travel | Blogger Interactive

Hello you beautiful bloggers. It has certainly been a hot minute since our last post recapping the events of BI13, and rightfully so. After all of the success of BI13, we needed some time to relax, reminisce, and basically recharge our bloggerific batteries before jumping in to the organization of BI14.

Triple this goodness in 2014!

One of the goals we set for future BI activities was to engage and involve more bloggers in more places. We want it to be easier (and cheaper!) for everyone to join in on the real life fun. We decided that the best way to do so was to reach out to bloggers in other regions to develop BI mini-meetups. This will be in addition to the main BI event (official details about the main event for 2014 are coming soon — hint — we already have a location nailed down). We think this will help open up more opportunities for involvement, and grow BI into something even more unstoppable.

Here is your chance to get involved as a BI Ambassador. If you are interested in hosting or helping to organize a mini meet up in your area, please contact us immediately. We are so pumped about this, and already have a few BI Ambassadors on board around the US that are helping us get the ball rolling. And speaking of mini meet ups, Becca has organized a mini meet up surprise right back in the city that it all began…

That’s right, Austin! Following are the details to join us for the Mini Meet Up at South by Southwest in Austin, TX:

When: the week of March11th-14th, 2014 any time until 6:00pm each day.

Where: Jellify Offices
708 South Lamar, Suite
Austin, TX 78704
(Jellifi is an event planning marketplace where Director Chesley Roberts has invited a group of our bloggers to use their offices as our official hangout spot during this weekend, free drinks and all)

Who: ALL bloggers. There is only one condition. Attendees must write a post SXSW post on his/her blog that gives mention to Jellifi as our mini meet up sponsor and host. They do for us, we do for them.

Why: Because it’s awesome, immediate, and includes chances for free passes to SXSW Interactive (check out the incredible SXSW schedule for the weekend of the 7th, and don’t forget that some sessions are free to attend)

To RSVP to the mini meet up and coordinate with other attendees, please visit the new Mini Meet Up tab on our menu bar and select Austin, TX – March 11th-14th.

Can you believe that Blogger Interactive is only 5 weeks away? We’ve been so focused on putting the finishing touches on it that we didn’t realize how quickly it was sneaking up on us. We’re really excited to meet everyone, and leave our stamp on the Lone Star State.

Word on the street is that some of you would love to go, but aren’t sure if you can afford it. We don’t want that to prevent any of you from going to the Greatest Conference on Earth™. This is why we’ve put together the following list of sites for traveling on the cheap. We want to change all of you maybes to yeses.

Airfare & Hotel

Southwest Airlines – They always have specials, and your bags fly for free!

Kayak – Search hundred of travel sites and book flights, hotels, vacations and rental cars

Booking Buddy – Similar to Kayak, Booking Buddy lets you price comparison shop

Hotwire – One of the original discount travel sites

Booking.com – Killer deals on hotels that are unpublished anywhere else

Yahoo! Travel – Searches multiple airlines, and often offers competitive rates

Airbnb – Vacation rentals, often times for much less than what you’d pay at a hotel.

Couchsurfing– Feeling adventurous? Stay on a stranger’s couch!

Airport Transportation

You don’t even need a car! Austin Metro picks people up at the airport, and has stops all over the downtown area. The best part? It’s ony $1! Check it out: Austin Public Transit .

Sightseeing

There are a myriad of free and cheap things to do in Austin:

Good ‘ol Groupon and LivingSocial

Still unsure if you want to make it out? Why not join our Facebook Group and familiarize yourself with some of the attendees. Stop by, introduce yourself, and then RSVP ‘yes’ here.

We look forward to seeing you in a few weeks!