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 guy I hardly knew cooked me breakfast yesterday. Pancakes. An Israeli guy from New York. Actually, "hardly knew" overstates things. I didn't know him at all. But Raz from Queens not only cooked me a batch of pancakes, he also gave me a rundown of all the places I should go and see in…
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Travelers debating whether to buy an iPad to take on the road should take a peek at the apps and functions described by Jim Karlovsky on The Globe Less Traveled. He lists 21 useful functions the iPad provides travelers. The wifi and Internet connections didn't impress. I don't travel to stay in touch. In fact, it's…
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Time for me to start harmonica lessons. Right quick. A travel writer acquaintance of mine wrote this lovely story about how playing the harmonica during her travels in China, Turkey and elsewhere, quickly broke the ice with children she met along the way. Brilliant! Why haven't I ever thought of this? People often advise travelers…
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Visiting a new place? Ride a bus to the end of the line and soak up the sights while coming and going. Get off the bus if you see something or some place that strikes you. Maybe get back on and go to the end of the line after that. Or maybe not. I love…
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The Chicago Tribune has a piece on how solo travelers can buy vacation packages without getting fleeced by the single supplement. I've written about these points before but they always bear repeating. If you're willing to share a room, many tour operators will match you with someone of the same sex, eliminating the single supplement.…
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"Learn to take great pictures while touring DC's favorite locations." What a cool concept for solo travelers from out of town. Lynford Morton of PhotoTour Excursions offers two, two, two events in one. (okay, only the older among us will remember that chewing gum commercial. Or was it mints?) Photo lessons and a tour of…
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Bootsnall, a great travel site, recently published a post on 10 reasons to visit Iceland now. The photos are gorgeous and I agree with all their reasons. Except maybe #10. I'll get to that in a moment. I've been to Iceland twice (as I've written here before), once in the winter and once in…
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Today's thoughts on solo travel come from The Travel Belles and the Wise Bread website. The Travel Belles post on 7 solo travel lessons is filled with luscious photos of the Loire Valley in France that I've borrowed (with permission) to use here. I practically cry, wondering how I could get my photos to…
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Fellow travel writer Laura Byrne Paquet ended up in Amsterdam's Red Light District doing…well…not what you think. Paquet and her husband, tourists from Canada, had arranged a special meeting. No, not for what you think! They had arranged to have dinner with a local couple. A company called Like-a-Local arranges for visitors to have dinner…
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