What I am about to say may shock you:  I quite often don’t practice what I preach when it comes to solo travel safety.  There is a lot of sound advice about safety for solo women that is commonly-held and repeated among travelers (including me!).  Most of it, I adhere to.  For instance, I make [...]

Here at SoloFriendly, you generally get the point of view of one type of solo traveler (me). I’m a short-term traveler, a vacation traveler if you will. Tuesday, I introduced you to my friend Danielle Johnston, a radically different type of solo traveler, and noted some scary travel episodes she has experienced. If what had [...]

Imagine you are a U.S. citizen in Ghana doing volunteer work and you are awakened to screams and the pounding of running feet.  When you look outside, you see hundreds of men–your neighbors, people you’ve come to care about–running for the bush, running for their lives, as the women of the town scream for them [...]

Attention, ladies!  If you are a solo female traveler–or have ever thought of becoming one–you should know about this opportunity.  Hostelbookers.com has a survey at their website right now geared toward women who travel alone.  They are trying to collect information about how we feel about various travel subjects, so if you want your voice [...]

Every once in awhile, I come across an article I find so useful and interesting, that I just have to share it with you.  This is one of them.  Women on the Road just published an interview with Candy Harrington on the topic of women traveling (solo) with disabilities.  She answers the question of “Should [...]