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Nothing is more exhilarating than seeing the sunrise at a national park or from a mountain peak. However, camping, hiking or backpacking can be a challenge for solo travelers. Staying safe is key whether from encountering a foraging mother bear with cubs, a would-be assailant or...

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...

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...

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...

Travel Safety in a Crisis:  Past incidents of bombing and random attacks raise questions about travel during times of unrest. Since my teenaged years, I have found myself at times arriving in foreign cities in the midst of political upheavals, low-grade civil wars and epidemics....

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...

Avoiding 5 big travel mistakes this year can be hard. With complicated airline pricing, long security lines and safety concerns, there is already a lot to think about.  To make matters worse, ancillary fees are becoming more creative. Here are our tips for avoiding 5 big travel...

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...

Here are our Updated Single Traveler Tips on Saving on Solo Travel. During a recent holiday radio travel interview, I was reminded that my first truly solo trek. I was a student “seeing America” on a 5 week public bus odyssey. I was committed even then to packing...

Here are our Single Traveler Tips for Saving-Swap Destinations. Consider the following: Shopping in grocery stores and drug stores, there is always a wide array of choices from top global vendors to house brands. If you only go for iconic brands, this savings tip may not be for...