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Solo Travel Light but Look Good.  Sounds like a challenge?  Surprises can range from sudden weather changes to broken zippers or even finding what you packed won’t work for the active trip you planned. It can be a real struggle to know how to pack light to save and have...

  5 Solo Tips for Finding the Right River Cruise/Small Ship 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 a  past...

10 Solo Travel Savings Tips: Is this a case of paying for two when you go solo? Check out our 10 tips to save more. With most travel priced for couples or groups, the dreaded single supplement sticks out as the worse feature of travel for singles.  I really learned this the hard...

    Be sure to note the current international airline practice to book connections only 45 minutes apart.  In Beijing and Miami, I found myself running between international terminals, immigration and security barely making my connections. Be aware that even the same...

Solo Dining An Enjoyable Experience can be a real pleasure. Having been required to travel in prior business, I have eaten out alone for a long time.  My two strongest memories? Just before Christmas one year, I traveled for work. While having dinner alone, I had two contrasting...

Here are our five tips for solo adventures skiing the world year round. Grab a great bargain skiing off-season and in locations off the beaten path like Eastern Europe.   What are the six cruelest words a traveler can ever hear?  “You can’t get there from...

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!...

Solo Travel Destination Dubai Elegant Mideast Crossroads where old and new meet. (Generally at a rather high price!) Coming from another “city state”, Washington, DC, I previously found myself in Dubai, now arguably the Middle East’s most dynamic crossroads. In the mid-to-late...