BootsnAll – an all-in-one website for independent travellers
BootsnAll is one of the better known websites amongst young travellers essentially because it offers just about everything that they’d be looking for under one roof.
So, for example, if you’re looking for cheap flights to Dublin then you’ll find loads of options here. What you’ll not find though is those of Ryanair basically because they forbid other sites to use their flight information. However, that’s not a great loss as their flights are often more expensive these days by the time you add on all their compulsory little extras and, of course, the service is absolutely dreadful. They’ve a neat little guide to the transport options to/from the airport that you’ve chosen which could save you a lot of messing about when you get there.
What you’ll also find is the confusingly titled link to youth hostels. In fact, there are far more hotels listed than youth hostels these days on the site that provides this listing service for BootsnAll. For example, if you look at Perpignan you’ll find that the four properties coming up are all hotels and the Perpignan youth hostel isn’t listed. Make sure you read the small print as to where the “hostel” is located as they’re listed by major town and in some cases the hostel is well outside the town.
Their forum is a great place to ask the dopey (or sensible) questions that we all have when heading off for somewhere exotic for the first time. It’s very much targeted at the type of place that independent travellers go ie it’s mainly the relatively offbeat places that get the best coverage. This isn’t the place to ask a question about travelling in Europe but rather a place to ask about climbing Kilimanjaro.
Finally, they have an online store where you’ll find a lot of the harder to find items that you might need if you’re heading off somewhere exotic. Before you get carried away with buying loads of neat gadgets from here, I’d be inclined to pop a question on the forum to find out what kind of stuff you really need if you’re heading off to some unfamiliar spot. Much as I’m sure the stuff listed is excellent, you really don’t want to be burdened down with things you don’t need when setting off.
Overall, it’s a good website covering a lot of the things that you’d need to have available if you were heading off on a big trip.
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