Category Archives: Solo Travel

Specialty Travel: When You Want More than a Beach Vacation

Mexican dessert

Sighs of the Bride, one of the recipes taught by Estela Silva at Mexican Home Cooking School

The older I get, the more meaningful I want my travel experiences. The likelihood of taking a dedicated beach vacation is nil. If I opt for a beach locale, there is surely excellent snorkeling or sightseeing like Mayan ruins nearby.

I’m not knocking beach vacations, everyone needs to relax, but sometimes you want more.

Now that I’ve managed to stay at a company long enough to earn 4 weeks of vacation, I have the luxury of taking different types of trips throughout the year. The days of needing a week planted on a chaise lounge to recover from a year of work are hopefully over.

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Enhancing Solo Travel with Social Networking

 

Waterfire performance art program in Providence, Rhode Island

Waterfire 2010

Solo travelers can greatly enhance their trips by utilizing 3 social networking tools: Facebook, Meetup and Tripadvisor’s Forums. As Google+ broadens its reach, and new social sites are developed, your opportunities for connecting with people prior to your trip will vastly increase.

My first experience with using social networking for travel took place back in 2003, prior to my first Belize trip. At that time, Belizeforum was more active for travellers, and I met 5 people who I ended up hanging out with in Ambergris Caye. Every day we pursued our individual interests; every night, about 10 of us would meet for dinner.

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