Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: Travel in the news
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I scour millions of pages of the Internet every day so you solo travelers don't have to. Below are some finds on lessons learned, cheap tips traded and discussion boards discussed: Fodor's recently posted an entry on lessons learned from travel in 2009. One person learned from travel to third world countries how "very blessed…
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Lost a job but got a severance package? Now may be the time to travel. But your friends may still be working and unable to go with you. Your job is safe but your favorite travel companion has lost a job? He or she might be hoarding pennies and be unable to join you. In…
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A recently married women wrote a piece for CNN.com about what she'd do differently in life if she had a "single do-over." That is, if she could relive her single life. Number three: She'd travel more. She held off while she was single. She'd hear about her coupled friends' vacations and swear she'd do similar…
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Backroads, an "active travel company," is ending its singles and solos trips next year. The owners found that more of their solo travelers ended up on regular trips than on solo ones. There weren't getting enough people to make the singles and solo trips fun. After doing some of Backroads solo trips years back, I…
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Fodor's recently ran a blog post on "Luxury for Less." They described five tips for budget spa visits. So why did they include Mandarin Oriental's "Signature Spa Treatments" that cost $450 to $470 for 110 minutes?! (Coincidentally, I've already written about one of the cheapest places they include – BodyHoliday at Le Sport, on St.…
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Interesting story on single Americans. The percentage is up to 43 percent of the population versus 28 percent in 1969. Tell me again why tour companies focus mainly on couples and families? Particularly when "the average American will spend more of her adult life unmarried than married?"
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Most travel writers, and many other adventure travel lovers, have read a story or two of Tim Cahill's. The adventure writer is "famous" for being one of the founders of Outside Magazine and for having what some consider one of the best jobs ever: traveling and writing about fabulous places around the world. New West…
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There were only two surprises on the list of the top 10 cities for music chosen by members of the Society of American Travel Writers. When I saw the email about the survey I ran through my head the cities I knew would be on there: Austin, New Orleans, Nashville, Memphis. Several others didn't come…
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"Tourist cities are useless with single diners, especially women of a certain age." This is a line from a funny article by a woman who shares her strategy for a "successful dining-alone experience," in a Mail Online (British) story. First tip. Have a drink before going out. For confidence. Okay, that cracked me up. But…
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A couple of weeks ago, The Washington Post explored the offerings of booking an Airbnb, that is, a cheap bed in a home in one of thousands of properties around the world. Now, this is where it pays to arrive alone. In many cases, you'll be sharing with the owners or renters of the places,…
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