Out & About
Going Postal 3000 - Travel Game
Date: March 7th, 2005 |
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Recently the BootsnAll Travel Network and Going Postal 3000 have launched a new travel game for trading travel postcards. The catch is, they are hand-delivered to you by someone passing through your city or town. There is no postage, only an address where one traveler trys to find another traveler.
Everyone needs to try Going [...]
Get Dumped and Go Around the World
Date: January 21st, 2005 | No Comments
Interesting article about a bloke that gets dumped and goes around the world for 2 years with his recently divorced brother. They travelled in true flashpacker style.
They got rid of their guidebooks in Vietnam. “I’m sick of the cult of the Lonely Planet. And I’m sick of hanging out with Lonely Planet groupies,” Wisner [...]
Sean and Donovan in NY
Date: January 12th, 2005 | No Comments
Donovan and I are at the PDX Airport now on our way to New York for 5 or 6 days. If you want to meet-up, we will be at the NY Travel Show: - leave a comment on my blog if you are up to it. (trying to protect against comment spam and not [...]
[read more]Boot Baby Blog
Date: January 5th, 2005 | No Comments
Nick is getting married and having a baby. Check it all out and the re-designed Bali Travel Blog.
Congrats Nick!
BootsnAll Goes Bavarian in Leavenworth, WA
Date: December 4th, 2004 | 4 comments
The BootBoyz left Portland today, giving the new Toyota Prius the first real run on a road trip up to Leavenworth, WA. This is the location of our year-end meeting - some time away from the office to really think about what BootsnAll can be and how we can make it all happen. Court and [...]
[read more]Seattle BnA Get Together
Date: November 23rd, 2004 | 6 comments
Chris and I scurried up to Seattle on Saturday for the Seattle BootsnAll get together. About 15 folks came along for a nite of travel chat, drinking, and a few laughs as well.
I had a blast listening to people’s past adventures and future plans. Some of the ones that I remember are:
Meredith sharing [...]
Up $1100 at Hard Rock so…
Date: November 16th, 2004 | 10 comments
Chris and I arrived in Vegas to a beautiful day. We had a meeting and it looks like we are gonna close a deal that totally benefits the BootsnAll community. Afterwards, we had a lot of sushi and I convinced Chris to plop down $100 so we can play blackjack at Hard Rock [...]
[read more]Las Vegas for BootBoyz
Date: November 15th, 2004 | 1 comment
Chris and I are off to Las Vegas today for a webmaster’s conference. We found a Cheap Las Vegas Hotel on our Cheap Hotel Website. It should be a lot of fun and hope we can learn a few things as well.
A big thanks to BnA HQ new neighbors. They spammed us [...]
Climb For A Cause – “The Trek For Life: Kilimanjaro 2005″
Date: November 3rd, 2004 | No Comments
Attention BootsnAll members! If you are headed to Africa and are considering climbing Kilimanjaro, you might want to check this out this great cause.
This coming February, Travel Talk Radio is leading an expedition to the legendary Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the highest mountain in Africa. Travel Talk Radio is inviting others to join their fundraising [...]
“You’re getting the bloody sack, mate”
Date: October 19th, 2004 | 2 comments
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Adventure travel is quickly becoming one of the hottest new trends in travel. If you don’t believe me, I am sure you (and millions more) will see Fox’s new travel reality show this November, kind of like a hybrid of the Survivor meets the Apprentice, where 16 contestants travel [...]
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