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Published 5 months ago • 1 min read

Hi Reader,

What does community mean to you?

(For real, hit reply and let me know.)

For me, it’s a group of people gathered together for a common cause. Or a common curiosity.

Like you and me and the 132 other people on this list. Each of us has some version of a question about travel and where we want to go next.

But today I’m thinking about how you can find more friends in the solo travel world. We can be friends to each other online but it's also great to have friends we can do things with in real life as solo travelers. So here are three places where solo travelers actually find each other:

  1. Group tours that still count as solo. This was the whole conversation I had with Gina Cambridge on the show this week. You hop on a plane by yourself, you join a group for a week to figure out the country, and when the group disperses you have free time on your own. Group tours are sometimes the easiest entry point for a first solo trip, and the friends you make on them often become the people you travel with for years.
  2. Online groups for solo travelers. There are some big, active communities where women trade real-time advice and answer the “is it safe to go to X right now” questions for each other. Look for ones with active moderation and posts from the last week. (If you have one you love, hit reply and tell me. I’m always looking.)
  3. ​My Skool community. This is where I host the conversation. It's too quiet there right now and I'm looking for more female solo travelers to join. If you're a guy/man reading this, plase share it with a woman in your life who's interested in solo travel, whether it's her first or 6th (or any number) trip. New members welcome and it's currently free.

Let me know if you have questions about any of these. And if you have a community I should know about, I’m here for it.

Joyfully, Damianne

PS: The full conversation with Gina is on the show now. 🎧 From Giggling Through Cairo to Leading 30+ Solo Travel Retreats. Find it at freedomlookslikethis.com.

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A newsletter for women over 40 who are tired of making "good" decisions instead of their own. From the host of Freedom Looks Like This. Solo travel as a way back to yourself.

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