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#TravelInsurance Mistakes to Avoid: The sudden failure of fabled Thomas Cook underscores the need for travel insurance.  But finding your way through the thicket of competing policies can be hard. Here are our 5 updated tips. #TravelInsurance Mistakes to Avoid: Read the...

A Guest Post by Jane Roberts: How to Create the Perfect Survival Kit For Your Solo Trek: With 53% of American travelers worrying about getting lost while traveling alone, a solo trek might, at first, sound stressful. However, along with booking your flights and planning your...

Stuck Abroad-Our Solo Travel Tips: On 9/11,  I was stranded in Europe for 8 days as a female solo traveler. Since then, I have traveled around the world and met more solos who were stuck abroad. Here are just a few examples: Stuck Abroad-Our Solo Travel Tips: What Can Go Wrong:...

5 Safety Tips for Female Solo Travelers: Over two decades, I have explored the remote islands of Rarotonga and Aitutaki, skied an active volcano, dodged epidemics and navigated a low-grade civil war. I fought off muggers in broad daylight in Europe and barely missed being a feast...

10 Solo Travel Tips If Things Go Wrong Abroad: If you do plan to get overseas for a vacation this year, what are the best ways to avoid problems that can spoil your trip? Here are our ten updated tips. Bear in mind, that some safeguards must be taken before and even AFTER you...

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 come to...

5 Tips for Finding The Right River 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 Christmas 2013 upriver in the Brazilian...

6 Overlooked Solo Travel Tips As I planned to return to the Mideast and on to Sri Lanka, I am finding it  lots of new tips. Here are just an updated sample. 6 Overlooked Solo Travel Tips: Cash: Tip One: Cash-Only Health Costs: Even healthy millennials can break a leg skiing (in...

5 Tips on Cancellation Fees:   I have been a solo traveler since my childhood years. However, even after 68 countries and all 50 US states, every trip I take I learn something new.  On my last trip, I found out how cancellation fees can be avoided or at least reduced.  ...

Solo Travel-Avoid Cheap Airfare Mistakes. Is it worth it to “save” with rock bottom air fares? Check out our 5 tips. Solo Travel-Avoid Cheap Airfare Mistakes.: The Real Costs: Tip one: Is the price too good to be true, yes and no.  If you read all the fine print and...