For this month’s solo travel insight, I look back on my eight years as a digital nomad and hope to inspire you to take a leap of faith if you’re thinking about it too. I’m writing this month’s insight from Madeira, a Portuguese island known for its Madeira wine, black sand beaches and more recently… Continue Reading…
You may be planning your next holiday or vacation and wondering how you can reduce your solo footprint. Whether you’ve chosen to take a staycation or you’re travelling to a far-flung exotic location, next time you’re packing for a solo trip, consider putting one or more of these eco friendly travel products in your backpack…. Continue Reading…
Over the years, there have been many female explorers that have taken on the world solo. In the eighteenth century, Mary Wollstonecraft, a British novelist, philosopher and advocate of women’s rights became a heroine with her way of travel. In the nineteenth century a British explorer called Mary Kingsley, travelled to West and Central Africa… Continue Reading…
In the Northern Hemisphere, summer is the perfect time to take yourself off camping. Waking up in the middle of a field, listening to the sounds of nature with just you and a tent for company may sound like bliss to some. But for others who prefer to take some creature comforts with them, how… Continue Reading…
It’s been a while since I had an insight and shared a life lesson. I usually have to be solo travelling and completely on my own to get hit with some inspiration and something that I want to share. This time, it’s being with other people that has given me a deeper understanding of solo… Continue Reading…
As savvy travellers, we all crave as authentic an experience as possible, wherever we happen to be in the world. The beauty of travel is that it allows us to soak up cultures, experiences and encounters that are completely different to what we’re used to at home, and as a result, our horizons are broadened… Continue Reading…
This article was written by the lovely Leoni from Softback Travel to celebrate Earth Day Veganism is more popular than ever. In places all over the world, restaurants include plant-based options into their menus, we can find meat alternatives in our local supermarkets, and documentaries about animal cruelty and climate change are trending on our… Continue Reading…
Travel is such an enriching experience with new cultures and new lessons to learn about the world and about ourselves at the same time. But as travel begins to slowly open up again, it begs the question, should we be travelling to controversial destinations? There’s an argument about visiting countries where you don’t agree with… Continue Reading…
Rewriting My Oslo Story Have you ever associated a destination with a person? Sometimes stories are meant to be rewritten. I hope that this month’s solo insight inspires you to return somewhere to create new memories… It was June 2019 and I was feeling lost. I had returned back to England with the intention to… Continue Reading…
There’s no doubt about it, the last few months have definitely been a challenging time but if this uncertain period of time in our history is telling us anything, it is to change the way that we are. As a species there will always be travel. We will always have that longing to want to… Continue Reading…