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Why Go: The Best of
Date: December 31st, 2008 |
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We’ve taken a gander around the WhyGo network of travel destinations and selected the cream of the crop:
Stag weekend in Amsterdam - a DIY guide
A stag party in a city famous for its red-light district and drugs would be enough to make any bride nervous. Roger has found some alternatives, but he’s got sex & [...]
A Look Back at 2008
Date: December 30th, 2008 | 1 comment
It’s the time of the year when, coupled with the excitement for the new year ahead, thoughts tend to stray backwards to the year past. Just about every sports show on TV will have a montage of the year’s best highlights set to a rockin’ soundtrack. News programmes will recap the major stories, no doubt [...]
[read more]BootsnAll Today
Date: December 24th, 2008 | No Comments
Following in the footsteps of WhyGo, we just released our own daily digest of BootsnAll: BootsnAll Today.
For regular visitors to BootsnAll, all of the options on the home page might be more than you need, so now you can get a snapshot of just what’s new today. More features are on their way soon, [...]
Travel Gear Blog gets a Facelift
Date: December 19th, 2008 | No Comments
One of BootsnAll’s oldest blogs, Travel Gear Blog, has just received a major facelift.
[read more]Top 10 Destinations for Independent Travelers for 2009
Date: December 17th, 2008 | No Comments
At the end of last year BootsnAll published our Top 10 Destinations for Independent Travelers in 2008. It was meant to highlight areas of the world of interest to a particular style of traveller. The independent traveller.
For 2009 we want to open up the nomination process to members of our community, as well as [...]
BootsnAll: The Early Days
Date: December 16th, 2008 | No Comments
As part of the 10th Anniversary celebrations last week, former BootsnAll employee and wordsmith extraordinaire from the Eugene days, Anthony St. Clair was in Portland and had penned a reflection on his time with BnA. He was due to read it to the large audience at the Wonder Ballroom, but given the ambient noise and [...]
[read more]BootsnAll Holiday Party 2008 Photos
Date: December 15th, 2008 | No Comments
Photos taken by Hayden throughout the party evening can now be seen here (almost 800!): photos.BootsnAll.com
I especially like this one of Prisa, xoom, Capt Steve, Stoo, dopeyzn, AmazingJulesVerne, & travelgirltiff
Don’t forget to tag your own photos bnapdx2008 on flickr if you’re uploading them there.
Travel Writing Contest on Business Travel Logue
Date: December 14th, 2008 | No Comments
Carrie over at the Business Travel Logue has put together a travel writing contest. Entering is pretty simple, just email her with your greatest travel transportation story - the donkey ride over high mountain passes, the nighttime bus ride with no headlights on the opposite side of the road, that sort of thing.
Prizes are pretty [...]
kathrynD: BootsnAll Holiday Party 2008 Member Interview
Date: December 5th, 2008 | No Comments
We wanted to highlight some of the awesome BootsnAll members that will be in attendance at this year’s BootsnAll 10th Anniversary Party.
BootsnAll Screen Name: kathrynD
Member since: November 8th, 2007
Post Count: 152
What was your first passport stamp?
France.
How did you find BootsnAll, &/or what attracted you to it?
I was looking for info on round-the-world trips. I guess [...]
hillbilly: BootsnAll Holiday Party 2008 Member Interview
Date: December 4th, 2008 | No Comments
We wanted to highlight some of the awesome BootsnAll members that will be in attendance at this year’s BootsnAll 10th Anniversary Party.
BootsnAll Screen Name: hillbilly
Member since: May 3rd, 2004
Post Count: 774
What was your first passport stamp?
The UK.
How did you find BootsnAll, &/or what attracted you to it?
Vagabonding by Rolf Potts.
What keeps you coming back to [...]
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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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