Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: Trip Tips
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Reading about tonight’s total eclipse of the moon reminded me of an assignment I had several years ago. It was during the Leonid Meteor Shower of 2001. I was in Niagara Falls doing a story for The Washington Post. At some ungodly hour, I dragged my sorry self out of a hotel bed. I wanted…
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Shy people travel solo too. So says Catherine Bodry, a self-admitted, eyes-cast-down kind of person. I don’t recommend her way of coping: tears, phone calls home and beer. To "overcome my small-talk impairedness," she says. But I do like an idea she mentions. Joining a guesthouse tour. You’ll likely spend some time with other people…
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I had just one day to spend in Lisbon and I wanted to hear fado music. I didn’t actually know what fado was until a Spaniard clued me in, as I was leaving Madrid for my Lisbon stopover. Then I just HAD to experience it. Because, when in Lisbon, do like the Lisbonians do, that’s…
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Boss out of town? The beach beckons? Got vacation days? Okay, then. Jump on a plane and get out of town. Or country. When it’s just you, you don’t have to coordinate with anyone. You don’t have to wonder if both of you can get the time off. I subscribe to a site catering to…
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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 used to think that package tours were for retired people, the elderly and the infirm. That buses took them right up to, say, the rim of the Grand Canyon. Then they could peer out the window and ooh and aah without ever having to leave their seats. Then I discovered active tours. The biking,…
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USA Today yesterday wrote about "10 quick, affordable U.S. vacations for women." From hiking and kayaking in the Blue Ridge Mountains to five days of golfing in coastal California. See if there’s anything you like.
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How many times in life do you get upgraded to first class? In my case, twice. So far. The first time, a ticket agent and I were flirting. Hey, he started it. When I got to the jetway, he winked. Then he waved a magic wand that sent me to first class. The second time…
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Arthur Frommer says he has undertaken on "ongoing effort" to pass on blogs on the subject of solo travel. And then he mentioned Boldly Go Solo. Thanks, Art! (hm, may I call you Art?) He says: And then there’s freelance travel writer Ellen Perlman, who has recently begun blogging about the joys, perils and pitfalls…
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Hey, you missed Peruvian food and drink night a couple of weeks ago at the "clubhouse" in Cusco, Peru. And, you missed poker night last Friday. But you still have time to make it to the pub quiz tomorrow night. The Cusco clubhouse of South American Explorers, hosts these events and others. But Cusco isn’t…
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