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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If you're an antiques freak, I highly recommend a trip to New Oxford, Pennsylvania, to get your fill of Victorian, Civil-War era and other antique furnishings, toys and kitchenware. I don't see it as an ideal place to travel solo if you don't love antiques because it's not exactly a hoppin' town, but for a…
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I love how travel marketers will find the bright side in any bit of rotten news, so long as it is a way to promote their clients. Recently, shockingly and amazingly, Spirit Airlines announced it would charge for overhead luggage now, as well as checked bags. By the time you pay for luggage in the…
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Are you a fan of Disney World but think it's someplace you simply can't go alone? Why? Gray Cargill at SoloFriendly.com offers 10 reasons for traveling to Disney World alone. And loving it. For instance, how great is it to be able to slip into the Single Rider line and fill one-seat spots, bypassing the…
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While many people spent Easter Sunday at church, 14 of us spent it in nature's cathedral, hiking seven miles in Sky Meadows State Park, on the eastern side of the Blue Ridge Mountains. While the cherry blossoms are now past peak, the trees in Delaplane, Virginia, are just beginning to bud. Many people may not…
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I'll leave the details about the best ships for solo travel, to the folks at Suite101.com. I'm not a "cruiser," as people in the biz call travelers who board ships and sail off for vacation. But Suite101 provides here a list of companies that offer single cabins with no single supplement. They say the down…
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I landed on this chat about a traveler wanting to find a place to ski that offers rooms for one without a single supplement. The comments range from "Singles are losers to be exploited" to "unfortunately the economies of being a hotelier make it difficult to achieve what you want" to "I travel on my…
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Here's a round up of some good articles on solo travel: The Los Angeles Times offers travel advice to a 49-year-old man concerned about getting sick while traveling out of the country? Soothingly, "sudden death while traveling is not statistically likely." Well, I guess I can finally stop fretting about keeling over then. But just in case, you…
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My friend and former work colleague "P," used to rush from work some evenings to make it to her tai chi class. She found it to be a relaxing respite from work tasks and household duties. When she and her husband booked a trip to Vietnam this past December, she decided she was going to…
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