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We Lowered the Price. We Added More. Here’s Why.

May 21, 2026
4 min read
By Bryan Wolfe
solo travel city guides

Every 48-hour solo travel city guide is now $7.99 — and it comes with more than it ever has.

That’s not a sale. It’s not a limited-time offer. It’s the new price, permanently, across every guide in both the European and U.S. series.

At the same time, we’ve added three things to every guide that weren’t there before.


What You Get Now With Every Guide

An interactive map. Every location from the guide — pinned, color-coded by day, and ready to open on your phone. No app download. No login. Scan the QR code on the back cover and every stop from Day 1 and Day 2 is already waiting for you. Day 1 pins in navy. Day 2 in gold. Food and drink in rust. Rainy day alternatives marked separately. It works the way a map should work — you look at it once and you know exactly where you’re going.

A city safety guide. Every city in the series now includes a companion safety guide covering the neighborhoods to understand before you arrive, local transport at night, the medical resources that matter if something goes wrong, and the practical details that most travel guides consider too unglamorous to include. Solo travel requires a different level of preparation than traveling with someone else. The safety guides reflect that.

A solo trip planner. A fillable two-page PDF that pairs directly with the 48-hour structure of each guide. Day 1 and Day 2 schedule grids, trip essentials, a packing checklist built specifically for solo travelers, dining picks, emergency contacts, arrival notes, and a post-trip reflection page. Type directly into every field in any PDF reader, or print it and fill it in by hand. It’s yours when you buy any guide.


Why the Price Went Down

The guides started at $14.99. That was a reasonable price for what they were — a well-researched, professionally designed 48-hour itinerary for an independent traveler who doesn’t want filler.

But $7.99 is a price that removes hesitation. If you’re considering a trip to Lisbon and you’re not sure yet, $7.99 means you buy the guide and find out. If you’re already going to Vienna and you want to make the most of 48 hours there, $7.99 is not a decision. It’s just a purchase.

We’d rather you buy the guide, use it, and have a better trip. That’s the point of this.


Every Guide. Every Series.

The price applies to every guide currently live — all 13 European cities and all 9 U.S. cities. It applies to every guide we publish going forward. The interactive map, safety guide, and trip planner come with all of them.

If you’ve already purchased a guide at the previous price, thank you. You paid for something that was worth what you paid. The work that went into these didn’t change when the price did.

If you’ve been on the fence about a city, this is the moment.

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Bryan Wolfe
About the Author
Bryan Wolfe
Solo Travel Writer · 15+ Years in Tech Journalism

Bryan Wolfe spent years traveling the world on someone else's schedule. Then he became an empty nester, reclaimed his passport, and hasn't looked back. Based in State College, Pennsylvania, Bryan has sailed on some of the world's largest cruise ships, wandered through Europe on his own terms, and developed a firm belief that the best solo travel years don't start until your fifties. He founded GoingSolo.Life to build the resource he wished had existed when he started — honest, practical, and written for travelers who know exactly what they want. He's also a Fora-certified travel advisor, which means he can help you plan the trip, not just inspire it.