Posts under ‘Women’s Travel’

For many solo travelers, one of the biggest hurdles to becoming comfortable with solo travel is dining alone. Somehow, we can navigate foreign lands on our own, get ourselves from Point A to Point B, struggle through conversations in other languages, and get by just fine. . .until mealtime. What is it about eating alone [...]

This one’s (primarily) for the ladies: Have you ever agonized about where to keep your money and credit cards while traveling to keep them safe from pickpockets? Have you ever wondered how money belts or other under-your-clothing security wallets work? I just wrote a guest review for Brooke Schoenman at Her Packing List describing my [...]

International Women’s Day is a global holiday celebrated on March 8 every year since the early 1900s. It marks the achievements of, and celebrates, women around the world.  In honor of the day, I wanted to share some resource links with you specifically for female travelers. Hostelbookers resources for women includes listings of female-friendly hostels [...]

Stephanie Lee is the author of The Art of Solo Travel, a guide for “un-average girls” (as she puts it) who wish to travel the world by themselves.  Stephanie has lived in Malaysia, San Francisco, and Australia (where she studied architecture at the University of New South Wales).  Six years after she earned her degree [...]

My friend Colleen and I went to see the movie Eat, Pray, Love last week.  Neither of us had read the book, so we were both eager to see what all the fuss was about.  From what little I knew of it, I thought it was right up my alley:  Elizabeth Gilbert takes a year [...]