No matter how many times they are told about the benefits of solo travel some people simply are not going to set out alone. For them, I offer the Web sites below. These sites promise to find solo vacationers a travel partner. In alphabetical order:
CuteTravelMate.com promises to find you friends, singles or travel companions with similar interests. (It seems to me those could all be one and the same.) Then you can share the fun and the expenses. But anything named "CuteTravelMate.com", I’m sorry, ain’t about finding "friends," to travel with. Because honestly? "Cute" is seldom one of my criteria for a good travel companion. "Doesn’t snore?" Better…
Just Us Girls is a travel-matching service for women over 40. It offers to "individually" match you with a "like-minded travel partner for travel, adventure and friendship."
Mango Tree was founded by a guy named Ian, from Botswana. It’s headquartered in London but members come from all over. The site is "dedicated to turning your dream adventures into reality – whether by
helping you find new travel companions, providing helpful tips and
advice or simply giving you the inspiration to go somewhere new."
SocialJane.com
bills itself as a "social Web site to assist its members with meeting
other women for the purpose of forming friendships and activity
partners."
The Thelma and Louise Club enables women to "meet like-minded women, find travel companions and fulfil (sic) their aspirations."
Travel Chums
promotes itself as an-all purpose site for people to find companions to
travel with; travel companions to marry; vacation companions who like
the same activities; and "friends" to visit in the city
you’re heading for. That’s a big mission. I wonder how well it works?
Good luck and let me know if any of these work for you.
Photo: Ellen Perlman. New Zealand.
Boldly Go Solo 
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