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Six Travel Guidebooks to Explore Less-Travelled Places and Travel at Home in Canada
Written by local travel writers, these guidebooks for Canada will help you plan your travel to Eastern Ontario, Alberta or Saskatchewan.
JourneyWoman Webinar Series: Learn About the Arctic on January 11, 2024
Join our January 11 webinar to learn more about the Arctic, featured on our “30 Less-Travelled Places for Women to Travel in 2024.”
30 Less-Travelled Places for Women in 2024
For our 30th anniversary, JourneyWoman reveals 30 less-travelled places for women in 2024, according to our writers and travel experts.
Dr. Shirley Strum: Walking with Baboons in Kenya
Meet Dr. Shirley Strum, founder of Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project in Kenya, who has created baboon eco-tourism projects at Twala-Tenebo Cultural Village to employ women in Kenya.
The Hotlist: 12 of the Coolest Small Group Tours for Women in 2024 From our Women’s Travel Directory
From Cuba to Mongolia, these unique small group tours from our Women’s Travel Directory will connect you with people, places and wildlife.
Soaring Beyond Barriers: A Journey in a Hot Air Balloon in a Wheelchair Over Teotihuacan, Mexico City
Can a woman in a wheelchair go on an adventurous hot air balloon ride? Definitely, if you are open to a thrilling journey in the sky.
Can You Master Menopause? A Menopause Retreat in Costa Rica Jumpstarts Joy
A menopause retreat in Costa Rica teaches women how to embrace a positive mindset, spiritual health, good nutrition and exercise.
From High Heels to Hiking Boots: How I Reinvented My Life to Travel Full Time
JourneyWoman CEO Carolyn Ray shares her ongoing journey of reinvention and advice on how women can travel full time.
An Ode to Volunteers: Inspiring Lessons from the ‘July Project’ in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Acknowledging the volunteers and ‘heavenly invisibles’ who make our travels possible and are the backbones of our communities.
“The Joy of Exploring Gardens” by Lonely Planet: A New Travel Guide for Garden Lovers
“The Joy of Exploring Gardens” by Lonely Planet takes readers on a journey to some of the world’s most uplifting gardens.
Maria Finds Total Healing in Spanish Retreat
Looking for physical healing post knee surgery, Maria S. booked a wellness retreat – and walked away with a ‘prescription’ for a lifetime of health in mind, body and spirit.
Solo Travel Memoirs: An Art Professor Rediscovers Her Muse in Travel Sabbatical
An art professor who reluctantly heads out on a scheduled sabbatical renews her passion for her own art and gets a preview of an exciting post-retirement life of her own creation.
Seeking Solace in the Healing Springs of New Mexico
How one woman went from rock bottom to the top, burned herself out, and found rejuvenation in the healing mineral springs of New Mexico.
Event Planner Learns to Loosen Her Travel Itinerary in Portugal
A burned-out, broken-hearted event planner moonlighting at a Portuguese tapas bar in Toronto rediscovers herself in a Habitat for Humanity build in Portugal.
When Solo Travel Heals a Grieving Heart in Varanasi, India
Solo traveller Magali heals decades-old grief and changes her view of death and dying while exploring the funeral pyres of Varanasi, India.
Solo Travel Memoirs: Finding Healing and Stillness in Nepal
After a failed relationship that broke her heart and a fall that broke her jaw, a solo traveller seeks healing in Nepal.
How Women Find Healing and Renewal in Solo Travel
When faced with loss or grief, we intuitively turn to travel for wellness and healing, as shown in these inspirational stories of renewal.
Marlena de Blasi’s Memoir: “The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria” Takes You to the Hilltop Village of Orvieto
Visits the ancient city of Orvieto in Italy’s Umbria region, with “The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria.”
Get Inspired With Rita Golden Gelman’s Solo Travel Classic, “Tales of a Female Nomad”
An inspiring solo travel classic, Rita Golden Gelman’s book “Tales of a Female Nomad”, shows you’re never too old to start travelling solo.
Kate Pullinger’s Historical Fiction Novel: “Mistress of Nothing” Takes us to Lady Duff Gordon’s Egypt
The JourneyWoman Book Club sets sail to Egypt in the late 1800s with the award-winning ‘Mistress of Nothing’ by Kate Pullinger.
Solo Safety Tips to Hike the Camino de Santiago
Guest writer Rebecca Brown shares her safety tips for solo women adventurers hiking the Camino Santiago (Portuguese Route).
How I Rediscovered my Solo Travel Mojo in New Zealand’s South Island
In the first installment in a new New Zealand series, Editor Amanda Burgess chronicles her two-week solo travel adventure through New Zealand’s South Island – the crazy things she did on her ‘Adrenaline Junkie’ tour, the friends she made, and her insights about this breathtaking country, its people, and herself.
Global Flavours – Travelling Through Cooking
The scents, the flavours, the textures of food are all time capsules that evoke memories of travel and spirit us away to another time and place
Pandemic Postcards to Places Solo Travelers Miss
We know that women – the key decision-makers in travel – will shape its future. Our choices, our demands, where we put our dollars will influence how the industry rebuilds and reinvents itself. JourneyWomen pen postcards to places they plan to revisit post-pandemic.
Destination Morocco – 6 Safety Tips for Mature Women Travelling in Muslim Countries
Contributing writer Diana Eden shares safety tips gleaned from her travels through Morocco with her sister – two Canadians in their 70s who chose to stay in the peaceful oasis of riads as balm to the heat and chaos of a dazzlingly country always in motion.
