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Posts under ‘General Travel Tips’
My Three Best Travel Secrets
My friend JoAnna Haugen of Kaleidoscopic Wandering has tagged me to participate in a travel blogger game to share my three best travel secrets. This game was kicked off by Katie at TripBase.com as a way to unite the travel blogging community and create a list of our collective best travel tips. The key is [...]
Phone numbers to have on hand
Anyone who flies knows there is always the possibility of a canceled flight that can leave you stranded in a strange city, and/or keep you from getting where you need to go, when you need to be there. This is the kind of situation that causes people who are normally unflappable to have a complete [...]
More ideas for solo travelers on a budget
Jane Engle wrote this article in the L.A. Times travel section recently offering five suggestions on ways solos can travel within a budget. It’s all good advice, some of which I’ve covered here before. Although, having taken a train once to Delaware, I can tell you if you want to “snooze in your seat”, I [...]
The Social Solo Traveler
When I tell people that I travel alone, I often get one of two reactions: “Wow, you are so brave!” or “Aren’t you lonely?” I don’t consider myself especially brave, but if you want to, that’s cool with me. I did worry about loneliness before I finally decided to just go by myself. Now I [...]
