2 posts tagged “travel guidebooks”

Finding your way in a new city can be a daunting task even if you know the language.  So what do you do when you have to find a location in a new country?  BootsnAll asked themselves this very question when they came up with the idea of putting interactive maps on some of their Travel Guide pages.  The maps allow you to find hostels and hotels and common points of interest. 

So what's the big deal?  The maps give you specific directions and have some information about the city that you may not know about.  The options are endless for what you can get out of them and they may even give some ideas for what to do with the extra time you have because you haven't been searching all day to find the Hostel that you are going to stay in.

Check out the topics currently being discussed on the BootsnAll Travel Forums:

• Some travelers never pick a guidebook up, others never put them down. Most of us fall somewhere in between. VickyNewell wants to know why some backpackers are so reliant on their guidebooks? Are they all first-time travelers who need the safety net? Are they afraid to step too far off the beaten path? What do you think?




• Bargaining is central to some cultures, and is therefore a key part of many travel experiences. But not everyone is comfortable haggling. Do you bargain when you travel?




• There are often questions on the boards about whether people going on long trips should bring their laptops along, and there is rarely a shortage of opinion on both sides of the issue. If you don't want to bring your own computer with you, you might still want to visit internet cafes every couple of days. On the other hand, you might take your travels as the perfect excuse to get away from email and cell phones. So, when you travel, how connected do you like to stay?




• Often, people who go on RTW trips have been working like dogs and saving money in order to quit one day and fund their trip. Lucky me wants to know how much you're willing to give up money-wise to fulfill the dream of long-term travel.

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