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Boating Safety for Solo Travelers. Although I have had a lifelong love of boating, I am no expert. After two tries at sailing lessons, my skill set is limited to “manning” the winch handle.  The most important thing I learned was don’t drop it over board.  However, I have come to...

Airline Security Procedures-Important Updates. By chance, I found out about a huge travel issue that is coming up fast. Although there has been not much press, Oct. 1, 2020 is key for all travel. After many extensions, that is the date that a new post-9/11 law goes into effect....

5 Tips for Finding The Right River Cruise Now for the best vacation! Although I make my way solo around the globe from sub-Sahara Africa to the Middle East, there are remote locations where that just does not work. A case in point: I spent Christmas 2013 upriver in the Brazilian...

6 Overlooked Solo Travel Tips As I planned to return to the Mideast and on to Sri Lanka, I am finding it  lots of new tips. Here are just an updated sample. 6 Overlooked Solo Travel Tips: Cash: Tip One: Cash-Only Health Costs: Even healthy millennials can break a leg skiing (in...

Update-7 Tips How to Travel with Your Dog A very sad story in the Washington Post covered the death of a young woman in her twenties and her beloved dog. On a road trip down Highway 95, there was a minor traffic accident.  Although the driver and pet were uninjured, the dog broke...

5 Tips on Cancellation Fees:   I have been a solo traveler since my childhood years. However, even after 68 countries and all 50 US states, every trip I take I learn something new.  On my last trip, I found out how cancellation fees can be avoided or at least reduced.  ...

Adventure vacations for singles. Don’t sit on the sidelines just because you are a solo traveler. Check out our tips below for safer adventure travel.   Adventure is great, but no one wants to end up in the clutches of a brown bear!  After an elephant-back safari in...

10 Updated Packing Tips to Make for a Better Trip, reprinted courtesy of Moneyinc., published June 25, 2018 With all the moving parts that make up travel planning, packing may seem fairly unimportant. However, in today’s world of shrinking aircraft and burgeoning ancillary fees,...

Top Solo Travel Destination-Sri Lanka: I quickly discovered why Sri Lanka is trending during my summer visit as the guest of NKAR Travel. The great news is that there is a trip that fits virtually every interest and every budget.  Much like I found in Costa Rica, one of the other...

Solo Travel-Avoid Cheap Airfare Mistakes. Is it worth it to “save” with rock bottom air fares? Check out our 5 tips. Solo Travel-Avoid Cheap Airfare Mistakes.: The Real Costs: Tip one: Is the price too good to be true, yes and no.  If you read all the fine print and...