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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Bora Bora in French Polynesia. Serengeti, Tanzania. Phi Phi Islands, Thailand. All destination favorites of the folks who book the tours at iExplore. Take it with a grain of salt, naturally. It's likely to be biased because it's put out by a company promoting tours to certain places. And yet…it IS a list of great…
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A few weeks ago I wrote about shorter organized tours offered by Backroads. I heard back from Undiscovered Country Tours and learned that they too offer weekend road bike tours. All in California. They say they offer more three- and four-day biking tours in California than any other company. Easy to believe, since California is…
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If tour operators and cruise lines are having trouble filling slots in the near future, solo travelers may have luck in getting the awful, horrible (the word “dreaded” has become overused) solo supplement waived or lowered. So says Budget Travel at CNN.com. I’ve written here before about the single supplement but I like to return…
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Can you say "shoulder season?" Summer's over. The holidays aren't here yet. Deals abound. I know a lot of people are skittish about spending on "luxuries" such as travel, what with the financial meltdown around the world and all. Understood. But if you're up for traveling, you can pay for a trip without totally depleting…
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"Travel can make you a poet. Travel can make you spiritual." This is how Rick Steves, the traveler and guidebook writer, starts a story in the Kansas City Star Sunday. "But without capturing your thoughts on paper, the lessons of travel are like shooting stars you just missed." Steves started taking notes during his travels even…
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Still chicken about dining solo? Read the Fodor’s Website thread about how others feel about dining by themselves and what they do to alleviate their discomfort. And if you comment, tell them boldlygosolo sent you! They’re expecting you. (See my post there from September 10) Photo: Ellen Perlman. 1. View from Point No Point Restaurant,…
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How to spot a solo traveler? "You can always tell us apart by overuse of the self timer on our digital cameras or from the outstretched arm." This line by a fellow solo traveler made me laugh. I have to admit to having a self portrait from the outstretched arm technique. I also have to…
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Sports fan? It’s the perfect entree for a solo traveler. Perhaps you play a sport. Perhaps you’re a big fan of a sport. Either way, it’s something you have in common with a large group of people in other countries. Sports bring travelers and locals together in several ways, according to a post in…
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This solo travel concept seems alien to many people in the travel biz. That’s unfortunate. I recently sent out a query asking if anyone in the industry particularly catered to the solo traveler. I was thinking of such things as a break on the room charge, since only one person is paying the bill. Or…
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Short tours can do wonders for alleviating loneliness when you're vacationing alone. If, after flying to your dream destination, you start to feel lonely, you can join a group activity for a day or two and have real live conversations. Something beyond, "Does this bus go to Sintra?" I recently went on an "urban foraging"…
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