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Early each spring Washington, DC celebrates the end of another winter with the National Cherry Blossom Festival. From Princesses to parades and sometimes fickle weather, focus is on the 3,000 cherry trees surrounding the Tidal Basin, a gift from the city of Tokyo. During the 3...

When booking an expensive trip abroad or while on travel, generally great but sometimes not so great surprises can occur. I have personally been robbed in broad daylight by an enterprising band of muggers, narrowly missed being dinner for leering crocodiles in the Zambezi and...

5 Tips for Solo Travel Deals on Safaris: Having been on two African safaris, one in the Okavango Delta and the other in South Africa, safaris are at the top of my list after visiting 68 countries. 5 Tips for Solo Travel Deals on Safaris; Before booking your trip consider how much...

Author, Elizabeth Avery, Founder, Solo Trekker 4 U and Solo Travel Pricing Tracker™: “5 Mistakes to Avoid Navigating Through Airport Security”, Reprint from MoneyInc: In times of heightened alert, airport security procedures can leave passengers feeling really...

10 Tips on What is the Best Travel Insurance Now: 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 Australia: July 15 is National Travel Solo Day in Australia. What better time to reminisce on a fabulous trip I had as a solo traveler to Australia! After 66 countries, Australia was still one of my top solo travel destinations. The reason? It was familiar enough to...

Newsletter Highlights Watch out for: Presidents’ Day Flash Sales Our 2018 Update-50 Years of Solo Travel Tips-on Amazon shortly (No Kindle required) Our reformatted, enhanced newsletter for tips & solo travel news worldwide + deals to save . Feb.16 China: Lunar New Year...

Solo Travel-14 Alternatives to Home Alone for the Holidays.Still looking at your empty calendar for the holidays and wondering what to do? We have 14 really different options led by those I have done on past holidays. Here some of our tips on how to go alone for the holidays...

6 Offbeat Tips How to Save on Vacations:  As much as I love the road less traveled by, dodging leering crocodiles and navigating cholera epidemics and low grade civil wars, I have been mulling ways to have a fall vacation without adding a rider to  my life insurance policy. The...

Save time, search with us first via the Solo Travel Pricing Tracker. Solo Travel Pricing Tracker-No to Low Single Supplement Deals: What is the Solo Travel Pricing Tracker? How does it help solo travelers?  As we all know, the two most dreaded words for those of us traveling...