Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: Travelers on solo travel
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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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I landed on this chat about a traveler wanting to find a place to ski that offers rooms for one without a single supplement. The comments range from "Singles are losers to be exploited" to "unfortunately the economies of being a hotelier make it difficult to achieve what you want" to "I travel on my…
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My friend Diane and her husband Wessel recently visited Flagstaff Lake Hut, one of the huts that is part of Maine Huts & Trails. As a cross country skier, I was intrigued by her account of the two of them walking into the woods with all their cross country ski gear for a little winter…
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I want to share this amusing (to me) post about how you don't need to be someone with special skills or abilities to be able to travel by yourself and enjoy it. In "Confessions of a Solo Female Traveler," the writer says that she's scared, paranoid, a worrywart, introverted, unadventurous and neither rich nor physically…
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Until I saw this article on "10 Unique Transport Modes Around the World," I never thought to add up all the different ways I've traveled. We're not talking planes, trains and autos here. More like camels, elephants and tuk tuks. So I was amused to see what the writer had experienced and to learn that…
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Here's a round up of some good articles on solo travel: The Los Angeles Times offers travel advice to a 49-year-old man concerned about getting sick while traveling out of the country? Soothingly, "sudden death while traveling is not statistically likely." Well, I guess I can finally stop fretting about keeling over then. But just in case, you…
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I enjoyed this story from worldhum on introverted travelers. It showed me how the other half of solo travelers explore the world. The introverts, that is. Clearly without gabbing with a lot with strangers: "I am terrible at striking up conversations with strangers and I am happy exploring a strange city alone." The writer doesn't seek…
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I've often been terrified before traveling to foreign countries outside of the "safety" of Europe. I planned a trip to Ecuador and worried for weeks before going. Someone told me about a woman he'd met in Brazil who'd been harassed in Ecuador. I read about pickpockets and thieves and how careful women had to be…
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My friend and former work colleague "P," used to rush from work some evenings to make it to her tai chi class. She found it to be a relaxing respite from work tasks and household duties. When she and her husband booked a trip to Vietnam this past December, she decided she was going to…
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Share | http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4b5091010838a219 Today's post is a roundup of solo-related pieces I found on the Web in the past few days. First, in a continuation of travel deals from my last post, there are two cruise lines that are waiving the single supplements on certain voyages. Avalon Waterways has some European river cruises available with…
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