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Turning Online Friends into Real-Life Friends
Date: May 25th, 2009 |
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Not that long ago, my mother still looked at me with a deer-in-headlights look when I said the word “blog.” She knew I was working for a web company, and she knew what the internet and email were, but blogs were just something she’d heard someone mention on NPR - she didn’t actually know what [...]
[read more]How Working in the Travel Business Changed How I Travel
Date: May 12th, 2009 | 3 comments
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]Featured Adventure: Thailand + 5% off!
Date: March 4th, 2009 | No Comments
Looking for some adventure? Our featured adventure trip this week is East Coast Island Hopping, a nine day very flexible trip among the islands of Thailand’s east coast - including Koh Pha-ngan and Koh Samui.
As an added bonus, in recognition that times are tight, mention this post when you call or email us and we’ll [...]
Featured Adventure: Morocco
Date: January 27th, 2009 | No Comments
Looking for some adventure? Fancy channeling your inner Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca? Want to rub shoulders with the fortune tellers and snake charmers in the main market of Marrakesh?
If any of this sounds appealing, why not check out the Magical Morocco adventure trip. 9 days covering a broad spectrum of Moroccan cities and highlights.
Call us [...]
BootsnAll’s Top 10 Destinations in 2009
Date: January 6th, 2009 | No Comments
We asked the question of what are the top destinations for independent travelers to visit and the BootsnAll community responded. The result is the Top 10 Destinations for Independent Travelers in 2009.
This is not a list of the most hardcore places on earth to travel to, places that you can brag to your mates [...]
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]The World is Your Oyster
Date: October 17th, 2008 | No Comments
Well Portland is tomorrow at least with the running of the Portland Oyster Urban Adventure Race. I just discovered this today or else I would have seriously considered putting a team together for it. The race itself is kept secret right up until the start and you have no idea what you’ll be doing but [...]
[read more]I’m Going to BlogHer 2008 in San Francisco
Date: July 8th, 2008 | No Comments
I’m going to be attending my first blogging conference next weekend in San Francisco - BlogHer 2008, which runs from July 17th through the 20th. If any of you are going to be there, send me a note to let me know. It’d be great to meet some fellow travel bloggers in person! I’m not [...]
[read more]Win a RTW Ticket in 400 Words or Less
Date: October 18th, 2007 | 1 comment
We love travel contests - especially ones with kickass prizes like a free around-the-world plane ticket. Yes, you read that right. The people who brought you the vagabonding movie, “A Map for Saturday” have teamed up with Hostelling International USA in what they’re calling, “The Big Trip Contest.” Here’s the scoop:
Want to see the world? [...]
Travel Blog to Watch: One Year on Earth
Date: August 24th, 2007 | 1 comment
You know all those times when you find a really cool blog about a RTW trip, but the traveler is already midway through the trip so you have to spend inordinate amounts of time (at work, let’s be honest) catching up to then read along in real time? While it’s fun to have that kind [...]
[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
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BootsnAll Today has just been relaunched with some notable upgrades that make it pretty cool, in my opinion. But we could use your help to make it even better. If you're a travel blogger, we want you to send us your best stuff so we can link to it in our daily travel news. If you have an article that … [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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BootsnAll has always prided itself on being a little bit different. We're still the only travel website out there that manually reads each and every membership application that we get. It makes the membership that little bit more valuable and keeps the majority of spammers away. In order to post comments on BootsnAll travel articles and leave reviews about … [Read more]
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