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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<–Turtle sighting! I did not go solo on a 15-mile hike on Martha’s Vineyard on Saturday. Six of us set out on the annual cross-island walk. That turned into a whopping baker’s dozen during a mid-morning break. That’s because my friend Joan, whose house we were staying at for the weekend, knows about a zillion…
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I landed the other day on the "largest collection of women-centered travel classifieds on the Internet." I know this only because the site told me so. A site called Journeywoman. I’d been meaning to write about Journeywoman for the longest time. It’s just that I find it difficult to describe exactly what it is. What…
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So how did Sheara do, leaving her husband behind and traveling on her own in Barcelona for a couple of days?In case you’ve forgotten who Sheara is, she’s my friend from Massachusetts who I offered 10 1/2 tips to, back in early March. She wondered what to do in the evenings, alone in a big,…
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Maria was on her own, in "the cutest little pub I’d ever seen," when the bartender poured her a Guinness she hadn’t ordered. She was perplexed. Then the bartender told her it was from three Irish guys who noticed she was alone at the bar. She’d never had a drink sent her way by a…
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Brave New Traveler ran a list of the "50 Most Inspiring Travel Quotes of all time. I decided to pluck the ones most pertinent for a solo travel Web site. All two of them. #18 – To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. – Freya Stark …
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"Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone." Dhammapada In the case of the Buddha, the concept of "travel" was much broader, I’m sure, than being a tourist. Nevertheless, the saying applies to the solo traveler just as well. According to me. The sage blogger Photos: Ellen Perlman. Buddha…
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I’m in shock. Two things. One, hotels and tour operators are recognizing that lots of people travel solo. Two, they’re actually giving deals and discounts to solo travelers. Scrape me off the floor. One of the biggest complaints I hear from solo travelers is that they get rooked by the travel industry. Either they have…
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"I love all the amazing people in my life, but sh**, sometimes a sista needs a break. Between all the drama in the workplace and life in the urban jungle, finding time, space and peace for yourself is harder than ever." –Danielle I’m not a ranting kind of person, so this post on a site…
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Virtually everyone who travels alone feels apprehension before a trip. The difference between the solo traveler and the dreamer who never gets out the door? The ability to push past the fear. Even veteran travelers admit to experiencing that dread. The following question appeared recently on a listserv for travel writers: "Every single time I…
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This post, from a Web site called Brave New Traveler, lists six reasons to wander the world solo. 1. "Enjoy complete freedom."You can try exotic cuisines without having someone "crinkling their nose" at you. And, you won’t have anyone pushing you to eat something you’d rather not, writes Michaela Lola. I’ve experienced the nose crinkling.…
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