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Welcome to SoloFriendly.com, a blog for solo travelers! If you like what you see, I hope you’ll subscribe to my RSS feed and/or fan me on Facebook. Thanks for visiting!Today marks the 2nd anniversary (blogiversary?) of SoloFriendly.com. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for reading my blog, subscribing [...]

In this week’s collection of recommended reads, we have solo travel articles that describe making friends on the road, overcoming our fears, and appreciating solo travel when it comes our way.  The round-up is capped off with an inspiring destination post on Paris. Enjoy!
Travel Solo for a Rocky Mountain High – People who have never [...]

There were some good contenders for this week’s Recommended Reads.  Whittling it down to just five every week is going to be tough.  Here are my choices this week.  There’s a little bit of practical here, a little bit of funny, some thought-provoking and some daydream-encouraging.  Enjoy!
Going Solo to Mexico and Loving It – By [...]

Louise Brown of TravelBlogSites.com informs me that SoloFriendly.com ranks #96 of the Top 100 Travel Blogs on the TravelBlogSites leaderboard. This score is the average of the Alexa and Compete.com rankings for each travel blog.
Woo! This is exciting news for me.  As I told Louise, I’m pretty lost when it comes to rankings and how [...]

As an information junkie, I read a LOT of other travel blogs every week.  There is some great travel writing happening out there, people.  Just in case you’re not spending 80% of your life in front of your computer like I do, I have decided to do my part to expose you to more great [...]

When I go to Las Vegas, I always try to catch a show.  During this past trip, I finally saw Phantom, the Las Vegas Spectacular at the Venetian.  I’d heard good things about it for the past few years, but when you only visit Las Vegas once a year and only see one show per [...]

SoloFriendly.com has a brand new Facebook page–so new, in fact, it still has that new Facebook page smell.  If you’re on Facebook, please stop by and become a fan. Discuss blog posts, check out travel photos from solo-friendly destinations, ask your burning questions about solo travel, and add your own advice about solo-friendly travel.
Becoming a [...]

Before my most recent solo trip to Walt Disney World, I decided to purchase Ridemax, a software program I’d been reading about that allows users to create custom touring plans to help maximize their time at the parks, while minimizing wait times.  (Read: No standing in long lines!  Yay!)  The customization is a real selling [...]

Have you ever heard this expression:  “It ruined my vacation!”?  I see it all the time online on travel forums and review sites.  Whenever I read that statement, I roll my eyes.  Why?  Because 80% of the time, the person who wrote it is being a drama queen blowing some minor incident out of all [...]

When I tell people I am going on a trip, the first question they always ask is “Where?” The second is “Who are you going with?”
This baffles me. I’ve gone on numerous trips by myself, I have a solo travel blog, and I am a proponent of solo travel. And these people know it. Yet [...]