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Ten holiday ideas for a first-time solo traveller

Ten holiday ideas for a first-time solo traveller

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So, since separating just after Christmas, I’ve been thinking quite a lot about solo travel. Obviously, due to my job, I’ve travelled solo quite a bit, but you tend to be in a press group, or at the very least hosted in some way, so it’s not really solo travel. I’m thinking of actually being brave enough to strike out on my own, and I’m clearly not the only one - one of the biggest growth sectors in solo travel is women in their forties - and not just because they’re divorced, either, just because they want to strike out and see the world on their own terms. Whether you’re male or female, the choice of single travel options is surprisingly wide. I’ve been looking into it a bit and have collated ten holiday ideas for a first-time solo traveller that might take your fancy.

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What to wear when you go skiing (and for après ski)

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We’ve just spent a wonderful few days in beautiful, snowy north Slovakia at a beautiful resort called Liptovsky Dvor. We’ve had an incredible time discovering the area and I’ve got loads to tell you. First, though, there’s the small matter of fashion. As we prepared for our first time skiing, one of the hardest things was trying to work out what to buy. Obviously we didn’t know if we were going to like it, so didn’t want to buy a lot of expensive things, but equally, we didn’t want to arrive woefully under-equipped.

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