Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: Travel
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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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Oh no they didn't….arrggghhhh. The cover headline of today's Washington Post weekend section is…"Staycations." Where's the Alka Seltzer? (see story dissing staycations) On the bright side, the section lists some nice activities for solo travelers. How about a self-guided gallery crawl? The writer recommends Lou Reed: Romanticism,; a show of digital photos by the "former…
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"Solo travel can be inexpensive." This is not something you hear often. But Janice at Solo Traveler writes that it's easier to book hostels, hospitality stays and cheap flights when you are a single traveler rather than part of a couple. Makes sense. It's easier to snag the last bed in a hostel if there's…
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"Laycation." Is it an XXX-rated holiday? Or a tour of the greatest chicken coops around the world? Yup, you guessed it. I'm back to make a little more fun of "staycations." As one person commented on my staycations post several days ago, "it's a lame term some publicist came up with." That gave me an idea.…
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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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I enjoyed this story by a woman named Marina who talked about the joys, as well as the loneliness, she experienced while traveling alone in Vietnam And Cambodia. And the stares. And the eating alone. And the precautions she felt she had to take. And the people she met. And the locals who helped her.…
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"Staycation." It's a crock. If you're home, you're not on vacation. Maybe you're using vacation days. Maybe you're relaxing and clearing your head. Maybe you're eating up "use or lose" days. Maybe you're taking off so you can visit local museums, restaurants and galleries because you never have time on the weekends. Nothing wrong with…
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Women traveling alone in Europe likely will get stared at, groped and talked to by foreign men. But guess what? So will women traveling with others. I know this from nutty, annoying experience. So don't let that be the thing that prevents you, if you're female, from traveling solo. At reidsguides.com there's a funny post…
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Today's post is brought to you by "The Bathroom Diaries." This is one down-to-earth Web site on the essentials of waste, and the receptacles that receive it. Fun, funny and highly useful if you're the type that plans in advance. And you really, really want a clean and comfortable place to go. Its contributors have…
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Last week, a friend told me that, following my example, she decided to go solo on a cruise to the Bahamas. How was it? "The first day was crushingly lonely." Ouch. The trip was only three days. That means a third of it was lousy. I asked for more details. It turns out she was…
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