How to Travel Alone

Solo travel offers so many real benefits but it also comes with some unique challenges. That's why we have created this category of posts on how to travel alone.

Below you will find all our posts on how to travel solo. If you wish, you can jump to sub categories, including:

Happy solo travel.

Contemplating History in Nuremberg

November 11, 2012 by Janice Waugh

Overwhelmed by the Memorium Nuremberg Trials, I sat down in the museum and wrote this. It is, appropriately, Remembrance Day.

30 Cheap Tricks for Solo Travel

March 28, 2012 by Janice Waugh

Lots of great ideas to help you travel large on a small budget.

My Magical Mystery Tour – It’s Not What You Think

November 16, 2011 by Janice Waugh

Solo in Liverpool, my magical mystery tour in Liverpool didn’t involve any psychedelic buses. It was all about the magical people of this city with an extraordinary past.

Solo Travel Safety: 20 Common Sense Tips

October 23, 2010 by Janice Waugh

Common sense in one country is not necessarily common in another. Travelers must have travel common sense. Here are 20 tips to help you get yours.

Solo Travel Danger Part II: Caught in a Con Game

June 12, 2010 by Janice Waugh

This is the story that I have been sitting on for a year. I alluded to it in the podcast interview I did. Now you have it. It is a story of naivety, danger and extremely good luck. Please have a read and share it. Frightening films like “Taken” are based in truth.

Traveling Alone? Not for long in Ibiza

May 26, 2010 by Guest

Ibiza is the party capital of the world. Guest writer, Anton, has been going for 15 years. Get the best out of this island, even the quiet side of it, with Anton’s information.

Burning Man for the Solo Traveler

November 14, 2009 by Guest

Burning Man is that enigmatic destination of art and community. Guest writer Joanna Haugen shares her experience of traveling alone to Burning Man.

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