8 Places to Visit When You’re 30 and Single For those of you who’ve recently entered this new era of life - THE THIRTIES - and aren’t sure exactly which adventure to set out on next to...
Where Solo Travelers Should Visit in 2018 Those inclined to hit the road alone know that solo travel is one of the best ways to experience almost any destination and to have an authentic...
Don’t Fall for These 4 Solo Traveling Myths The world is out there, just waiting to be explored. But for many would-be travelers, the mere thought of embarking on a solo trip can be pretty...
7 Affordable Solo Travel Destinations Sure, romantic getaways and family-fun packed vacations are fantastic. But, there’s really nothing quite like solo travel. If you've never...
My Solo, South American Adventure Taught Me I Hate Being Rootless…Here’s How I Saved It It has taken all of my concentration not to cry for the past hour so I immediately break down when a well-meaning Australian woman, who is on my...
Why I’ll Never Travel in a Group Again It was 2013 and I was on a train surrounded by a handful of people who, just hours before, had been complete strangers. We were passing around those...
Why I’ll Never Travel Solo Again At the end of summer in 2003, I finally achieved my teenage travel dreams. Although I was technically no longer a teen -- having turned a ripe...
QUIZ: Are You More of a Solo or Group Traveler? Traveling is a wonderful thing. But it certainly has its hitches -- from flight delays to unreadable menus to hotels that don't look like the...
How to Make Friends While You Travel “Anna and Reto got married,” I told my husband Kevin, the other night. We were sitting in bed, me on Facebook on my phone, him in the middle of a...
Don’t Take My Word For It: A Travel Series I am twenty years old and on a nine-hour train ride from Munich to Amsterdam. I'm uncomfortably trying to settle in for the night in my second class...
Don’t Take My Word For It: A Travel Series For The Constant Wanderer It is eight o’clock in the morning on September the twenty fourth. Florentine traffic pounds by outside of the open hostel window. The room...
Looking for Love: How to Meet People While Traveling Solo From Paris to Bali, the thought of finding that special someone in a far off land is incredibly romantic. Though it may seem like the stuff romance...
A Semi-Comprehensive Guide to Smart Solo Travel Let’s get street smart. The first time that I traveled solo, I was a fresh-faced twenty-year old who couldn’t wait to hop on trains, scrounge...
How to Survive Iceland, As Told By #ElinatheExplorer Folks, our favorite solo traveler just came back from another trip. Where'd she go this time? To Iceland, of course! This island nation is all the...