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Archive for category: Solo travel

Solo travel tips, stories, and interviews with other solo travellers

  • First solo trip: 6 travellers’ tales
     

    First solo trip: 6 travellers’ tales

    14th June 2017 / Solo travel, Stories / 9 comments

    Everybody who’s been travelling solo for a while remembers their first solo trip, probably because the emotions were just more intense. It’s like the traveller’s version of losing your virginity. You don’t forget the first […]

     
     
  • Rome, Italy, on my first trip travelling solo
     

    25 things I learned in 25 years of travelling solo

    3rd May 2017 / Solo tips, Solo travel / 11 comments

    Twenty-five years ago today, I was lending in Paris on my first solo trip, which also happened to be my very first trip to Europe! After at least 15 years of dreaming, working hard, and […]

     
     
  • Over 40 and planning a first solo trip?
     

    Over 40 and planning a first solo trip?

    5th April 2017 / Solo tips, Solo travel / 14 comments

    Ever since I wrote my post “Solo travellers in your 40s or 50s” I’ve been amazed at the number of people reading the post (over 10% of my entire traffic) and leaving comments. It turns […]

     
     
  • Luxury Cafayate hotel
     

    Abroad and alone on your birthday?

    22nd February 2017 / Solo tips, Solo travel / 4 comments

    I sat alone in the nearly empty hotel restaurant. A few couples were also having dinner on this St-Valentine’s night. When the waiter brought my expensive fish dish, I couldn’t resist. “Today is my birthday” […]

     
     
  • The colourful buildings of Nyhavn, Copenhagen
     

    Retrospective 2016 – a year in the first world

    27th December 2016 / Retrospectives, Solo travel / 0 comments

    It has sort of become a tradition for me to review and summarize the year that’s ending, from a travel point of view. If you’d rather see where I’m going next, jump to the end! […]

     
     
  • Travelling solo in New Zealand
     

    Solo travel: men vs women

    22nd November 2016 / Interviews, Solo travel / 8 comments

    Have you noticed all the blogs focusing on female solo travel these days? There are blogs written by solo men travellers of course, but they do not advertise themselves as “solo male travel” blogs. Here […]

     
     
  • South of South Brook, Newfoundland
     

    Across Canada by bike: Marcus’ 9000 km journey

    17th October 2016 / Interviews, Solo travel / 12 comments

    Last winter, a reader and fellow Canadian contacted me through the blog, asking if I had visited some countries he was considering for a solo trip. Interestingly, I hadn’t been to any of the countries […]

     
     
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Since 2013, my mission is to give YOU, the 40+ solo traveller, the means and inspiration to travel safely on your own, stray off the beaten path, and have unusual adventures, all without breaking the bank!

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