Ask any traveller who or what first inspired her to travel, and the answer will bubble up in her unbidden. This month, three globetrotting JourneyWomen – Brenda, Karen and Sue – divulge their earliest travel inspirations, and the impact that travel has had on their lives and adventures
A seasoned solo traveller shares her earliest travel inspirations, youthful escapades, how to stay independent when travelling as a couple, and finding hope through travel after being widowed.
Women solo travellers share their most inspiring and age-defying travel adventures, showing that age is just a number!
Travels with My Hat: A Lifetime on the Road is Christine Osborne’s fearless memoir of her solo travels to the Middle East and Africa.
What will the new way to travel look like for mature, independent women? We think these five criteria will help us, as women, lead the way.
Retired teacher Marillee Carroll uses curiosity as her compass to discover knowledge, people, and experiences on her travels.
This month, we share the stories of two resilient solo travellers whose adventures gifted them with the greatest love of their lives – their children. Meet Nancy C. and her son Alex, and Coralie and her daughter Carla.
Meet JourneyWoman Advisory Council member Dr. Mary Clark, whose father inspired a sense of adventure that has taken her on many journeys around the world.
Our research shows that women – particularly Gen Xers and Baby Boomers – are powerful influencers in travel. Post-pandemic, how can women help the travel industry rebuild trust?
Love and romance often wind their way into our travel adventures and our JW community shares their stories of those times you met someone special while travelling.
The most important love you can have is the love you have for yourself, says Nadine, who celebrated her 50th with self-love and travel.
At 17, guest writer Marley Ramon travelled by herself for the first time, and was surprised by how much an airport could change her perspective on life!
How do you mend a broken heart? For JourneyWoman reader Joy, it took a trip to Italy and a man named Luigi. Here is her story, as told by JW editor Amanda.
Solo travellers share stories of their ‘guideposts’, the inspiring people who affected their lives while traveling.
When it comes to starting a conversation, dig into to your own curiosity to create meaningful conversations on your travels.
Whether you are planning your first solo journey or have a few under your belt, we can all learn from the original solo travellers.
As these solo travel stories show, when we use curiosity as our compass, we invite new adventures into our travels.
Taking the First Step to Solo Travel Whether you are thinking about taking a solo journey or have several under your belt, there is much to be...
Grief and loss are part of the human experience. Indeed, it’s something the world is feeling collectively right now, gripped as we are by a pandemic. Our stories have one common thread: We all found healing in travel.
For those who have a kinship with animals, there’s little more awe-inspiring than getting up close and personal with nature’s creatures in their natural habitat.
Sometimes, moments of mishaps and worry while traveling – the kind that force you to think outside of the box – create a steamer trunk full of...
Whether you’re traveling solo or with others, there are those moments while traveling where you become fully, viscerally aware of how much fun you’re having.
Three female solo travel trailblazers – all over the age of 85 – share their travel tales and sage advice for the next generation.
n early 2018, I bought a Ford Transit Connect minivan with dreams of taking some epic road trips. I soon equipped it with a comfy memory foam bed and started setting out on road trips of increasing length…
