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BootsnAll Today
Date: December 24th, 2008 |
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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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
BootsnAll’s Holiday Gift Guides
Date: November 18th, 2008 | No Comments
The holidays are hurtling toward us at an alarming rate, but BootsnAll is here to help. We’ve put together a few gift guides for you to browse, and each one is tailored to a specific interest - from destinations like France and Italy to people like business travelers to the eco-conscious among us. They’re ideal [...]
[read more]Get Freaky in North Queensland
Date: November 14th, 2008 | No Comments
A friend sent me a recent news item (I’m not going to think too deeply about why) that cracked me up and it has some slight travel relevance in that it takes place in beautiful far north Queensland. In an effort to combat the global credit crunch, a resort near the Daintree National Park is [...]
[read more]Why Go: The Best of
Date: November 13th, 2008 | No Comments
We’ve taken a gander around the WhyGo network of travel destinations and selected the cream of the crop:
65 Italy Gift Ideas for the Italophile in Your Life
If you can’t find something in this list then you’re just not trying.
26 Paris Gift Ideas for Your Inner Parisian
Continuing the theme with a parisian flair. Author Chris Card [...]
Rolf Potts Tonight
Date: November 11th, 2008 | No Comments
Just a reminder that Rolf Potts in speaking at Powell’s Bookstore on Burnside tonight. He’s on the road promoting his new book, Marco Polo Didn’t Go There
Rolf Potts @ Powell’s
Tuesday, November 11th 2008 7:30 PM
Powell’s City of Books on Burnside, Portland, OR
If you can’t make it, you can always meet Rolf at the BootsnAll 10th [...]
Rolf Potts Event in Portland
Date: November 4th, 2008 | No Comments
Rolf Potts, who is our special guest at the 2008 BootsnAll 10th Anniversary Party, is in Portland on November 11th. He’s on the road promoting his new book, Marco Polo Didn’t Go There and will be speaking at Powell’s Bookstore on Burnside. Come down and check him out! Details below.
[read more]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 [...]
Our Favorite Travel Links, 9/24/08
Date: September 24th, 2008 | No Comments
Flea markets are always a fun way to experience local culture, especially at one of these 8 Great Flea Market Destinations.
Indonesia Logue counts down Five Great Reasons to Visit Indonesia.
Cast your vote in Travel + Leisure’s poll of America’s Favorite Cities 2008. Round One saw the surprising upset of Honululu over Los Angeles (and [...]
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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 …
[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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