Travel Alone – Where and How
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It’s designed to help you quickly find the posts that go to the heart of the matter:
Over on the Best of Solo Travel resource page, you’ll find posts about why it’s great to travel alone and stories to inspire your travels. But here its all about where and how.
Traveling alone is an amazing experience but it is also demanding. Everything from your itinerary to how much fun you have is all up to you. Check out these posts to help you thoroughly enjoy your experience as a solo traveler.
How to Travel Alone
Travel Alone Tips for Newbies
The Solo Travel Society on Facebook offers lots of information from experienced travelers. Here are some of their great tips for those new to traveling alone.
Solo Travel: Budget your trip
Travel dreaming is wonderful. Travel budgeting, not so much. Follow these tips to get the most from your travels without painful bills after the fact.
How to Travel Alone Without Being Lonely: 10 tips & 5 posts
After safety, the number one concern of solo travelers is feeling lonely. I’ve addressed this issue in many ways. This post pulls all those ways together in one place. Please share this resource with friends so that everyone can enjoy solo travel.
Travel Alone on a Budget Part I: avoiding the single supplement
In addition to being expensive, the single supplement is annoying. Travel alone and choose tours by using these tips on beating it – at least some of the time.
30 Cheap Tricks for Solo Travel
Lots of great ideas to help you travel large on a small budget.
Hiking Boots to High Heels in 1 Carry-on: Here’s Your Packing List
Hiking boots and high heels, two weeks, one carry-on. Can it be done? Yes. Here’s how — packing list and all.
Travel Alone and Yes, Talk to Strangers
We are all raised not to talk to strangers. But it can be a good thing. A really good thing. Here’s how to travel alone and talk to strangers safely.
10 Tips on Clubbing & Pubbing Solo
There were many responses to the post last week on Pub Life in the Lake District. It seems that people want to go out at night when they travel alone but are somewhat intimidated. So… I give you 10 tips on Clubbing & Pubbing Solo.
Overcome Your Fear: how to practice safe couchsurfing
Is couchsurfing out of the question when you travel alone? Maybe not, if you follow tips from an experienced couch surfer.
Tips for the Shy Solo Traveler
Here are 5 tips for traveling alone in silence and 5 more for traveling solo socially that even shy people can use.
Travel Alone to India: 32 Tips You Need to Know
How to make the adventure of traveling solo to India a bit easier.
Meeting People: The Chili Cheese Omelet Opener
Meeting people as you travel alone is easy with techniques like the Chili Cheese Omelet Opener.
8 Ways to Find a Free Local Travel Guide
I’ve heard of many creative ways to find a tour guide as you travel alone but number one really surprised me.
5 Ways to Enjoy Restaurant Dining – Alone
Before I started this blog, I did a survey and discovered that dining alone was one of the greatest fears about traveling alone. Well, here are five ways to overcome them.
Travel Alone Safely
Addressing Travel Alone Objection #1: ten safety solutions.
Solo travel objection #1 is about safety. Well, fear not. Here are ten ways to travel solo and safe.
Travel Alone Safely: 10 ways to blend in when you can’t.
My white curly hair stands out in a crowd – especially traveling places like South America or the Middle East. Here’s how to blend in when you really can’t
Travel Alone Safely: 20 Common Sense Tips
Common sense in one country is not necessarily common in another. Travelers must have travel common sense. Here are 20 tips to help you get yours.
Travel Sickness: how to prevent 5 travel-related health problems
Preventing travel sickness – malaria, poison ivy, diarrhea, lime disease, altitude sickness – is really important for solo travelers. Here’s how.
Travel Alone Safely: tips for respecting local cultures
Respect for a culture, its customs and laws is fundamental to personal safety when traveling. Here are 8 tips to help you be respectful even if you don’t know the nuances of the country’s customs.
Solo Travel Safety: safe answers to common questions.
My new friends smiled when they realized my clever answer that told them nothing yet satisfied their curiosity. Answering questions safely is an important skill when one travels alone. Here are 5 polite and sufficiently vague answers to common questions that will keep you safe as you travel solo.
Travel Alone Safely: 10 ways to look confident.
This post was inspired by a comment made by a reader: “safety is an inside job” she said. Yes, confidence is a traveler’s armor. But, what if… Here’s how to appear confident even when you’re not.
Where to Travel Alone
Every Tuesday we suggest another destination that is great for traveling alone. Readers of the blog make their suggestions by completing this form. We do need you to include a photo but it doesn’t take long to do and you get to brag about a trip and share your knowledge with other solo travelers.
First up is a post that offer a way of choosing a destination, then there are a variety of suggestions of places to travel alone.
Best Destinations for Solo Travelers
What are the best destinations for solo travelers? I’m asked this all the time. Here’s my answer
Travel Alone Destination: Barcelona
Sidling up to the bar for tapas or strolling along Las Ramblas, Barcelona is a fine destination for solo travelers
Travel Alone Destination: Grenada
Grenada comes highly recommended as a Solo Travel Destination. Gorgeous beaches, stunning waterfalls and the scent of spice in the air…what’s not to love?
Travel Alone Destination: Patagonia
A Solo Travel Society member from Brazil brings us this profile of Patagonia, recommending it as a great option for solo travelers
Travel Alone Destination: Thailand
Solo Travel Society members from England and the Philippines both recommend Thailand as a wonderful destination for solo travelers.
Travel Alone Destination: Cuba
A Solo Travel Society member recommends Cuba as an interesting Solo Travel Destination for its history, architecture, beaches…and mojitos.
Travel Alone Destination: Prague, Czech Republic
Prague is a great option for solo travelers, offering a wealth of art, culture, history and beauty.
Travel Alone Destination: Lake Powell in Page, Arizona, United States
A Solo Travel Society member recommends the beautiful Lake Powell in Page, Arizona as a great destination for solo travelers.
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