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Safety & Planning

How to Find Cheap Flights When You’re Booking for One

When you plan a trip by yourself, you pay for your own room, shoulder the entire rental car…

Slow Travel

What to Do If You Get Sick Abroad Alone

A unique vulnerability arises when you wake up in a foreign hotel room with chills, severe foodborne illness,…

Travel Strategy

How to Travel Europe in the Off-Season: October and Beyond

Summer in Europe gets all the marketing budget. It gets glossy magazine covers, cinematic Mediterranean sun, and suffocating…

Slow Travel

Master Solo Travel in the Sunshine State: FLORIDA: The Complete Solo Traveler’s Guide Has Arrived

Today marks the official release of FLORIDA: The Complete Solo Traveler’s Guide! Traveling alone in Florida offers unmatched…

City Guides

Why Florida Belongs on Every Solo Traveler’s List

Ask a solo traveler where they’re dreaming of going next, and Florida rarely comes up first. Portugal comes…

City Guides

Asheville in Autumn: Why the Blue Ridge Became a Solo Traveler’s Fall Refuge

Asheville’s autumn identity owes almost everything to a single piece of Depression-era infrastructure. The Blue Ridge Parkway, begun…

City Guides

Galway’s Oyster Festival: How a Marketing Gimmick Became Ireland’s Oldest Food Festival

Ireland’s oldest food festival didn’t start as a celebration of heritage or harvest. It started as a hotel…

Travel Strategy

Affordable Solo Travel in the US: Practical Options for Smart Budgeting

Traveling solo gives you unmatched freedom. However, you face one major hurdle: paying 100% of the lodging, rental…

Food & Dining

France’s Culinary Interior: Bordeaux, Lyon & Toulouse for the Solo Traveler

Paris gets the spotlight, but France’s true culinary soul lives in its regions. High-speed trains link three distinct…