Comments on: What is Solo Travel Over 50 Like? With Janice Waugh of Solo Traveler

By: Nora

Nora — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 16:22:18 +0000

In reply to Gary. Hi Gary, I'm glad you get to flex your travel-muscles and go in the style that you most prefer. That's one of the benefits of solo travel: you get to call the shots!

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:49:39 +0000

Thanks for this interview.

I’m 65, now. I tend to travel solo at times for at least two reasons: (1) my dear wife often doesn’t want to visit many of the places I want to go; and (2) she insists on luxury travel whereas I get a special feeling when I know I am seeing daily life of the local people and getting good value. I suppose that is kind of a difference between travel and tourism.

By: Linda Castle

Linda Castle — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 12:09:05 +0000

My sanity and alleviates my claustrophobia recently has been virtual trips , soon tbk as Hey Go. Fantastic trips round the world , interacting with guides from Luxor to Australia , Tehran , Egypt, Italy etc etc ….. can’t wait to open up. Take your vaccines , stay safe x

By: Nora

Nora — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:43:44 +0000

In reply to Ryan K Biddulph.

Thanks Ryan,
I think the most annoying element of the double-edged solo travel sword is managing stuff. I remember being in Mumbai myself, in a busy train station, and I had to use the bathroom. Had I been with somebody, I’d have left my stuff with them and nipped off. Instead I had to lug everything into a toilet stall completely in appropriate for holding me and all my luggage!
It’s through experiences like this that I learned to:
1) Pack light
2) Watch my water intake until I have access to a private bathroom!

By: Ryan K Biddulph

Ryan K Biddulph — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:10:47 +0000

Good for Janice, Nora. Absolutely awesome. I vibe with the double-edged sword of being fully responsible as a solo traveler too. I almost always travel with my wife but my few solo trips seemed freeing and a bit scary too because everything was on me. I had to be mindful to get from point A to point B. I vividly recall sitting in Mumbai, and also, Cusco, and concentrating on my next steps because I ran the show, during 2 solo trips of mine.

Ryan