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There is still time left to find destinations that offer solo travelers good prices now. Start with these five: 1. Spain: Spain still has everything that typically draws tourists to Europe: castles, cuisine and centuries old culture and history, all at a lower price than in...

5 tips on how to get a good seat on your next flight  To catch a flight to my 67th country, I found it can be a challenge. (Solo Trekker does not book airlines or receive fees from any airline.) Months ago I found that if your tour changes its dates, your airline may charge you...

5 Tips on How to Pack for Summer Travel: It’s hard to know how to pack when carry-on’s get smaller and fees greater.  Try out these 5 additional tips. See also our blog on travel to hot climes. Another choice? Check out our blog on staying cool on adventure travel.  Going Upriver...

5 Vacation Planning Tips-How to Pack to Avoid Fees: The cost of airfare constantly rise as service declines. Single travelers still find too many high single supplements and other penalties for traveling the world alone. As a result, travel for singles always requires some...

6 Updated Tips on  How to Avoid Calamity on Travel:  In recent years, a hot-air balloon exploded over Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 tourists and critically injuring the pilot and remaining survivor. Press accounts raised questions as to both maintenance and piloting skills. Luxor is...

10 Solo Traveler Safety Tips Update: The greatest risk in travel statistically still tends to be the drive to the airport. However, no one wants safety issues to ruin a vacation. It can be hard to plan how to stay safer abroad. There may be storms and diseases. Terrorism is often...

Travel safety-7 Tips on How to Avoid Being a Robbery Victim With fears now of terrorism, travelers may overlook the more likely possibility of property loss and theft.  More often, petty crimes can occur.  I learned my lesson on a joint work and pleasure trip. Read on to learn...

Adventure Travel How to Stay Cool in Hot Climates: In this post, we will skip style for the tough adventure tour in the tropics. How you can stay cool glamping in the Okavango Delta in 120 degree day time heat? How can you climb up hill after hill to see a “fort too...

Here are our new 5 Single Traveler Tips on Safety-Hotel Fires. A prior New Year’s Eve fire in Dubai’s 5-star hotel, the Address Downtown Dubai, demonstrates that even modern, elegant buildings at times, can hold such dangers. More recently, the Mandarin Oriental in...

Five Tips for Safe Travels in Troubled Times:  Concerns about safety have been raised at times in light of unrest and certain terrorist attacks abroad.  However, statistically, the dangers are much greater on US highways. In any case, it is important at home or abroad to have a...