends to happen when I talk to people about my job at BootsnAll is the, “Oh, you’re so lucky!” moment. I do consider myself extremely fortunate to be able to write about travel every day - to do something I love so much that work doesn’t feel like work. It’s [...]
[read more]BootsnAll’s WhyGo Paris Featured in Google’s Super Bowl Ad
Date: February 7th, 2010 | 6 comments
On the night before the Super Bowl, several BootsnAll employees went out for dinner and a few drinks at a local pub we love. Some of us made plans to watch the big football game together, but for the most part on Sunday we were scattered around the Portland area watching with family and friends.
Which [...]
The New “How I Travel” Series on BootsnAll
Date: February 3rd, 2010 | 1 comment
Generally speaking, at an internet company like BootsnAll most of the focus is on the future - writing the next post, starting the next site, booking the next trip. But this company has a fun history, and we quite like reminiscing about it from time to time. In fact, reminding ourselves what BootsnAll was about [...]
[read more]How about a winter getaway to Venice for Carnival?
Date: January 26th, 2010 | No Comments
It’s not surprising that the travel deals you’ll hear talked about most often in late January (and into February) are for sunny destinations, most often involving tropical beaches and umbrella-clad cocktails. But why do winter getaways have to be in warm climates? What about the people for whom winter is the best time of year, [...]
[read more]Romantic Getaways for Valentine’s Day
Date: January 20th, 2010 | 1 comment
True story. In November, a group of BootsnAll staffers were sitting around a table trying to make a list of holidays coming up for which we needed to line up material for our sites. We jotted down the biggies - Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years - and then paused. I jumped right ahead to Memorial Day, [...]
[read more]Put Travel in the “Why Not” Category
Date: January 14th, 2010 | No Comments
I have a travel confession to make: I got back from my holiday trip back east to visit the husband’s family more than 10 days ago, and I still haven’t finished unpacking. I wish I could say it’s because I’m about to jet off somewhere else any second now, but really it’s just that I’ve [...]
[read more]Is 2010 your year for travel?
Date: January 6th, 2010 | 1 comment
By pretty much any account, 2009 was a rough year for travel. The economy made it so many people postponed or canceled trips altogether, and that in turn meant that travel companies already struggling found it even harder to make ends meet. And economic troubles aside, the year ended with an attempted attack (thankfully thwarted) [...]
[read more]BootsnAll Staff Going to the 2010 World Cup
Date: December 18th, 2009 | 4 comments
When I started working at BootsnAll in 2006, I was not a soccer fan. I didn’t hate it, I just didn’t care about it. The only sport I was interested in at that point was cycling, and I was by no means a hard-core cycling fan, either.
But when half the office left for Germany to [...]
Introducing a New Paid Writing Program at BootsnAll
Date: December 10th, 2009 | No Comments
Some of you may recall that earlier this year BootsnAll introduced a couple of paid writing programs to augment our long-time program of publishing traveler articles and stories. We’ve been really pleased with the articles we’ve published through these new paid programs - so pleased, in fact, that we’re expanding the program with a new [...]
[read more]What is BootBlog?
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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One of the things that tends to happen when I talk to people about my job at BootsnAll is the, "Oh, you're so lucky!" moment. I do consider myself extremely fortunate to be able to write about travel every day - to do something I love so much that work doesn't feel …
[Read more] Member Spotlight
Those of you who read the BootBlog may remember my recent musings on how online friends become real-life friends. What some of you who read that article may not know is that I heard from several BootsnAll members after it was published who said, "Yeah, that's interesting and all, but we've been doing that for years now." And it's … [Read more]
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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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