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Behind the Scenes – a project completed
Date: February 5th, 2009 |
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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 [...]
Why Go: The Best of
Date: February 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
We’ve taken a gander around the WhyGo network of travel destinations and selected the cream of the crop:
Best Bali Honeymoon Hotels
A handy list as well as some tips and advice getting the most for your money on your honeymoon.
Amsterdam Museums
A guide to all the serious ones and all the weird ones too.
Best Bahamas Beaches
In a [...]
What Kind of Traveler Are You?
Date: January 30th, 2009 | No Comments
I travel like Bear Grylls !
You are a hardcore traveler with a stomach of steel, and you’ll eat a grub out of a tree long before you are even hungry. You can’t remember the last time you showered, but you still look good.
What type of traveler are you?Take BootsnAll’s Travel Quiz to find out.
OK so [...]
[read more]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, [...]
100 Best Travel Blogs
Date: January 16th, 2009 | No Comments
Travelhacker has put together a comprehensive list of 100 best travel blogs out there on the interwebs. They’ve categorized them pretty well into groups, solo travellers, tips, expats, those that choose not to fly and a few others.
A couple of BootsnAllers made the cut too which is awesome. Sheila’s Family Travel guide and Claire’s solo [...]
Best Travel Job Ever
Date: January 13th, 2009 | No Comments
The great state of Queensland (where I’m from) has somewhat of a reputation for being a little…. different. Take, for example, the month-long nude party we wrote about in November. Now QLD is making the news again for offering what might be the best travel job, hell the best job period, in the world.
Tourism Queensland [...]
Commenting on BootsnAll Stories: What do you think?
Date: January 7th, 2009 | No Comments
It used to be on BootsnAll that you could leave a comment about a story you read and liked (or didn’t), but it meant leaving the story and going to the message boards to share your thoughts. That seemed a little cumbersome so we created a better way to comment on articles.
Now you can comment [...]
Why Go: The Best of
Date: December 31st, 2008 | 1 comment
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, [...]
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
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BootsnAll Travel Network is launching a Facebook application to connect travelers. Portland, Oregon June 21, 2010 -- BootsnAll Travel Network has created a Facebook application -- BootsnAll Traveler Connect -- that helps connect travelers. The app lets you find other travelers going to the same place you are, or connect with locals living there. Users can ask travel questions, arrange … [Read more]
Member Spotlight
It's been awhile since we had a BootsnAll member stop by the office. However, thank to a recent post on the message boards wondering where the Boots Crew were these days, we managed to arrange lunch with Bideshi, aka Mike (blue shirt below).
With a couple of stints working in South …
[Read more] Events
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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