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Best Solo Travel Insurance Now, our 10 Tip.  At Solo Trekker 4 U, we often are asked questions about travel insurance since individual travelers have concerns about safety, recovery for lost or stolen items or hospital costs for illness or injury. More recently, we have been...

Solo Travel-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...

Solo Travel-5 Updated Tips-Travel in Tough Times:  Sadly, recent times have seen an increase in violence in many parts of the world from Europe to Africa.  As a result, some travelers are concerned about safety as they think of a next trip abroad. There are no guarantees....

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...

Avoiding Identity Theft on Solo Travel :  On a past trip to South America, I had a surprise. Our host said he was on a kidnap list. Three of his friends had been kidnapped.  In some places, this is a way to get paid ransom as a type of business practice. I had thought this was...

10 Tips on How to Travel Safer Now: Travel to destinations with political unrest or high crime calls for more careful pre-departure plans and  being aware while there. I have: navigated low grade African civil wars, dodged swine flu in Asia, fended off a band of robbers in Europe...

New Tips How to Make Solo Adventure Travel Easier Now: Adventure travel is my passion. However, there have been some challenges. I just missed being a snack for crocodiles. I have gone through low grade wars abroad. I have survived two emergency landings on commercial jets. I...