Walkabout Travel Gear

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Walkabout Travel Gear

Industry	Internet Sale
Founded	May 3, 1995
Founder	Gia and Bradford Boyle

Walkabout Travel Gear was an online retailer of travel accessories that was, at the time, one of few companies to begin selling on the Internet. The company went online in November 1995. The first capture by archive.org was on December 23, 1996.^[1] The domain name "walkabouttravelgear.com" was not secured until early 1996. The internet address upon startup was xmission.com/~walkgear/walk.htm.^[2] A printout of the website dated June 29, 1996, is available.^[3]