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Solo Traveler
Home Exchange for Free Accommodation Around the World
Janice is back from another great home exchange! Have you considered doing it? Here's how it works, pros and cons, and tips for success.
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Solo travel news and blogs: travelling alone, safety, meeting people, single supplements and solo-friendly destinations, from publishers worldwide.
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Solo Traveler
How to Choose the Best Destinations for First-Time Solo Travelers
8 destinations in North America. 8 international destinations. Tips to choose great destinations for first-time solo travelers.
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Sunhats and Chardonnay
Port Douglas in One Day: Beaches, Books and a Very Good Pie
Just a few reasons to linger longer.
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Where's Ems?
Aren’t you afraid, Emma Schneck?
"I can confidently say that a cat taught me all the German I know"
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Solo Traveler
Night Safety for Solo Travelers: How to Have Fun and Be Safe
Here are 17 tips on night safety for solo travelers. Go. Have a good time. Stay safe. Learn how to stay safe at night when traveling alone.
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Sunhats and Chardonnay
How Much Does 5 Days in Sydney Cost?
A little transparency about real costs
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Where's Ems?
What I've spent and earned as a freelancer in 2026 (so far)
The numbers behind the digital nomad dream
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Solo Traveler
How to Learn More about a Destination: Live Like Locals
Beyond the big and famous sights, how do you get to know a destination and its people? You can learn a lot if you live like locals.
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Where Goes Rose
An Aral Sea & Moynaq Ships Adventure From Khiva, Uzbekistan
I recently had a fantastic, memorable trip in Northern Uzbekistan, one that was quite spontaneous. Although I had heard positive things about visiting the Aral Sea & Moynaq Ships, I wasn’t sure if I w…
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Where Goes Rose
Solo Travel in Uzbekistan (Girl’s Guide)
I’ve just spent the last three weeks travelling solo around Uzbekistan, a destination that had been on my radar for years! It was around 2019 that I first remember lusting over photos of this incredib…
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Sunhats and Chardonnay
Revisiting Cairns
Travel Tips, Things to See, and a whole lot of information about this northern city
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Where's Ems?
This is one of my favourite things about house-sitting...
And everything else that's been happening
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Barefoot in Jandals
The Bergen Line: Is It Really the World’s Most Beautiful Railway?
From tranquil forests and crystal-clear lakes to snow-covered mountains and vast Arctic landscapes, travelling the Bergen Line was the highlight of my Norway by Rail adventure. Join me as I journey fr…
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Adventurous Kate
AK Monthly Recap: June 2026
Summertime is here — and a busy travel season begins now! June kicked off with a two-week trip to the US, visiting my family in Boston and New York. In that time, I welcomed half of Scotland to Boston…
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Be My Travel Muse
The Best Theft-Proof Travel Purses (I’ve Tried Them All!)
If you’ve ever watched someone realize their wallet is gone halfway through a European vacation (or if you’re me, you know the feeling firsthand), you know why anti-theft bags have become so popular.…
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Sunhats and Chardonnay
Renaissance Faire: Impressions from a First Time Visitor
Costumes, events, food and music
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Sunhats and Chardonnay
Cairns: When Travel Slows Down
From Australia’s busiest cities to Cairns, a reminder that the best journeys aren’t always the fastest
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Nomadic Matt
Nomad Citizen: A New Social Safety Net for Entrepreneurs
If you’re a digital nomad or a location-independent business owner, you’re either overpaying for fragmented insurance coverage (travel, medical, etc.) or just badly underinsured. You have a health pla…
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Sunhats and Chardonnay
A Weekend in Tartan
How a Scottish Festival brought us back to our Scottish Roots without leaving Canada