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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...

Staying Safe on Travel 5 Tips for Women Traveling Solo: A past tragic murder of two young Argentinian women in an Ecuadorian coastal town raised more questions of women’s safety in traveling abroad in pairs or solo. Having visited 68+ countries and all 50 US states, I have...

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...

Packing Single Traveler Tips for Saving and Safety: Here are our ten tips.  Please go to  our Contacts Page and send us your own! There are four good reasons that solo travelers should travel light. The first is the cost of having to check luggage. Second, traveling the world...

5 Solo Traveler Tips, More on Packing Shoes. As the travel season picks up, the “battle over the bags” of what to take and what to leave at home continues.  Add to that, airline fees soar while carry-on space still shrinks.   Here are our five single traveler tips to...

Holiday Solo Travel-River Cruises: As the year comes to an end, one of the recurring questions for solos is how we will spend the holidays.    Although then-child actor Macaulay Culkin made us laugh through the blockbuster comedy,”Home Alone”, and its sequel, not many...

Off-Season Solo Travel Deals – 5 Tips: With summer vacation moving into top gear, now is the time to look for off-season deals. Since most travel has in the past been based on double accommodations, solo travelers still  have to look hard to find the best prices. That is...

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...

How To Travel on Your Own With a Tight Budget: A Guest Post by Finnegan Pierson Planning a solo vacation is exciting, but when you’re trying to do it on a budget, the process isn’t always as simple as you’d think. You’re in charge of what you spend and what you see and do on your...

Cruise-Boating Safety for Solo Travelers. Although I have had a lifelong love of boating, I am no expert. After two tries at sailing lessons, my skill set is limited to “manning” the winch handle.  The most important thing I learned was don’t drop it over board.  However, I have...