S-e-r-e-n-d-i-p-i-t-y

by Court on February 25, 2004    |    4 Comments »


I never realized how many travelers like to use the word serendipity until I started reading new member applications. People seem to be big fans of letting serendipity guide their travels. I, personally, had never used the word in that context…I wonder if she’s a good guide? :)

• Previous article: Travel Bookstore by BootsnAll
Go to Homepage
• Next Article: Mt. Hood from the BootBus

Comments


Chris
February 26, 2004
 
Arrow
Corner

I had no idea what the word meant until I looked it up in the Oxford English, ‘the occurrence of events by chance in a fortunate way’.
Origin: coined by the English politician Horace Wolpole, from Serendip(a former name for Sri Lanka).
Good to hear BootsnAll members are getting all the luck.

Corner
escapeartist
February 27, 2004
 
Arrow
Corner

I am one of those new members who used the word, and while it is a favorite of mine, the application actually prompts us with that word which could explain the frequent usage. I must contend that it is a delightful thing to let serendipity guide your travels. It is amazing the events, people, sights, and things you encounter that serve to enrich not only the experience, but you as a person. And, everyday holds the delectable joy of surprise to accompany the wonder of exploration. Try it! I wouldn’t have it any other way!

Corner
Chris
March 1, 2004
 
Arrow
Corner

If you want another good word, try “maximax”

Its part of game theory. It means that if you are given a number of choices of actions, but you do not know the probablitiy to success with any individual action, you should choose the action which gives you the best result… basically: Go for it.

Corner
court
March 1, 2004
 
Arrow
Corner

Ok Chris, if I see anyone with the word “maximax” on their app, I’ll approve them, if only because they read enough of the Bootblog to know to use that word :P
Court

Corner

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

Announcing the BootsnAll Travel Writers Platform
writerplatformOne 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

There's gonna be a Bootie wedding!
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

Boston Globe Travel Show for (Almost) Free!
BostonAwhile 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 … [Read more]

When you're looking for Cellphone Rentals, try our friends at GoNomad.



BootsnAll on Facebook
BootsnAll Helps you travel
Destinations
Flights
Beds
RTW Travel
Community
Travel Insurance
Adventure Travel
More BootsnAll
”Travel

BnA on Twitter

Archives

We Recommend: