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Our 7 Tips How to Go Traveling Solo with Confidence: Many are intimidated by solo travel, which is unfortunate because taking a vacation alone can be meaningful, empowering, educational and fun!  Here are some steps to help you embrace your journey!  How to Go Traveling Solo with...

Top Solo Travel Destination Thailand. When the holidays come and work slows down for year-end, I always look to take a solo travel package to a new part of the world.  On a recent Christmas Day, I headed out traveling Asia alone. I had much ground to cover in just 17 days and...

Avoiding 5 big travel mistakes this year can be hard. With complicated airline pricing, security lines and safety concerns as to the pandemic and beyond, there is already a lot to think about.  To make matters worse, ancillary fees are becoming more creative. Here are our tips...

5 Ways to Pack from Jetway to Runway TravelStyle from Solo Trekker 4 U:  I am a firm believer that if I can’t pack “smart” with just a carry-on maybe I should stay home! Besides the cost of checking bags, who wants to drag an extra 20-30 pounds around the globe!...

A guest post by Emily Burton If you are someone who likes to travel on a regular basis, then you know the joys that this can bring. There is always something special that comes with exploring a new place, learning a new culture, or experiencing the great outdoors. At the same...

Avoid Arrest Abroad-Solo Travel Tips: In your plan to go abroad for fun, it is easy to miss strict laws at your chosen spot. In Asia and the Mideast, drug laws are well-known. In one such destination, I recall at Immigration/Customs a sign that “drug traffickers face the death...

A Guest Post by Giles Kirkland Traveling Green Through Europe Road transport is responsible for 11.9% of all greenhouse gas emissions globally, which makes decarbonisation of road travel a priority in the fight against climate change. It also means that if you want to travel...

Ski Safety-How to Avoid Mistakes: I call myself an “Intermittent Intermediate”. Why is that? Having spent my early years in the US Southeast, I saw little snow growing up. After graduating from law school, I I decided to really learn to ski I needed to take lessons. A school...

Travel News from Around the World: Update:  The UK and Russia are now deploying the Pfizer vaccine. The big story: The long anticipated COVID-19 vaccine is about to launch in the US as well the week of Dec.11, 2020. On Nov. 30, 2020, Moderna applied for emergency FDA approval for...

As travel restrictions are starting to ease for 2021, I am reminded of the challenges in packing to meet shrinking carry-on standards. Along with traditional laundry lists of what to bring and what to leave behind, I have distilled a short checklist of uncommon reminders which...