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Here's your first round up of posts from Solo Traveler for 2020!
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When you travel alone, you travel on your terms. Here are 50 of our best tips, plus links to additional resources to ensure solo travel success.
Don't worry about traveling alone.
Enjoy the thrill of traveling solo!
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Pic of the Week: Stoupa, Greece
This photo of sea, sand, and mountains in Stoupa was shared with us by a member of the Solo Travel society who recently returned from a trip to Greece.
WE HAVE A WINNER!
Congratulations to Susan from Ottawa, Canada, winner of our December Guess the Destination Giveaway! Susan (pictured here on a trip to Peru) will be enjoying The Blue Danube River Cruise for Solo Travelers courtesy of Riviera River Cruises. Find out more about this cruise here: http://bit.ly/2Fs5vTs. Thanks to Riviera and everyone who entered, and Bon Voyage, Susan!
Pic of the Week: Singapore Skyline
This photo of the brightly lit Singapore skyline was shared with us by a member of the Solo Travel Society who was exploring the city at night.
Attention Female Solo Travelers. Do you have a few minutes to help a student with her research project? Ellie is working towards a degree in International Tourism Management at Leeds Beckett University. She would appreciate your help with a survey on the fears and concerns of female solo travellers: the effect of South East Asia’s
destination image. Details and survey here.
If you use public WiFi as you travel,
a VPN is important.
Using a VPN
- Protects you from online identity theft – what a way to ruin a trip.
- Let’s you search the web in your own language when abroad.
- Gives you access to sites that are blocked in certain countries.
For more information about VPNs, read:
To use StrongVPN:
Best Solo Travel Experiences of 2019
As the year drew to a close, I asked the Solo Travel Society, “What were your best solo travel experiences of 2019?” Here’s what they had to say.
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Solo Travel: Meaningful Travel
What is the meaning of meaningful? We asked members of the Solo Travel Society and they shared the many ways in which solo travel is meaningful to them.
Wondering
About Travel Insurance?
Traveling alone is great. But being seriously sick or injured and alone, not so much. Travel insurance has helped me in many ways. Read about how here.
Bare Minimum Packing: Here’s Your Packing List
Packing lists are the key to packing light. Most people have trouble with this but it’s an important skill for the solo traveler. Readers come back to this post time and again, trip after trip!
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