Last updated on February 24th, 2026
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As the world’s first solo travel resource for women, established in 1994, JourneyWoman has over 30 years of experience in solo travel. We welcome all media inquiries about our editorial features, global research, webinars, Women’s Travel Directory supporting women-owned businesses, Women’s Speaker’s Bureau, the JourneyWoman Awards for Women 50+ or our Ageless Adventuress Podcast.
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2025 Highlights
- “Travel Solo, But Not Alone” – Zoomer
- “The New Era of Solo Women Travelers” – Skift Travel Podcast
- “We are not invisible”: Why Women 50+ Are Embracing Solo Travel Like Never Before” – Breakfast TV Toronto, City TV
- Solos’ Helps Solo Travelers Avoid Hidden Single Supplement Fees, Forbes
- “Women Over 50 Not Slowing Down Travel Plans for 2025 Despite Economy”, TravelPulse
- “Undervalued but Unstoppable: Why women over 50 are travel’s most powerful consumers”, Travel Industry Today
- “Invisible No More” Women 50+ are Transforming Travel”, Open Jaw
- Women 50+ are the fastest growing demographic in travel, say Intrepid and JourneyWoman, Travel Weekly
- “Invisible no more: Intrepid & JourneyWoman unpack how women 50+ are transforming travel”, Pax News
2024 Highlights
- Travel Weekly: The Invisible Market (August 14, 2024)
- The Toronto Star: These intrepid women travellers in their 60s, 70s and 80s explore the globe solo: ‘Go out there and discover who you are’ (July 27, 2024)
- Open Jaw: OH SOLO MAMAS – Solo Women Make up 14% of Female Tourism Market (July 23, 2024)
- Conde Nast Traveller: Re-energised and seeking a thrill – inside the rise of the 50+ woman adventure traveller (July 6, 2024)
- BBC Travel: The 89-year-old woman who is still travelling the world solo (March 19, 2024)
- TravelPulse: Insight Vacations Launches Small Group, Women-Only Tours (March 12, 2024)
- The Boston Globe: Why Not Go Solo? How to travel alone and like it (March 1, 2024)
- CHCH TV: Celebrate International Women’s Day by Taking a Solo Vacation (February 29, 2024)
- The Toronto Star: What are ‘travel dupes’? Why budget-friendly alternative destinations are trending (January 15, 2024)
2023 Highlights
- iHeart Radio: Liz Fleming Travels: Solo Travel Safety Tips and 2024 Predictions (December 2, 2024)
- The Toronto Star: How to travel well solo: Tips from seven experts, from avoiding the dreaded single supplement to making fast friends (August 27, 2023)
- The New York Times: The Solo Trip: Explore at Your Own Pace (July 23, 2023)
- The New Zealand Herald: Solo travel for women: Safety tips and insights, according to experienced solo travellers (July 10, 2023)
- Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Travel Backpacks, According to Frequent Fliers (March 11, 2023)
- Zoomer: 23 Reasons to Travel in 2023: #12 Create a Network (February/ March 2023)
- Travel Market Weekly: What to Know About Female Travelers Over 50 (March 8, 2023)
- BBC: Solo Travel with JourneyWoman Joy Fox (February 27, 2023)
- New York Magazine: The Very Best 11 Travel Pillows (January 27, 2023
2022 Highlights
- Openjaw: Travel Industry Doesn’t Understand Needs Of Solo Women Over 50: JourneyWoman Study (December 13, 2022)
- Jim Byers: Women Over 50 Feel Ignored by Travel Industry, Study Says (December 8, 2022)
Adventure.com: Invisible No More: The Rise of the 50+ Woman Traveller (January 26, 2023)
TravelPulse: 2023’s Most Influential Women in Travel, featuring JourneyWoman CEO Carolyn Ray (March 21, 2023)
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