After I recently admitted that I was feeling burned out with my blogging, my friend Andy Hayes came to my rescue with this guest post. His topic is eerily timely, as I have a friend traveling in Southeast Asia who started out with a tour group and broke away from them when she realized she [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Solo Travel’
The World is Her Classroom
I’ve said it before on this blog, but it bears repeating: Solo travel isn’t just for single people. Today’s guest blogger is a perfect example of this: Tracy Antonioli is a married teacher who is taking a year off to travel solo and work on a project she is passionate about while her husband keeps [...]
Ditching Freaks or How to Get Out of Awkward Encounters When Traveling Solo
One of the ironies of solo travel is how much easier it can be to meet people because you’re solo, instead of traveling with your significant other or a posse. But if the upside of solo travel is that you’re approachable, then the downside of solo travel is that you’re. . . approachable. That’s right: [...]
Five Ways to Make the Most Out of Solo Business Travel
Do you travel for business often, or even occasionally? I wouldn’t know what that’s like, since my days are spent in a cubicle. But today’s guest blogger, Matt Long of Landlopers, knows all about traveling for business. Here, he offers his advice for how to transform a solo business trip from a routine business obligation [...]
Eating Around Paris
There are many reasons to visit Paris, but let’s face it: One of the biggest is the reputation of its quality of food. To hear it told, one has not lived until one has tasted French cuisine. I can’t help but wonder if people’s perceptions of how great the food is has been influenced by [...]
