Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: –Tour Operators
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This city slicker played rodeo queen once. And it wasn't on Halloween. I was at the Kay El Bar Ranch in Wickenburg, Arizona, which is home to several horse ranches. I suited up with a neck hankerchief in the ranch's colors and tried my hand, and my horse, at barrel racing, pole bending and a…
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I heard on the radio the other morning that hotels in New York are offering terrific deals on rooms. One such deal was a rate reduction to $100 from $500. In that case, I won't complain about the fact that two people pay the same rate as one. Sorry I don't have more specifics about…
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"My father was a big whiskey drinker. He said that when he died, he wanted to be cremated. It took them three days to put the fire out." Joke, courtesy of Hugh, my bus driver during a tour of Northern Ireland. When someone ran out in front of our moving bus to cross a Belfast…
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Since I'm all about adventure travel, it was interesting to read on the SmarterTravel Web site that several companies are offering discounts on 2009 trips. Actually, the entry offers up about 100 of the "best discounted trips," although the choices are from only five different companies. For instance, Mountain Travel Sobek, an expensive company, is…
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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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These days, when I run into the tourism marketing people, I always say the same thing: "Nice destination, but is there a way for solo travelers to meet other travelers or local people while there? After a spell, we can get tired of traveling and touring on our own." The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors…
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Bora Bora in French Polynesia. Serengeti, Tanzania. Phi Phi Islands, Thailand. All destination favorites of the folks who book the tours at iExplore. Take it with a grain of salt, naturally. It's likely to be biased because it's put out by a company promoting tours to certain places. And yet…it IS a list of great…
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A few weeks ago I wrote about shorter organized tours offered by Backroads. I heard back from Undiscovered Country Tours and learned that they too offer weekend road bike tours. All in California. They say they offer more three- and four-day biking tours in California than any other company. Easy to believe, since California is…
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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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