Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: -Netherlands
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I now throw out the idea of "singles" travel for those who might be interested in joining a tour composed solely of people traveling alone, who are presumably not married. I have not gone with the group Singles Travel Service, but I'm on the email list and they recently sent me a newsletter on some…
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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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Fellow travel writer Laura Byrne Paquet ended up in Amsterdam's Red Light District doing…well…not what you think. Paquet and her husband, tourists from Canada, had arranged a special meeting. No, not for what you think! They had arranged to have dinner with a local couple. A company called Like-a-Local arranges for visitors to have dinner…
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Could you travel the world with no luggage? We're talking none. No checked bag. No overhead bag. No backpack. No fanny pack. Not even a plastic grocery bag. None. Just a lot of pockets to stuff with necessary items and some soap for washing out clothes. This is the six-week travel challenge for Rolf Potts,…
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It was during a hitchhiking trip from the Netherlands to Norway that I learned that Denmark celebrates an American Fourth of July. Well, in its own Danish way. And has done since 1912. In fact, it's the largest Fourth of July celebration outside of the United States. The celebration is held in Rebild Bakker, a…
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Travel + Leisure's July issue describes the "world's top biking cities" Three are in the U.S.: Minneapolis, Portland (Oregon) and Seattle. The others are Amsterdam (of course), Bogota (who knew?), Copenhagen, Montreal, Munich, Paris and Perth. The site offers a slide show of the various cities. There's a great photo of a four-story parking structure…
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Travel writers have come up with a list of their favorite train rides and it has set my mind to wandering. And daydreaming. About past and future trips. The only train ride they list that I've actually been on is the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad that chugs through Colorado's two-million-acre San Juan National…
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On the Web site "Travelers Notebook," Tim Patterson writes about "10 Travel Risks Worth Taking." Several of them don't interest me. (Decline anti-malaria medication. Brush your teeth with the tap water.) But one I particularly subscribe to: Trust in the kindness of strangers. Patterson says that almost all the people he meets in his travels…
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It seems crazy but you can become friends "for life" with people you spend a week with on vacation. Why this happens, I don't know. I'm reminded of it because on Sunday, I had dinner with Barry and Viv from Tampa. We met years ago on a skating vacation. Shortly after that trip, I had…
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