Supporting Solo Female Travel for Women Over 40
What would your best Shetland trip highlights be? Vikings? Simmer Dim? Kilts and Haggis? What is the first thing that springs to mind when you think of Shetland? Possibly the Police show of the same name on the BBC? (The new series is due to start filming April 2021 if you’re a fan). The thing …
5 Stories that will inspire you to go too I decided to ask five women, of a variety of ages and experience in travelling, five questions on just what their experience of solo female travel in India has been. Safety is a big concern when travelling as a solo female. In this post 5 women …
Telling it like it is, not having fun on my solo trip Have you ever taken a solo female travel trip and just felt that you were done with it and that you wanted to go home? Were you lacking that feeling of Hozhoni you sought? (Hozhoni is an American Indian Navajo word meaning a …
How do you build the confidence to travel solo? For every woman that is out there exploring the world, there is another who would love to join her, but finding herself solo, lacks the confidence to step on a plane and go. This guide will help you take the steps you need to help build …
In which I get lost, manage to successfully use Google maps and get hit on by a hot Italian architect! On my first day of being a tourist in Venice I was up with the birds. I crept out of my dorm room so as not to disturb my roomies and out into the balmy …
How I fell in Love with London Although I lived in England until I was 18, and then moved only as far as Scotland, by the age of 40 I had only visited London once!! Shocking I know! It didn’t take me long to fall in love with London though once I did visit. Why …
Cheryl Strayed To start off my Inspirational Women series I want to nominate Cheryl Strayed. I read Cheryl Strayed’s book ‘Wild,’ many years age. It must have been when it first came out, as she came to do an author event at my local bookshop, The Mainstreet Trading Company (If you are ever in the Scottish Borders …
Travel Trends to embrace in 2024: A Journey of Discovery & Connection Lets talk about Travel Trends following on from this year. Hey ladies! I’ve got some exciting news for all of you wanderlusters. As we begin to wind down from the high season of 2023, let’s take a minute to begin to consider what …
Why are we women so afraid to travel solo? Solo travel fear is a real thing. But why? I believe it’s a combination of social conditioning, lack of self-belief and confidence in our abilities and a fear of the unknown. In this post I confront the most common fears I have come across, which prevent …
Your 1st solo trip: 5 Destinations to Consider
Great! Go you for being ready to take the plunge into solo travel. Read on to discover the best destinations to choose.