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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I don't usually write about travel contests. There are whole blogs about them, such as my friend Barbara's blog, Travel Sweeps. Not sure why this one caught my eye. Maybe because it came to my inbox, instead of appearing while I was cruising the Internet. Or maybe I need a vacation. Or perhaps it's because…
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A few weeks ago I wrote about antiquing in New Oxford, Pennsylvania. Well, the story is out in The Washington Post today. It's called,"Welcome to Antiquing." Which is what my friend Paula said to me when I commented about a musty smell in one of the antiques malls we were in. And rather than…
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Love this piece on what might happen when a travel writer takes the podium. Happened to me just the other day. What he talks about. Someone looked at me as if the clouds just parted. Lit up and said, "You're a travel writer…" It's the beginning of a sentence I've begun to dread. Because what…
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Ever been to the U.S. Virgin Islands? Wanted to go but didn't want to go alone because going alone is scary? Well, my friend Diane, another travel writer, passed along this testimonial from a 50-year-old male guest at Maho Bay Camps, an eco-resort on St. John. "I went to Maho Bay alone in November," he…
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If you're an antiques freak, I highly recommend a trip to New Oxford, Pennsylvania, to get your fill of Victorian, Civil-War era and other antique furnishings, toys and kitchenware. I don't see it as an ideal place to travel solo if you don't love antiques because it's not exactly a hoppin' town, but for a…
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I love how travel marketers will find the bright side in any bit of rotten news, so long as it is a way to promote their clients. Recently, shockingly and amazingly, Spirit Airlines announced it would charge for overhead luggage now, as well as checked bags. By the time you pay for luggage in the…
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Are you a fan of Disney World but think it's someplace you simply can't go alone? Why? Gray Cargill at SoloFriendly.com offers 10 reasons for traveling to Disney World alone. And loving it. For instance, how great is it to be able to slip into the Single Rider line and fill one-seat spots, bypassing the…
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The paths are lined with cherry trees. Whitish-pink petals rain down from the canopy of trees above like a Technicolor summer storm. Spring at the tidal basin in Washington, D.C.? No, spring a little farther north, in the Kenwood area of Maryland. Not quite a dirty little secret, but certainly not known by a lot…
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In February I offered some reader stories of mangled language attempts and misunderstandings while traveling in foreign countries. Here's another, from Gayle who has a fun food website called BeenThereAteThat. Gayle has traveled the world and tells this story about her stay in Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Looming over me was a blur of aquamarine eye shadow,…
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