Traveling alone as a woman has unique advantages and challenges. We want to end sexism and gender stereotypes, we also want to empower fellow female globetrotters by providing space to discuss experiences around travel. We hope we can support the next Nellie Bly here at BootsnAll.
Women do not need to be scared into staying at home. Dara Herr discusses the value of women-only spaces for solo female travel.
Go, as soon as is practical, wherever it might be. Don’t put it off until you have to ask yourself why you waited so long.
At first, I thought I was going to Tenerife to sunbathe and read. Then I decided to climb a volcano… and nothing went to plan.
Just before her 30th birthday, Lilli Boland found herself in Cuba with a local family, riding out the hurricane that devastated Havana.
I undertook a solo trip to Georgia (as a woman), taking in about 15 cities and sites in three weeks. Don’t be afraid to travel here alone!
“One of the biggest things I gained from my study abroad was a relationship with myself.”
… A little fear, a little clumsiness as I picked myself up and entered the unknown. This was the Camino.
Study abroad in the medieval city of Lund and experience Swedish life at its best.
A couple of my women friends called it “crazy.” I wanted to see the Rockies for the first — and only — time in my life.
Pushing the boundaries of solo female travel in the rugged, unexplored landscapes of Azerbaijan.