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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Could you travel the world with no luggage? We're talking none. No checked bag. No overhead bag. No backpack. No fanny pack. Not even a plastic grocery bag. None. Just a lot of pockets to stuff with necessary items and some soap for washing out clothes. This is the six-week travel challenge for Rolf Potts,…
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It almost seems as if solo travel is becoming the vogue. The Los Angeles Times has a story on 10 vacations for solo travelers. It covers just about every option you can think of, from road trips to special-interest vacations to choosing villages over big cities. Another highly useful LA Times story suggests ways to…
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Norwegian Epic's solo cabins rated a major travel story in the Los Angeles Times today. The reporter went on a Caribbean cruise specifically to check out the solo sailing on a cruise line has taken notice of the solo traveler market. Norwegian Epic offers private rooms on a seven-day cruise for $1,271-$1,409. It would cost…
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This travel guide to Cartagena, Colombia entertained and intrigued me for two reasons: 1. I've thought many times about visiting Colombia, ever since traveling in Ecuador several years ago. But I've never seen a travel video of Colombia to know much about what it looks like. 2. After watching the Colombia travel guide for a…
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The following 10 tips come from the Trusted Adventures travel alliance,a group of nine travel companies. The travel tips are meant to help people have a rich travel experience, come what may. Unexpected events may include changes in plans, volcanic ash, oil spills and other "have-to-roll-with-the-punches" events that all travelers should be ready to face…
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Today's lesson: Take a bandana on your next trip. It's always on my packing list. But I never thought to list all the reasons why. So I offer you 13 ways to use a bandana, care of Fodor's travel blog. Bandana travel tips include: Over your mouth to protect against sand and dust in windy…
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Want to get up close and personal with some big-name stars this weekend? Such as Lionel Richie, Blythe Danner, Gary Sinise and the U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants? (Okay, maybe the sergeants don't have quite the star power as the others.) This weekend, on the lawn behind the U.S. Capitol, the National Symphony Orchestra is…
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Ever been to the U.S. Virgin Islands? Wanted to go but didn't want to go alone because going alone is scary? Well, my friend Diane, another travel writer, passed along this testimonial from a 50-year-old male guest at Maho Bay Camps, an eco-resort on St. John. "I went to Maho Bay alone in November," he…
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