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Solo Female Travelers

Curated first-person advice, expert solo travel tips, and travel news that matter by a 24-year solo travel veteran and co-founder of Solo Female Travelers Tours, a premium women-only, small group tour company that supports female-owned businesses around the world.

Travel tip #174: How not to be left behind

Hi Reader, How are you today? I am home on a small break between trips and preparing for the month-long journey through Central Asia that will take me to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. If these are countries you'd like to visit, get on the waitlist so you are the first to know when they go live. On this week's podcast episode we dug deeper into the needs and wants of women traveling solo, and into the things that worry or even stop them from traveling solo. It's based on the research...

💸 350 OFF 🎄 The sparkliest time of the year + My travels for the rest of 2026

Hi Reader, I hope you are doing great wherever you are. I am in Moldova, on my last day here, spending a few days on a solo trip, enjoying some me-time. Christmas is only 3 months away and, if you are in the Philippines, I know the countdown has started already 🎁, It has to be the country where Christmas starts earliest! For the rest of us, we will have to wait a couple of months more for the full Xmas spirit to take over. In the meantime, we are joining in the celebrations and starting our...

Travel tip #173: Fun new travel trends

Hi Reader, I hope you are doing well wherever you are! I am on my last day of the tour here in Armenia and have probably gained a kilo or two already with all the yummy foods this country has to offer. If you are a foodie person, you absolutely need to visit Georgia and Armenia. They are both a must. Follow me on Instagram to see what we have been up to in the last few days. This week travel tip is a bit of inspiration with some new and fun travel trends spotted across the internet. And after...

Meet me in London! + Where to find women-led immersive tours + How to move to Europe

Hi Reader, How are you doing? I am in Armenia on tour with the first group to tour with us and I am so happy to be eating allllll the foods! Come join me on Instagram to see what we are up to and book your spot on our 2027 trips here. On this week's email: I will be attending a travel conference in London at the beginning of November and will fly a few days earlier to support a great initiative led by Women in travel CiC. I will spend a Sunday touring the city to learn more about the...

Travel tip #172: How to listen to inflight entertainment with your own headset

Hi Reader, How are you doing on. this beautiful Friday? I am already on my way to Tbilisi, Georgia to meet the group that just ended their trip there on their farewell dinner and then start our first Armenia tour. And let me tell you, I am SO EXCITED for all the great food I will eat 😍😍 I feel that some countries are very famous for food. If I say amazing foodie destinations you probably think of Spain, Italy, France, Mexico...but rarely does Georgia get mentioned and this is yet another...

Our Iceland 2027 tours are live! + Queer Travel Beyond the Rainbow Flag

Hi Reader, And just like that, August came to an end and we are already in the second week of September! I am spending just under a week at home recovering from jetlag before heading out to Armenia for our first tour there. I will also join the farewell dinner of our Georgia tour, since our tour to Armenia is immediately after and starts in Tbilisi actually. It will be great to eat all the Georgian food I can fit in my stomach again, they have such amazing dishes and wine, mmmmm, I cannot...

Travel tip #171: How travel brings back the happy, leisurely lunch

Hi Reader, I am just back home after almost a month away in the Pacific, what a trip of a lifetime that was! While I reflect on all the amazing moments and finalise the details of our new tour to French Polynesia (join the waitlist to be notified when it goes live), I am also trying to get over the 12h time difference and the 48h of travel, including 30h in the air and 2 nights, that it took me to get back home. I landed at 7am yesterday and by noon I was crashing, completely unable to stay...

We are our unhappiest at 47, and how travel can help

Hi Reader, How are you today? I am still in Bora Bora, on my last days of this 3,5 weeks trip that has taken me to Australia and the South Pacific. This is a beautiful part of the world but it has been challenging to deal with completely unusual and difficult weather including super strong cold winds coming from the south (Antarctica) every single day of the 2 weeks that have made being in the water quite hard and coming out of it even harder! Locals are quite baffled at the winds. This is...

Travel tip #170: Essential gadgets for a long haul flight

Hi Reader, And just like that, summer is already past half way through in the northern hemisphere, just like winter is half way through in the southern hemisphere - hello to you Aussies! I am currently on the last few days in French Polynesia, one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Go follow me on Instagram to see what I am up to in stories and what we will do on our tours. After I return, we will finalise the details of our itinerary. Spoiler alert: It will include swimming with whales,...

Things we've seen asked that we don't know how to answer

Hi Reader, Happy Tuesday! I am writing to you from French Polynesia, where I am doing the very important work of scouting our future Solo Female Travelers tour. I am already sharing plenty from the islands and will share more as I explore, so keep an eye on our Instagram stories for a behind-the-scenes preview of what this trip could look like! If French Polynesia is already on your travel list, make sure you join the waitlist so you are the first to know when the trip goes live. On this...