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 [...]

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 [...]

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) [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

BootsnAll Staff Going to the 2010 World Cup

Date: December 18th, 2009 | 3 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]