Best travel apps for solo travelers

Technology can be a great asset when traveling and this is proven by the fact that travel apps are the most downloaded every year.  There are apps to help you prevent jet lag, book fun tours, plan your itinerary, navigate airports, find the safest walkable route, call emergency services or connect to a VPN for …

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Myths about traveling abroad solo and as a woman

We have all heard myths about traveling at some point or another. This can range from the stereotypical danger warning such as “everyone in [Place X] is a drug dealer” to sweeping statements such as “People in [Place Z] are all poor / racist / illiterate / rude”, to the hilarious “I heard people in …

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Hotel safety tips for travelers

Choosing the right accommodation plays an important role in planning a trip. Women typically look for an option that is within their budget, has a convenient location, adequate amenities and makes them feel safe.  According to a Hospitality portal, travelers’ behavior are evolving and predict they “will pay more attention to the different security procedures …

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Best Travel Insurance For Solo Female Travelers

You should never, ever, leave the house without travel insurance. If anything happened to you, you could easily end up bankrupt or not get the help you need. It’s simply not worth it, and this is one of the most important parts of travel planning.

To help you find good value travel insurance, we’ve compared the top 6 companies, as recommended by our community. These are the most popular and reputable travel insurance websites that travelers around the world use.

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Solo Female Travel Safety Tips

Our solo female travel trends survey revealed that 73% of solo female travelers worry about their safety. Even those who are very experienced solo travelers and have taken more than 10 trips on their own, still worry almost as much. Traveling solo poses a lot of uncertainties and challenges and, for women, those unknowns are …

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Afghanistan’s first female guide joins Solo Female Travelers

February 8th, 2022 – For immediate release Solo Female Travelers expands its content and community management team to include Afghanistan’s first female guide as interest in women-only group travel grows by 50%.  International travel is slowly but steadily returning to pre-pandemic levels since the summer of 2021. This recovery is most visible in group travel, where …

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Best Travel Industry Jobs For Work and Travel

One of the most obvious ways to work and travel the world is by picking a job within the travel industry.

Some of the most obvious ones, such as cabin crew, are directly related to travel whereas others, like a travel agent, provide employees with lots of benefits that make it easier and more affordable to travel more often.

In this article we want to look at travel jobs, aka jobs that are in the travel industry. Some of these require degrees and specialist education, whereas others have minimum skill requirements or can be learned with online courses.

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