If you haven’t had a chance to check out our new traveler profiles, then this is the perfect time to do it. Part of what makes indie travel great is all the meaningful connections one makes with both locals and other travelers. So what we wanted to do was to give indie travelers a place to get together and share their adventures with other like-minded people. These traveler profiles are short and sweet and offer a variety of information about each person’s round the world trip (or for those who have not yet gone – their dream round the world trip). Each Tuesday, though, we are going to highlight one traveler from our profiles and offer up a little more information about them. Learn more about traveler of the week Grant below! 1. When do you leave for your trip and where is your first destination? I left September 5th and the first destination is New Zealand to do a South Island road trip with my sister. 2. What is your biggest concern at this point of the planning process? Only concern is being a little under planned for a month in China. I know the major stops I would like to hit such as Chengdu, Xian, Shanghai & Beijing but have not planned anything in-between. It is about time to hit the [...]
When planning a trip, have you ever wished that you could easily find someone you can related to, inspire you, and offer tips for your big trip? As travelers, we’re all different – we may all have the same love for travel, but some of us travel solo, some as a couple, some with families, some as retirees. Some dig adventure travel, hiking, and trekking. Some love some good beach time. The point is that we’re all different, and finding someone who shares your same interests makes trip planning that much easier and more exciting. Enter our new Traveler Profiles. One of the best parts of traveling is meeting other people, and these new traveler profiles aim to connect travelers with each other. Need some help planning a solo trip, sort the profiles by solo travelers, and you have a bounty of people who have already done it. Eager to find our more about India, find out who has claimed India as their favorite country, and voila, you have a list of people to read about and get in touch with. These traveler profiles give you yet another way to connect with other travelers. Each profile is linked to his or her respective Facebook pages, Twitter handles, and travel blogs. There is also a trip itinerary function where you can pull [...]
The 2011 Travel Blog Exchange Conference has come and gone. And no matter what you thought about the conference content and organization, one thing is undeniable – this was the year’s best chance to meet hundreds of other travel bloggers all in one spot. There were bloggers who write about budget travel, family travel, luxury travel, and culinary travel; bloggers who focus on specific regions or destinations like Italy or South America or Las Vegas; bloggers who write compelling narrative, and those who create service pieces with style; and there were bloggers who were experts in the fields of SEO, branding, and photography. With such a diverse crowd, attendees could seek out like-minded bloggers or just mix and mingle with a widely different group who had one thing in common: a love of travel and a desire to share their stories with the world. Here are some of the people the BootsnAll team enjoyed meeting at TBEX. From BootsnAll’s WhyGo Italy Writer, Jessica Spiegel: In its third year, TBEX is just as much about seeing existing friends as it is about making new ones – but in addition to finally getting to meet the illustrious Andrew Evans, Marilyn Terrell, Kayt Sukel, and Banff Squirrel, I was particularly excited this year by a few chance meetings I wasn’t expecting. Bianca from [...]
If you haven’t had a chance to check out our new traveler profiles, then this is the perfect time to do it. Part of what makes indie travel great is all the meaningful connections one makes with both locals and other travelers. So what we wanted to do was to give indie travelers a place to get together and share their adventures with other like-minded people. These traveler profiles are short and sweet and offer a variety of information about each person’s round the world trip (or for those who have not yet gone – their dream round the world trip). Each Tuesday, though, we are going to highlight one traveler from our profiles and offer up a little more information about them. Learn more about traveler of the week Grant below! 1. When do you leave for your trip and where is your first destination? I left September 5th and the first destination is New Zealand to do a South Island road trip with my sister. 2. What is your biggest concern at this point of the planning process? Only concern is being a little under planned for a month in China. I know the major stops I would like to hit such as Chengdu, Xian, Shanghai & Beijing but have not planned anything in-between. It is about time to hit the [...] 
When planning a trip, have you ever wished that you could easily find someone you can related to, inspire you, and offer tips for your big trip? As travelers, we’re all different – we may all have the same love for travel, but some of us travel solo, some as a couple, some with families, some as retirees. Some dig adventure travel, hiking, and trekking. Some love some good beach time. The point is that we’re all different, and finding someone who shares your same interests makes trip planning that much easier and more exciting. Enter our new Traveler Profiles. One of the best parts of traveling is meeting other people, and these new traveler profiles aim to connect travelers with each other. Need some help planning a solo trip, sort the profiles by solo travelers, and you have a bounty of people who have already done it. Eager to find our more about India, find out who has claimed India as their favorite country, and voila, you have a list of people to read about and get in touch with. These traveler profiles give you yet another way to connect with other travelers. Each profile is linked to his or her respective Facebook pages, Twitter handles, and travel blogs. There is also a trip itinerary function where you can pull [...] 
The 2011 Travel Blog Exchange Conference has come and gone. And no matter what you thought about the conference content and organization, one thing is undeniable – this was the year’s best chance to meet hundreds of other travel bloggers all in one spot. There were bloggers who write about budget travel, family travel, luxury travel, and culinary travel; bloggers who focus on specific regions or destinations like Italy or South America or Las Vegas; bloggers who write compelling narrative, and those who create service pieces with style; and there were bloggers who were experts in the fields of SEO, branding, and photography. With such a diverse crowd, attendees could seek out like-minded bloggers or just mix and mingle with a widely different group who had one thing in common: a love of travel and a desire to share their stories with the world. Here are some of the people the BootsnAll team enjoyed meeting at TBEX. From BootsnAll’s WhyGo Italy Writer, Jessica Spiegel: In its third year, TBEX is just as much about seeing existing friends as it is about making new ones – but in addition to finally getting to meet the illustrious Andrew Evans, Marilyn Terrell, Kayt Sukel, and Banff Squirrel, I was particularly excited this year by a few chance meetings I wasn’t expecting. Bianca from [...]