Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: -North America
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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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I may be sooo 20th century, but sometimes I prefer to pick up a magazine instead of heading for the Internet for trip ideas. I’m looking, as we speak, at a section I ripped out of my National Geographic Adventure from November 2007. It’s called Best Outfitters on Earth. When you don’t exactly know where…
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Boston is ka-razy lively on weekend nights. I almost missed it. After a long day of conference sessions, I thought about staying in for the evening. But it was still shy of 6 pm and that would have been way too long an evening in a sterile hotel room. I briefly considered going to the…
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Not all travel has to be about vacationing, in the sense of wining, dining and sightseeing. You could choose, instead, to wade into a culture or a community by serving as a volunteer. It’s almost a guarantee that lots of people will arrive solo. Imagine trying to convince a travel buddy to catch, color-band and…
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I used to think Mr. Right might show up on one of the biking trips I was booking. Or at the Club Med. Or on the river where I was rafting. I’ve heard many stories of people meeting on active vacations and falling in love. Sure, love could strike somewhere between biking a butte and…
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So this guy, Casey Fenton, buys a ticket to Iceland, but he doesn’t know anyone there. He dreads the thought of staying in an impersonal hotel and playing tourist all weekend. So, he does what anyone…scratch that…no one else would think to do. He emails more than 1,500 Icelandic students in Reykjavik, the capital, asking…
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Reading about tonight’s total eclipse of the moon reminded me of an assignment I had several years ago. It was during the Leonid Meteor Shower of 2001. I was in Niagara Falls doing a story for The Washington Post. At some ungodly hour, I dragged my sorry self out of a hotel bed. I wanted…
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What could be worse than being the one and only single person at an "intimate couples retreat" in the Poconos? Especially one that promotes itself like this: "Looking for a lovers’ paradise for your honeymoon or romantic getaway? Look no further than our Cove Haven Resort." I was that single person. At a resort with…
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Ever study the faces of men lined up on Valentine’s Day to buy, last-minute of course, exorbitantly priced flowers or chocolate? Men suffer around Valentine’s Day. You KNOW they do. For the longest time, the marketing folks aimed their PR guns solely at couples. Buy roses. Buy chocolate. Buy fuzzy pink bears. Buy, buy, buy.…
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Boss out of town? The beach beckons? Got vacation days? Okay, then. Jump on a plane and get out of town. Or country. When it’s just you, you don’t have to coordinate with anyone. You don’t have to wonder if both of you can get the time off. I subscribe to a site catering to…
Boldly Go Solo 