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BOOTSNALL'S HIRING
World Cup Blog Intern/Contact Position
BootsnAll is looking for a football-obsessed intern for World Cup Blog. Applicants should have excellent organization and management skills and be able to cultivate relationships with writers from multiple countries. This is a paying temporary position with a possibility of turning into a permanent assignment. Applicants must be able to (or at least open to) go to Germany from May 30th to July 11th, 2006. For more information, see the BootBlog.
Sales and Marketing
BootsnAll Travel Network seeks a motivated, dynamic sales and marketing executive to develop a sales plan for our travel web sites, and to manage and sell advertising space. Qualified candidates will not only love travel, but also possess a strong work ethic, ability to build a client base, and have an entrepreneurial spirit. This position will grow and thrive based on you, no one else.
Responsibilities will include generating advertising leads, creating a sales and marketing plan, and cultivating business relationships with new and existing customers. Experience in sales and marketing in general is required. Click here for more details and information on how to apply.
TRAVELER REPORTS
Travel News For Travel People
Mary Beth Alison and her mother face a precocious rat in their bedroom. Read More
There aren't too many worse ways of being woken than being clanged from sleep pre-dawn by a large bell, but Duncan Mckenzie is willing to bet that having to watch a 64-year-old naked German swing about the room 5 minutes afterwards is probably one of them. Read More
Buzzing along at 20-25 kilometers/hour is not the ideal way to cover a lot of ground fast and on Road #40, this speed lands Tom Pellman somewhere in between the gliding electric bicycles and the brick-hauling pug-nosed tractors on the transportation food chain. Read More
Matt Falcus offers his guide to one of Germany's largest cities. Read More
Chased down by a jeep and assaulted by its driver, missionary Thomas Jones is forced to defend himself in Paraguay. Read More
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WHERE NEXT?
New frontiers for modern-day explorers and independent travel
Eleventh Stop: Colombia
Nicknamed Loco-lombia, the underbelly of this crazy South American country has scared away a number of travelers for years. However, as more adventurers visit Colombia, the country's troubled reputation has been replaced with first-person accounts of the beautiful lands, amazing attractions and kind and generous people. The country shouldn't be ignored the next time you swing south.
Read more about Colombia
Know a hidden destination that you would like to share with other independent travelers? Email donovan@BootsnAll.com and tell him a place you would like to nominate for our newsletter.
INSIDER INFO - Who Are Touts and Why Are They Bothering Me?
How to Touts Operate?
Online dictionaries describe touts as people who "solicit customers, votes, or patronage, especially in a brazen way." Simply put, they're the people that harass you as you step off a bus and claim to know the best hostels in Central London - and then you arrive you discover it's a 30 minute tube ride downtown.
For the rest of the article, read Who Are Touts and Why Are They Bothering Me?
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TRAVEL TALK
A travelers community for ranting and raving about world
Worst border crossing?
It can be the roughest ride, the most dangerous, one that cost the largest amount of baksheesh, or just biggest pain in the butt. What is your horror story?
You know you travel too much when...
Little things travelers do that others don't, such as: You've actually used all the tidbits on your Swiss Army knife, you have duct tape re-rolled and at the ready in a nook in your bag and your set of dishes at home are all from the free give aways at festivals around Europe.
Pill kit
DanikaD is heading around the world. What over-the-counter or prescription drugs should she take with her on the road?
What so good about Syria?
Soofligo was greatly dissapointed with Syria. He has a multiple entry visa - should he go back? What should he see?
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