Hi there,
Here's your round up of posts from Solo Traveler for April!
On May 10th you'll receive our monthly list of deals from companies that serve solo travelers well. Some have reduced their prices, changed their cancellation policies, and/or postponed trips. Like you, they, and we are having a tough time right now, but we’re working hard to keep the dream of solo travel
alive! Browse through their offerings in both the Advisory and on the Solo Traveler Deals page as you dream of future trips to come.
Thanks for reading and sharing.
Take good care,
Janice & Tracey
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What to Do When You Can’t Travel
For those times when you can’t travel, and especially during the current crisis, here are 9 ways to embrace the spirit of travel from home.
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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.
Give it as a gift. Gift it to yourself.
Solo Travel Iceland: Photos by Readers
Enjoy these Iceland photos, all contributed by members of the Solo Travel Society and readers of Solo Traveler who took them while exploring the country.
Solo Travel Morocco: Photos by Readers
Enjoy these Morocco photos, all contributed by members of the Solo Travel Society and readers of Solo Traveler who took them while exploring the country.
Traveling Solo for the First Time
When considering traveling solo for the first time, sometimes what you need is the support and encouragement of those who have been there.
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:
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Solo Travel Norway: Photos by Readers
Enjoy these Norway photos, all contributed by members of the Solo Travel Society and readers of Solo Traveler who took them while exploring the country.
A Request for Help
Times are tough for the travel industry and that goes for us as well. The number of people visiting the site has dropped to a small fraction of what it was and that affects us in many ways. We're hoping that you will take a few minutes each day to help us.
Here are some things you can do, at no cost to you, to help us during this difficult time.
- Keep reading the blog. This is so important as the more people that go directly to Solo Traveler, without searching for it, the better we look in the eyes of Google and the more people they'll send to us as well. This is our Start Here page.
- It's also very important to go to more than one page when on the blog. To click to the blog and then "bounce" off will actually do us harm. So please, when you go to the blog, take a moment to skim the page, and then click through to at least one more page that interests you and read that as well.
- Pin our posts to Pinterest. If you're on Pinterest, there are three things you can do:
- Follow us here
- Save and visit the pins we already have on our boards.
- When you read a post on Solo Traveler, save the "Save it for later on Pinterest!" images we're adding to the posts.
- Go to our advertisers' page and dream. The companies that are advertising on Solo Traveler have been screened to ensure that they treat solo travelers well. The people in these companies are hurting too. Please go to our advertisers page and start dreaming. Click through to the trips that look of interest to you. It's free and safe to dream.
- Share our newsletters. If you know people who travel solo, perhaps they would like to receive our emails as well. Please feel free to share this email so that they can sign up. Using this link, they'll receive our
travel budgeting template as a bonus. If you don't already have a copy, you can download yours here.
Thank you so much.
Resources for Future Trips
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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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 travel insurance, I will receive a commission but this does not affect the price you pay.
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