Hi Solo Traveler, Here's What's New for February

Published: Sun, 02/16/20

Hi there,

Here's your round up of posts from Solo Traveler for February!

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Worst Jet Lag Ever: Symptoms, Remedies & Prevention

Jet lag can be a serious problem. Here are jet lag symptoms, remedies and tips for prevention plus over 100 comments from other travelers.

Solo Travel Destination: Alsace, France

This Solo Travel Society member enjoyed Alsace, renting a car to explore Colmar and surrounding areas and using transit to move around Strasbourg.

Don't worry about traveling alone.

Enjoy the thrill of traveling solo!

What a difference a word makes. Traveling alone sounds, well, lonely. Traveling solo is quite different. It's something that capable, confident, adventurous people do. The Wits & Wonder Travel Course will help you travel solo – not lonely, not timid – confidently.

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Planning an Amtrak Trip on a Tight Budget: Solo Train Travel

How I planned my Amtrak trip on a tight budget. The criteria, process, stumbling blocks, and the big change of plan to get the trip I really wanted.

Solo Female Travel Safety: Answering a Stranger’s Question-Or Not

The Solo Travel Society weighs in on solo female travel safety and what to do when asked the question, “Are you by yourself?”

Solo Travel Destination: New Zealand

Two Solo Travel Society members experience New Zealand in different ways and both recommend it as an ideal destination to visit.

VPN for Travel: What, Why and an Easy Setup Guide

Here’s why you want a VPN for travel, what to look for in a VPN service and an easy guide to setting it up on your phone, computer, or tablet.

Best Budget Destinations for Solo Travelers: the 2020 Shortlist

After reviewing many lists of budget destination recommendations, here is our shortlist of top destinations for solo travelers on a budget for 2020.

Pic of the Week: Key West, Florida, USA

Enjoy the intensity of the colors in this travel photo from Key West, Florida shared with us by a member of the Solo Travel Society.

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:

VPN for Travel: What, Why and an Easy Setup Guide.

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Traveling Carefree Means Traveling Covered

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.

Go directly to World Nomads here.
Read more at Going Alone: Travel Insurance is a Must.
People 70+ (65+ in Canada) should read this.

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!

Going Somewhere Soon?

The Wits & Wonder Travel Course Solo travelers have given the course 4.4 stars out of 5 and 79% say they are likely to recommend it to a friend. Many already have!
Going Alone? Travel Insurance is a Must - why I never travel without insurance, how I've used it to recover losses, and how to buy it.
VPN for Travel: What, Why and an Easy Setup Guide - it will protect your identity on public WiFi and let's you browse the net in English even if you're in a foreign country.
Bare Minimum Packing: Here’s Your Packing List - our ultimate packing check list which I continue to use for every trip.
Solo Female Travel - for a list of posts that are especially for women.
Best Solo Travel Destinations: All Solo Traveler Tested - if you're looking for a little inspiration.
Solo Travel Deals Page. Updated monthly, to our knowledge this is the only list of tours with no or low single supplements on the Internet.

All recommendations are based on my experience and is the advice I give friends. It should be noted that if you buy some recommended products such as life insurance, I will receive a commission but this does not affect the price you pay.