Category: Solo Travel

Cultural Immersion Tips For Solo Travelers – When traveling to an unfamiliar place, you’re likely to encounter barriers to an authentic experience unless you choose a tour operator that is well-versed in cultural immersion.

You are not familiar with the basics like how to get around, how to speak the language, which restaurants serve the real deal and which serve a tourist interpretation of local food. So you get on a bus or a walking tour and hope that the person in charge will give you an authentic interpretation of things. But when you’re an outsider, it can be very difficult to understand the bigger picture.

Cultural Immersion Tips For Solo Travelers

Cultural immersion is the act of surrounding yourself with the culture of a place. This could mean living with the family and helping out on their farm, or simply sharing a meal with a local resident.

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Digital Nomad Lifestyle For Solo Travelers – You’ve undoubtedly seen more than enough articles explaining the magical freedoms of freelancing. The story of those who travel from one exotic beach location to another, landing enough short-term freelance contracts to pay the bills for their lavish Instagram lifestyle.

This may be why some people are free, and more power to them if they do. That’s why I decided to start my own freelance design business. I did it so I could

Digital Nomad Lifestyle For Solo Travelers

Of course, I dream of traveling. I wish I had done a little more of that in my younger days before I had kids and a mortgage. But when I travel I like to enjoy those vacations. I’m not a fan of mixing travel with work — both distract from each other so much that you end up doing neither well.

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Solo Travel: Exploring Asia’s Hidden Gems – Bali is an amazing place to travel solo, and like many other places in Southeast Asia, it’s also very affordable. I absolutely loved it and had almost a month to explore here. I met friends along the way, soaked in a flower bath, had lunch on a boat surrounded by koi fish, visited temples, saw monkeys, stayed in a tree and more. If you are wondering if Bali is safe to travel alone, let me tell you first! As someone who has traveled solo to 25+ countries, I think it is the perfect destination for solo travelers. Read on for the perfect Bali solo travel guide and get ready to explore Bali on your own!

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Solo Travel: Exploring Asia’s Hidden Gems

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Solo Travel: Overcoming Fear And Anxiety – Afraid to travel alone? I was too. An honest reflection of how I learned to overcome my fear of traveling alone.

Here’s a confession: even though I’ve been traveling solo for years, sometimes the thought of being somewhere remote with no familiar face or language can send shivers down my spine. My mind inexplicably conjures up worst-case scenarios and I shut myself up in my little shell

Solo Travel: Overcoming Fear And Anxiety

If you too are afraid of traveling alone, here are some personal tips on how I try to overcome my anxiety and fear of traveling alone:

Safe Solo Travel: 10 Tips & Advice For Traveling Solo

Our emotions are usually a reflection of the thoughts in our mind. So to cheer myself up as I leave the adventure solo, I focus on the romance of solitude; I imagine happily gazing … Read the rest

Solo Travel: Experiencing Local Cuisine – One of the most exciting parts of our cross-country move was planning our road trip meals! I can’t wait to share how we meal planned for this seven day trip from NYC to Seattle, where we stayed and my best tips and tricks for eating healthy on a budget on the road.

I am the planner in my family, so planning road trips across the country was my responsibility. I loved every second of it. My favorite app is called Roadtrippers. I’ve used it for years to plan awesome road trips and I think it’s a great value at $25/year even if you only do one major road trip in a 12 month period. Planning a road trip with this app is easy compared to Google Maps.

Solo Travel: Experiencing Local Cuisine

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