At the Office
How Working in the Travel Business Changed How I Travel
Date: May 12th, 2009 |
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Whenever those of us at BootsnAll tell people what we do for a living, one of the first questions we get is, “Ooh, do you get to travel all the time?” It’s one of those questions where no matter how you answer it you’re kind of screwed. If we say, “Why, yes, we travel all [...]
[read more]BootsnAll Staff on Twitter
Date: March 16th, 2009 | No Comments
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve highlighted the travel Twitter accounts that we particularly like - travel companies on Twitter and travel writers on Twitter - and along the way, we’ve been mentioning various BootsnAll Twitter accounts as well. But for this final Twitter-related post, here’s a list of all the BootsnAll Twitterers. Not [...]
[read more]Travel Writers We Like on Twitter
Date: March 9th, 2009 | 36 comments
Last week, I wrote about some of our favorite travel companies on Twitter - and while I love seeing companies in any industry embracing Twitter, I think most of the great travel Twitter conversations are happening between the travel writers themselves.
Whether these people write for their own blog, a group-maintained blog, or someone else’s website, [...]
Travel Companies We Like on Twitter
Date: March 2nd, 2009 | 3 comments
While some people say that Twitter has already gone mainstream, until I can tell my mother I saw something on Twitter and have her look at me with anything but a blank stare I don’t buy it. Still, it’s definitely growing like crazy - and at BootsnAll, we’re big fans of Twitter. So much so, [...]
[read more]Time Waster Fridays
Date: February 20th, 2009 | No Comments
A few different videos to help you waste away a Friday afternoon this week.
Fan rocks out to Bon Jovi on the Jumbotron
Letterman makes the best of an ‘absent’ Joaquin Phoenix
Time lapse video of a walk from Beijing to Germany. Pretty cool
Thanks to the Good Experience Newsletter and @ben_coop for the finds.
And don’t forget to check [...]
Behind the Scenes - a project completed
Date: February 5th, 2009 | 3 comments
Hot on the heels of our message boards upgrade earlier in January, we’ve been hard at work connecting all the varied dots of the BootsnAll Travel Network. Now, when you log in to BootsnAll, not only will you have access to the forums, you’ll also be logged in to be able to:
review hostels
rate BootsnAll travel [...]
Time Waster Fridays
Date: January 30th, 2009 | No Comments
Enjoy the cringe-inducing photos of poorly designed hotel websites in the aptly named Unfortunate Hotels blog, created by Miss Expatria.
[read more]Time Waster Fridays
Date: January 23rd, 2009 | No Comments
Some more fun stuff to while away a Friday afternoon…
Check out this video of the story of Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it). Vader fans the world over prepare to cringe.
And if you like people talking out of their arse about stuff they know little about, check out Drunk History. Folks get [...]
New BootsnAll Message Boards
Date: January 19th, 2009 | No Comments
If you’ve tried logging in to our forums today you’ll probably be surprised to find that you’re unable to post or reply to topics. This is not a conspiracy to lock you out. We’re in the middle of upgrading our forums to something bigger, stronger, faster, better.
Not only will we have better profile pages, [...]
Interview with Rolf Potts
Date: January 5th, 2009 | No Comments
When Rolf Potts was in town last month as part of his book tour for Marco Polo Didn’t Go There (and to be our special guest at the 10th anniversary party) we whisked him into the basement for an interview. If you can ignore my dodgy attempt at asking questions, enjoy what Rolf has to [...]
[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
Featured Post
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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