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How about a winter getaway to Venice for Carnival?
Date: January 26th, 2010 |
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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]Wanted: Vitamin D
Date: January 25th, 2010 | 2 comments
It’s about this time every year that we find ourselves dreaming of a winter getaway. The excitement of the holidays are over, the next three day weekend is months off, and summer seems years away (and yes, I realize that’s not a logical thought).
What to do? Well I’m always inclined to find a deal, [...]
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]3 Things I Didn’t Know About RTW Tickets
Date: January 18th, 2010 | 3 comments
This week, we’re focusing on round the world travel across the BootsnAll Travel Network. After finishing my RTW last year — sans an RTW ticket — I’ve learned a few things about around the world tickets.
Not all RTW tickets require you to travel in one direction. One of my biggest concerns about buying an [...]
[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]Most Popular BootsnAll Stories in December
Date: December 29th, 2009 | 2 comments
Every month we produce a newsletter that highlights the best stories submitted to BootsnAll for that month. That got me wondering what the most popular stories on BootsnAll were for the month, based solely on traffic. It was surprising how many of the stories were several month’s old, including two from last year! Enjoy these [...]
[read more]Happy Holidays from BootsnAll!
Date: December 21st, 2009 | No Comments
We’re coming up on the end of 2009, so we wanted to send a big holiday hug to all of you in the BootsnAll community.
When you get to think about and talk about travel all year long, it’s easy to take it for granted. Which is one of the many reasons we’re so thankful for [...]
[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 [...]
Books That Make You Want To Travel To England
Date: December 16th, 2009 | 2 comments
I was an avid reader growing up, so I had always wanted to travel to London and see where so many literary classics were written. OK, it wasn’t the only reason, but when I did a summer study abroad program in Marseilles, France, I was stoked to find the cheapest options from Portland were flights [...]
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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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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 …
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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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