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Greek Isles Active Adventure Vacations for Singles: Visit the Cyclades Islands! Having been to Santorini, I thought of Greek Island vacations as lazy days on the beach. That was followed by fine dining late into the night.  I learned about a totally different type of active...

5 Hidden Fees That Could Draining Your Travel Budget, a Guest Post by Kristen Baker. Creating a travel budget is one of the most vital steps during the process of planning a trip. As many know, traveling doesn’t come cheap, especially if you plan to travel outside of the country....

Top Deals for Solo Travelers Eastern Europe Slovenia: Bargains still exist in this great mix of Old Europe and 21st-century vitality. Always looking for new solo travel destinations, I followed a friend’s suggestion to try Slovenia. Traveling alone, the prices were good. In...

Lockdown: 10 Options for Solo Travelers: A Guest Post by Delan Cooper: The coronavirus pandemic has made life challenging for everyone. If you are a solo traveler, you may wonder when you will be able to travel again and how to spend your time now. All is not lost; you can still...

#TravelInsurance Mistakes to Avoid: The sudden failure of fabled Thomas Cook underscores the need for travel insurance.  But finding your way through the thicket of competing policies can be hard. Here are our 5 updated tips. #TravelInsurance Mistakes to Avoid: Read the...

Solo Travel Safety Updated Tips for Women Travelers: Check out these 12 tips for a safer trip. If you are going abroad, don’t let jetlag make you careless! Solo Travel Safety Updated Tips for Women Travelers: Know Before You Go: A past Washington Post had one of the best...

7 Mistakes to Avoid on Your Next Road Trip, a Guest Post by Andrew Greene:  A road trip is a time when a huge variety of things can go wrong, and you can’t plan for all of them. However, what any traveler can do is be aware of the risks and take the appropriate steps to mitigate...

Solo Travel Destination-Beyond Prague-Karlovy Vary- For the holidays, I am off to the Czech Republic and the fabled spa, Karlovy Vary. Set in the north of the country’s Bohemia region on the German border, it is known in German as Karlsbad/Carlsbad.  It has been a top...

Top Solo Travel Destinations-Scotland: Scotland is perfect for adventure or a cultural tour. Alternatively, it is an ideal vacation through a tranquil trek through magnificent landscapes.   Having one largely forgotten Scottish ancestor but always looking for new...

5 Ways to Save: With all the uncertainty today, it is more important than ever to be able to budget and save on travel. Here are five of our tips: Go off-season to save up to 50%. While Paris is always one of the most expensive places to visit, I found 4-star hotels in January...