Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
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Winter visitors to Yellowstone National Park have the park, and the herds of native bison, practically to themselves. Apparently, it's a pretty special place to be in the next few months. “Winter for us means terrific cross country skiing, a sense of quiet and solitude and truly unparalleled opportunities for wildlife viewing,” said Jeff Brown,…
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'Tis the season to go cruising. And, I'm seeing a lot of offers from companies waiving the single supplement. What astounds me is how much people have been willing to pay to travel solo on a cruise. Avalon Waterways' announcement about waiving the single supplement on some 2011 cruises in Europe says that you can…
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"Learn to take great pictures while touring DC's favorite locations." What a cool concept for solo travelers from out of town. Lynford Morton of PhotoTour Excursions offers two, two, two events in one. (okay, only the older among us will remember that chewing gum commercial. Or was it mints?) Photo lessons and a tour of…
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Norwegian Epic's solo cabins rated a major travel story in the Los Angeles Times today. The reporter went on a Caribbean cruise specifically to check out the solo sailing on a cruise line has taken notice of the solo traveler market. Norwegian Epic offers private rooms on a seven-day cruise for $1,271-$1,409. It would cost…
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Is the market for solo travel slowly turning our way? Is the industry finally willing to cater to the solo traveler? Hard to say. But I would love to take at face value the following quote and others in a story about how the industry is wooing solo travelers irritated by the extra charges they…
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Share | http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4b5091010838a219 Today's post is a roundup of solo-related pieces I found on the Web in the past few days. First, in a continuation of travel deals from my last post, there are two cruise lines that are waiving the single supplements on certain voyages. Avalon Waterways has some European river cruises available with…
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http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4b4b889e59d6e0ed In preparation for being interviewed on the BBC World's travel program, called "fast:track," I asked experts if they knew of tour operators that waived or markedly lowered the single supplement. (Who knew the BBC piece was going to involve a boy blowup doll?!) Many respondents told me about companies they knew or, or represented,…
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