At the Office

Customer Call

Date: January 5th, 2007 |

I received a great phone call today, from a novice traveler headed to Nigeria that was considering buying her travel insurance through BootsnAll. After we had our discussion, she thanked us for all our great work and said that she really enjoyed our website, the forums, and said it has been an invaluable resource in [read more]

There are faces I remember…

Date: December 19th, 2006 |

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Even though I’ve been a member of the BootsnAll community since February 2005, it wasn’t until this year that I finally got to meet some of my fellow community members. And with the year drawing to a close, I thought I’d reminisce a little bit about the folks I met this year…
This summer, a couple [read more]

T-minus 8.5 hours and counting…

Date: December 2nd, 2006 |

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Yesterday’s moderator meeting was great; static and Capt Steve were the only ones who could make it in the end, and yet we could have kept the meeting going for hours past the cutoff time. It’s exciting to hear all the great ideas that come out when people get together like that. I’m looking forward [read more]

Mad Skills? Contract Travel Writers

Date: August 9th, 2006 |

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There is a new project at Bootsnall Travel Network – perhaps our biggest announcement of the year – that I thought everyone should know. We are going to start hiring a number of writers to develop travel guides for well traveled, well known destinations around the world.
If have passion, mad skills, and are an [read more]

Random Googling of the Day

Date: April 18th, 2006 |

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It’s awesome that there is so much content on the BootsnAll Travel Network. From our World Cup site to South Africa Blog, we have a lot of information.
The problem with having so much good stuff is that occasionally, when I’m searching Google, I come up with BootsnAll results that don’t really answer my question…such [read more]

Static isn’t static - 10,000 posts and counting

Date: December 31st, 2006 |

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I waited for it, I watched for it, and then I ended up missing it.
BootsnAll has had its first member pass the 10,000 post mark! At press time, Joe’s already at 10,125 - and steaming ahead, full-speed. I can’t wait to see what his post count is by this time next year.
And speaking of next [read more]

Happy Holidays

Date: December 5th, 2006 |

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The BootsnAll Holiday Party this past weekend was a raging success, in both London and Portland. Check out photos from these events and start thinking about making plans for our next major event in 6 months or so!
It’s the end of another year at the BootsnAll Travel Network. We have had a wonderful year, full [read more]

It’s Party Time!!

Date: November 20th, 2006 |

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“…Oh, just in case I stand one little chance
Here comes the jackpot question in advance
What are you doing New Year’s - New Year’s Eve?”
New Years? Who cares about New Years? The party I’m talking about is the 4th Annual BootsnAll Holiday Party!
DATE: Saturday, December 2, 2006
TIME: starts at 7:30pm
LOCATION: Backspace
Come one, come all, it’ll be [read more]

Boot Office World Cup Distraction

Date: June 22nd, 2006 |

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With half the office in Germany drinking beer and working on the BnA World Cup website, us in Portland are showing our supporting by sitting in front of the 48-inch screen stuck on ESPN or ESPN2, screaming obscenities at the US while we check email, try to work on a project, or, if you’re [read more]

Ying and Yang - New Product Forum

Date: April 17th, 2006 |

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We have started a new product forum in our community section. This forum is dedicated to educating our community about all the travel products, travel web sites, and new initiatitives in the BootsnAll Travel Network.
By telling our community members about our products (and hoping they use them), it helps us continue to provide travel guides, [read more]