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What can change in 14 years? In Prague, quite a bit.
Date: May 21st, 2009 |
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When I was in college and preparing for my semester abroad in England, I remember talking with a friend about a side-trip I was probably going to take with my Swiss cousin to Prague.
“Prague is depressing,” she said. “Pretty, but depressing.”
Turns out, she’d visited the city during a high school summer trip to Europe, back [...]
Travel Stimulus Package: Week One
Date: May 11th, 2009 | 1 comment
We’ve drawn the first prize in BootsnAll’s Travel Stimulus Package contest and the lucky winner is April O’Connell-Cole. She will soon be receiving the Camping Kit from GSI that’s packed with goodies for the campsite.
April is also involved in the travel industry as a tour consultant for Journeys Within. In her own words:
Journeys Within [...]
BootsnAll Hates Twitter
Date: April 1st, 2009 | 1 comment
Yes, we know, Twitter is all the rage. The creators of the insidious micro-blogging tool have wormed their way into the hearts of millions and even gotten highly-regarded news icons like Anderson Cooper and Geraldo Rivera to take the bait. We’re all using the ridiculous language of Twitter and see nothing wrong with saying, “Did [...]
[read more]Time Waster Fridays
Date: February 6th, 2009 | No Comments
A few different things to waste away a Friday afternoon this week.
A pretty cool clock that you can save as your screensaver.
A mesmerizing representation of Digg’d articles. Seattle library has a similar display of the items on loan.
World news mashed with a world map - another cool screensaver
Originally spotted here.
[read more]Why Go: The Best of
Date: January 26th, 2009 | No Comments
We’ve taken a gander around the WhyGo network of travel destinations and selected the cream of the crop:
Australia’s Wine Country
A guide to all of the major wine regions from the world’s largest supplier of still wines. And not a Yellow Tail to be found.
Spring Break in Costa Rica
Less money on a hotel room means more [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Get Your Wend On!
Date: November 26th, 2008 | No Comments
It’s that time of year when the giving of gifts brings all kinds of stress as you struggle to find something so-and-so will like. Well, if so-and-so is into travel, you could do a lot worse than a subscription to Wend Magazine. The crew at Wend are based in Portland and we’re big fans of [...]
[read more]Win great prizes at the BootsnAll Party
Date: November 12th, 2008 | No Comments
If you’ve been sitting on the fence about coming to the BootsnAll 10th Anniversary Party on December 6th, it’s time to get off your uncomfortable perch and book it.
Here’s three great prizes to help you make up your mind:
Travel the world for $250 less! BootsnAll will be giving away one $250 voucher to use on [...]
[read more]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]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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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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