Boundless Journeys: On achieving new heights in a tough economic climate July 31st, 2009 • by Matt Holmes 30 July 2009 The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) Interview with Destination Manager Karen Cleary Boundless Journeys recently received Travel + Leisure Magazine’s annual “World’s Best” Award as the #7 best tour operator in the world. Offering a range of small group and expert local guide trips for adventure travel vacations worldwide, Boundless Journeys continues to… Read More »
Boundless Journeys has been selected as the #7 best Tour Operator in the World by Travel & Leisure Magazine in their annual "World's Best" Awards July 10th, 2009 • by Matt Holmes Travel + Leisure (T+L) readers have chosen Boundless Journeys as #7 in the magazine’s 2009 World’s Best Awards readers’ survey. Their readers rated tour operators, properties and destinations on a variety of criteria. Tour operators were evaluated on the following characteristics: staff and guides, itineraries and destinations, activities, accommodations, food, and value. Following tradition, highlights… Read More »
Responsible and Sustainable Travel Habits June 11th, 2009 • by Matt Holmes 16 Simple Ways for Travelers to Save the Planet By Eric Lucas Reprinted and adapted from MSN.com, April 2009 “No, I don’t need a clean plate,” I tell the server at a New York convention luncheon, I’ve come back for seconds, and I’m asking him to place the food on the same china plate I… Read More »
Adventure Travel Tour Operator Boundless Journeys wins Silver Medal May 7th, 2009 • by Matt Holmes The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) and Multichannel Merchant today presented the 2009 MCM Awards and Boundless Journeys’ 2009 catalog of The World’s Great Adventures was awarded a Silver Medal. The MCM Awards are the top honors for business-to-business and business-to-consumer multichannel marketers. They recognize superior print catalogs and websites from around the globe. Gold and… Read More »
See The World February 16th, 2009 • by Deborah Tobey Where have your shoes been? If the answer is neatly tucked away in your mudroom, or on your ottoman, take a look at this video. Why not walk through the jungles of Costa Rica, over volcanic islands in Ecuador, through the Gobi desert in Mongolia, or on the Inca Trail on a Peru hiking tour.… Read More »
Adventure Traveler's Health February 1st, 2009 • by Matt Holmes Staying healthy while on the trip of a lifetime. On an expeditionary rafting trip in Bolivia in 1995 I became violently ill (I’ll spare you the details) with giardia – an intestinal parasite after mistakenly drinking river water that I believed had been purified. It took a few rounds of antibiotics to get rid of… Read More »
"Best Adventure Travel Companies on Earth" January 23rd, 2009 • by Matt Holmes For the second time in as many years National Geographic Adventure magazine has conducted an unprecedented survey of travel companies, based on the important idea that it is not only imporant where you go, but also who you go with. After surveying paddling outfitters, trekking guides, safari specialists, and ones that do it all, they… Read More »