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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Can you say "shoulder season?" Summer's over. The holidays aren't here yet. Deals abound. I know a lot of people are skittish about spending on "luxuries" such as travel, what with the financial meltdown around the world and all. Understood. But if you're up for traveling, you can pay for a trip without totally depleting…
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Backroads, an active travel company, has come out with an idea whose time has come…but whose price is high: Short getaways. As in, three- and four-day trips. Biking in the San Juan Islands. Hiking and biking in Bryce and Zion national parks. Biking part of the Natchez Trace, a route from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville,…
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A solo trip to Borneo sealed the deal on a dream job for John Trybus. Not too shabby for a few weeks away. After college, John, 22, was searching for a full-time job. He didn’t get the one he expected to. But rather than feel sorry for himself, he took it as a sign. And…
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Whoa, slow down calendar. I’ve got vacation days piling up and no vacation planned. Meanwhile, I’m only allowed to carry over five days into next year. There is nothing worse, in my mind, than wasting vacation days by taking off and staying at home…not that I’ve ever done it. When it has come to planning…
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The title of a story in yesterday’s Calgary (Canada) Herald was, "Solo Travel Not So Lonely After All." The writer describes three separate trips: cooking in Sicily; hiking in Ireland and going to a spa on Vancouver Island. ALL of them appealed to me. Now I just need the time off work and the money…
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Over 50 but and energetic and rarin’ to go? I found this blog post today that lists the "top" five trips for 50+ travelers. Who decides what’s tops? You can decide whether it’s just a sales pitch. But what I like about the groups they chose is that they’re either active or educational. The problem…
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Talk about the Wild, Wild West. While traveling across rugged and mostly rural Canada, Al Stewart shot a bear. From a moving train! Just this year! Okay, so it was with his camera. And, maybe it wasn't exactly from a moving train but from a car in a park in Whistler. Standing still. Details, details.…
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How to spot a solo traveler? "You can always tell us apart by overuse of the self timer on our digital cameras or from the outstretched arm." This line by a fellow solo traveler made me laugh. I have to admit to having a self portrait from the outstretched arm technique. I also have to…
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National Geographic came out with a book last year called "Journeys of a Lifetime, 500 of the World’s Greatest Trips." The entry called "Thailand Cuisine Tour" was written by yours truly.Taking a Thai cooking class or going on a culinary tour would be a good way for a solo traveler to go to Thailand alone…
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The San Jose Mercury News ran a story yesterday on some travel companies that cater to single seniors. If you’re a senior how about it? If you are related to, or friendly with, a senior (is there a better word than that to describe the experienced set?) let them know they can still travel safely,…
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