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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A 45-year-old woman in Wisconsin uses marathon running as a way to take solo vacations. "Every spring and fall, I look through my marathon calendar and ask myself where I’d like to go," she told a Wisconsin paper. "I just throw a marathon in for the heck of it. I get to see nice places,…
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The New York Times ran a story today called "One Is No Longer the Loneliest Number." It says that travel companies increasingly are "courting" solo travelers. The piece mentions companies such as Intrepid Travel, which is offering singles-only trips and Absolute Travel, an agency specializing in customized luxury trips that will begin a service pairing…
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You have friends, right? And they have friends? And relatives, too? Well, what are you waiting for? TAP THEM. You don’t have to know them well, or even at all. They just have to live someplace you want to go. That’s how I decided I could go to Ecuador without a travel companion. The thought…
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I love sleeping in the great outdoors, but I don’t always relish how my body feels after a night on the ground. Thermarest or no. So the idea of hotels and inns can be mighty appealing. But there is at least one major bonus to campground trips. It’s the fire. There’s nothing quite like sitting…
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When I took a Backroads biking trip to the Canadian Rockies, many years back, the price was right for me as a young writer (read: poor). It was a camping trip and I enjoyed the spirit and attitudes of the people who were willing to rough it. When I had more money I took a…
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Somewhere along the way I realized that the type of trip or tour you pick, and the price you pay, determines a lot about who shows up. I THOUGHT that a rafting trip would attract active young people…which I was at the time. Turns out that when the guides do all the rowing, a lot…
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