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Introducing a New Paid Writing Program at BootsnAll
Date: December 10th, 2009 |
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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]Holiday Travel Tips from BootsnAll
Date: December 8th, 2009 | No Comments
I know I sound like everyone else this time of year, but I seriously can’t believe it’s December. I have clear memories of the 2008 BootsnAll party - so clear that it feels like it was yesterday - even though it’s the 2009 party that was just this past weekend. Time is flying, and I’m [...]
[read more]BootsnAll’s Interview with the Coca-Cola Expedition 206 Winners
Date: November 19th, 2009 | 4 comments
By now you’ve probably heard about Coca-Cola’s new round-the-world travel adventure, Expedition 206. The winning trio of travelers - Antonio, Kelly, and Tony - will spend 2010 visiting all 206 countries in which Coke products are sold. Yes, that’s 206 countries in one year. I’m absolutely not a math whiz, but my calculator tells me [...]
[read more]BootsnAll is Here for You, Budget Travelers
Date: November 18th, 2009 | 1 comment
We’re beginning to hear on the news that the economy is starting to recover (or at least it’s less bad than it was), but most people I know haven’t felt any improvements yet. There are still plenty of people who are unemployed or underemployed, and - as it impacts BootsnAll - many who are postponing [...]
[read more]Heading north to see the Olympics in Vancouver?
Date: November 11th, 2009 | 1 comment
Many moons ago when my parents moved my brothers and I from Connecticut to Oregon, we drove cross-country and spent much of our trip north of the border in Canada. I don’t remember much in the way of details about the places we saw, and as an adult I’ve only managed to make it back [...]
[read more]Taking Advantage of Off-Season Travel Deals
Date: November 4th, 2009 | 1 comment
One of the first truths you learn when you start paying attention to travel news is that by simply avoiding the peak travel times to any destination, you can save money on your trip. It makes perfect sense, and seems like one of those things you “should’ve known” in the first place - if I [...]
[read more]Halloween Travel Round-Up: What’s Spooking the Internet This Year
Date: October 30th, 2009 | No Comments
Is there such a thing as a Halloween Scrooge? Because if there is, then I’m it. I don’t have kids, and I live in a neighborhood that gets no trick-or-treaters whatsoever (over the nine years I’ve lived here the doorbell has rung on Halloween fewer than five times total, and I think three of those [...]
[read more]Traveling at Christmas
Date: October 29th, 2009 | No Comments
The holidays are approaching quickly (too quickly, if you ask me), and while most people I know are obligated to travel home to spend time with family, some travelers use the time off they get at the holidays as the perfect excuse to take advantage of the often low off-season fares to otherwise extremely expensive [...]
[read more]Traveler, Be Kind to Yourself
Date: October 22nd, 2009 | No Comments
The week before I was supposed to fly to Las Vegas for BlogWorld, I got a cold. Of course. I managed to kick the cold with a few days to spare before my trip, but unfortunately (thanks to the rigors of business travel) I came home a little hoarse and feeling like I’m still recovering [...]
[read more]Making Friends at BlogWorld 2009
Date: October 20th, 2009 | 6 comments
Yesterday on Twitter I declared that “the downside of making new friends in far-off places is the desire to be in all those far-off places at once (or at least more often).” Through the magic of a blog post instead of a 140-character Twitter post, I’m now able to expand on that statement.
What I was [...]
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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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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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