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10  Solo Travel Destinations in North America 2016:  If like some of us, you are still waiting to take a summer vacation. Here are my top personal suggestions for relatively close-by and bargain solo travel destinations. More good news? For extra savings, you can drive or take...

5 Tips How to Travel in Style in Hot Weather: I have prowled through the Amazon rain forest and northern India during the monsoons.  I quickly saw how hard it can be to pack light and be in style in real heat and humidity. Add to the mix if you are on adventure travel. If you are...

Here are our 10 Tips on the high costs of NOT traveling solo: Solo travel costs more. Why is that? Tour and hotel prices are based on doubles. They may add a fee or single supplement if you are a solo. Why go solo if it costs more? My first solo travel was by accident. I was a...

20 Travel Tips for Saving without Sacrificing Quality: Use the extra savings to see sights and take additional extended tours. Now that summer is in full swing in the northern hemisphere, scores of travelers are heading out for vacations. Travel costs are an issue for most...

How Singles Can Save on Travel Going Off-Season. These tips help solo travelers save. Plan now for your next solo trip! Lodging and airfares are best off-season. Prices go down when few tourists travel. You can get good rates when there is less demand. Off-season starts as early...

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...

5 Tips for Saving on Baggage Fees by Packing Light: This is important today to avoid baggage fees. In addition, it’s no fun to lug baggage around the world! With the constantly rising cost of airfare coupled with excessive single supplements, travel for singles always...

Solo Travel Pricing Tracker 5 Winter “Steals” Europe Off-Season:  As the temperature plummets, prices in Europe drop. If you want to see leading European museums not lounge in sidewalk cafes, take a trip when prices are up to half off.  Be sure to look for rooms...

6 Offbeat Tips How to Save on Vacations:  As much as I love the road less traveled by, dodging leering crocodiles and navigating cholera epidemics and low grade civil wars, I have been mulling ways to have a fall vacation without adding a rider to  my life insurance policy. The...

Solo Travel Pricing Tracker-Luxury Deals Plus Tips For solos, paying for double lodging on a single budget can be hard. If I am going abroad just two times a year, I like to stay in top hotels.  However, with standard rates based on two adults on travel, it takes a lot of...