Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: –Cruises, Sailing
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Whoa. Can this be true? A company called Overseas Adventure Travel, catering to travelers over 50, plans to eliminate the single supplement for all its land tours in 2009. And for many of its cruises, according to a USA Today blog entry. But if you're not retired, be prepared to save up those vacation days.…
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If tour operators and cruise lines are having trouble filling slots in the near future, solo travelers may have luck in getting the awful, horrible (the word “dreaded” has become overused) solo supplement waived or lowered. So says Budget Travel at CNN.com. I’ve written here before about the single supplement but I like to return…
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Speaking…again…of grim financial news… If money's tight, or you don't feel comfortable dropping a lot of cash right now, how about paying for your next vacation in increments? Were you ever the type to put money into a Christmas savings account (do they still have those?) or buy clothes on layaway? Now you can do…
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A solo cruise to Greece, Italy and Turkey changed April Lutz for all time. It wasn’t the amazing ruins of Ephesus, Turkey, the best preserved classical city of the Eastern Mediterranean. Or the visit to Izmir, Turkey, dating back to 3000 B.C. Or the stop in her favorite place, Santorini, Greece, with its brilliant white…
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Sometime during my early 20’s, my adventurous father treated me to a trip on a windjammer cruise off the coast of Long Island, in New York. In those days, I wasn’t traveling on my own. But I could see how easy it would have been to sail alone on a small boat like that and…
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The Washington Post devoted an entire travel section to how to "travel wisely." It was directed at a Washington audience, naturally. But even if you’re not from the local area, the info on "specialty" travel could be of great value. The "specialties" range from single/solo to volunteer to African American to gay and lesbian. Any…
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