Hi All,

 

I've been writing about solo travel for 11 years now and, not surprisingly, my thoughts have evolved.

 

This past week I updated our Travel Alone and Love it! post. It goes way back. I'm guessing that I first wrote it sometime in 2009 and I have updated it many times since.

 

This time, I added a section about how solo travel makes life better.

 

My life experience has expanded in the past eleven years and, as a result, so has my understanding of how solo travel can make life better. Not just life as you travel, but life in general. I really got on a roll while writing it. I hope you'll have a look and add your thoughts in the comments.

 

We're expanding our services to the Solo Traveler Insiders. One new component is a monthly Meet-up. Our first will happen this Wednesday, June 30th. We're going to share and inspire each other about summer travel.

 

On June 16th, our speakers for the Insiders were two travel insurance brokers who really dug in deep to help us understand how to buy travel insurance in the United States and Canada. The video is available for all members to watch as well as a written summary of all the information and examples they provided.

 

Things are still changing in the travel space. I pulled together this list of resources for last month's email to you. I thought it worth offering again as they are being updated regularly. 

Take good care.

 

Warmly,
Janice

P.S. Here's a list of our most popular resources for solo travelers:

• 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.
• The 2021 Travel Planning Toolkit has 13 resources to make your travel planning easier. (Solo Traveler Insiders get a 50% discount)
• 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.
• 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! Buy it separately or get it as part of the Toolkit!