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 [...]

Today, I’m delighted to bring you an article by guest blogger Jodi Ettenberg of Legal Nomads, a former corporate lawyer-turned-long-term-traveler from Montreal.  Jodi has been eating her way around the world for more than two years and has had many and varied experiences during her time on the road, including having her temporary home neighborhood [...]

I’d like to think that those of you who have been reading my blog for some time have picked up some useful information about what it’s like to travel solo.  One area, though, where I know I have not been able to help you is in regards to long-term (round-the-world) solo travel–because my trips never [...]

Following my successful foray into solo travel in the mid-1990s, I decided to make it a habit.  But independent travel is a bit different than letting someone else do all the planning for you, so I started looking around online for resources for solo travelers.  To no one’s surprise, I’m sure, I didn’t find a [...]

You may already be familiar with the Lost Girls of the LostGirlsWorld.com website, but in case you’re not, here’s another chance to become acquainted with them:  Jennifer Baggett, Holly C. Corbett, and Amanda Pressner have written a book chronicling their travel adventures, titled (appropriately): the lost girls: three friends, four continents, one unconventional detour around [...]