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Dillon: BootsnAll Holiday Party 2008 Member Interview
Date: October 31st, 2008 |
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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: Dillon
Member since: 21st April, 2004
Post Count: 40
What was your first passport stamp?
Netherlands
How did you find BootsnAll, &/or what attracted you to it?
I first meet the Boot crew at a book [...]
BootsnAll’s 10th Anniversary Party - December 6, 2008
Date: October 30th, 2008 | No Comments
Here’s another reminder that the huh-yuge BootsnAll party is coming up on December 6th. Good times are bound to be had by all and if you don’t believe me, check out the photos from years past:
2004 Party
2005 Party
2006 Party
2007 Party
If you are coming, we want to know about it. Please RSVP here.
[read more]BnA in the news
Date: October 24th, 2008 | No Comments
Nice mention of BootsnAll and an excerpt from one of its stories (written by her husband) by Robin Bayne in the Baltimore Book & Blog Examiner:
Travel blogs are tell-all vacation diaries
Thanks, Robin!
You like travel deals?
Date: October 22nd, 2008 | No Comments
We’ve got some for ya. And if you don’t like to remember to go look for ‘em, we’ve got you covered too.
Cheap Ticket Links is the place to find fantastic deals being offered by a large variety of travel companies. And if that’s not convenient enough for you, you can also subscribe via email and [...]
Lure of the Open Road: Road Trip USA
Date: October 14th, 2008 | No Comments
The words “Road Trip” conjure up images of summertime, wide open spaces and possibly a mildly trashy movie. It’s been a few years for me, the last being a road trip down memory lane with Sean to Yellowstone National Park, revisiting the sites that helped us shape the original idea of BootsnAll.
Summertime may be [...]
Armchair Traveling
Date: October 9th, 2008 | No Comments
Traveling can be a frustrating hobby sometimes. For most us, there just isn’t enough money, time, or freedom or take all the trips we’d like. What’s a traveler to do, with big dreams and a small bank balance? Live vicariously, of course. The next best thing to traveling is to watch or read about others [...]
[read more]It’s all Happening on Twitter
Date: October 7th, 2008 | 2 comments
If you’re on of those super tech-savvy people, you’ve probably been on Twitter for ages. It’s a fun tool to keep your friends, family, colleagues, and the public at large updated about such important things as the weather, your mood, and your YouTube discoveries. It’s also great to stay on top of the latest travel [...]
[read more]Planning a Trip is Half the Fun
Date: October 6th, 2008 | No Comments
Christine at Almost Fearless posted a wonderful article last week about travel planning. In Planning Travel, Almost as Good as the Real Thing, she writes
The expectation of travel can be a rewarding pursuit in itself. The side benefit is that well-researched trips not only go off smoother, but seem richer. A course in Art History, [...]
Traveler’s Toolkit 2.0
Date: October 3rd, 2008 | No Comments
Every traveler has questions, whether it’s the first big trip or not. What makes a good hostel? How do I eat well on a budget? How do I get some sleep at the airport? All these questions and more have been answered by travel experts on BootsnAll over the years. Now they’re all in one [...]
[read more]Travel and the Economy
Date: October 1st, 2008 | No Comments
I’m sure we’ve all seen our share of news about the current economic crisis, and some of us have worried about how it will affect our travel plans. But there are many good reasons why now is not necessarily a bad time to travel.
Christine at Almost Fearless lists six of them in The Economy [...]
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]
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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