Solo Female Travel Resources
Travel Planning
G-Suite
I LOVE G-Suite and I have been using it for years. I mainly use Google Docs to manage my travel itineraries and travel budgets. It’s an easy way for me to plan what I’ll be doing and when while on the move. I usually include key information like addresses, any booking details, and how to get to each place. I also use Google Drive as a backup for things like booking confirmations because you can make things available offline, which is handy when overseas with unreliable wifi.
I absolutely love Pinterest, and I always use it to plan travels. It’s the best way to get inspiration and information about your chosen destination. Plus it’s really easy to organize all your research and plans. Discover local travel tips, get packing guides, itineraries and tons more for basically any destination in the world. Go and start creating your board for your trip.
Inspirock
This site that I recently discovered allows you to create fully customized day-by-day itineraries for free.
Search a destination and the site will give you lists of tours, different kinds of attractions, hidden gems, side trips you could take, best places and times to visit, and lots more, all in one place. As you plan, it will also help you to optimize your itinerary by checking things like opening times for attractions and minimizing travel times.
You can also just put in a destination, select what types of things interest yo,u and you’ll be given itineraries to review.
Triptile
If Europe is on your vacation list, then Triptile is worth checking out, It’s a trip planner for Europe that enables you to build itineraries of any complexity from scratch in a matter of minutes.
App in the Air
With App in the Air you can organize flights and virtually explore airports. You’ll be able to see time estimates for check-in, security, and passport control, and be notified.of any changes.
You can also see cool stats like how much you have flown year to date.
Rome2Rio
Rome2Rio is a really handy site for planning your transportation, as it gives you options for a travel route; bus, train, plane and even boat with the costs for each option.
Flights
Google Flights
Whenever I need to look for flights I always start with Google fights and the Hopper App. Google Flights is just a really easy to use comprehensive flight search tool.
Skyscanner
One of my other go to websites for flight deals is Skyscanner. If you are on a budget, or just want the cheapest flights, then always check out Skyscanner. It will allow you to search specific dates as well as month-long ranges making it easy to find the best deal.
Hopper App
Hopper is a great app for travelers that I use regularly. This app will monitor ticket prices for airfares for you as well as prices for hotels and alert you when prices drop or a deal comes up. You can easily see at a glance the rough cost of flights each day in a month for a particular flight route, and by watching flights on the app, you can also unlock hotel discounts. You can also prize freeze flights, which allows you to pay for your flight by a certain date – great for those of you budgeting.
CheapOair
CheapOair often has some great deals for local and international travel. I’ve booked flights through them a couple of times and got great deals.
Kiwi.com
If you want to include budget airlines, and no checked baggage options in your flight search, or you are ok with multiple flights to save money then check out Kiwi.com. It will show you all the different hacks, and travel routes available to you to save money on your travels.
BookingBuddy
Another great comparison site for flight deals. If you subscribe to their newsletters you can also get alerts for new deals to various destinations which has been helpful in the past. You can also find hotel and car rental deals on this site as well.
Accommodation
Booking.com
Priceline
Expedia
AirBNB
Hotels Combined
Getting Around
BusBud
Whenever I need to get a bus or train anywhere, or I am stuck somewhere and not sure how to get home, I always check out BusBud. It is a comprehensive site that will find and compare all of your bus travel options. I’ve repeatedly saved money by using BusBud.
FlixBus
I discovered FlixBus last year when I needed to get from Washington, DC to New York as cheaply as possible. Bus travel in the US starts from $4.99, so it’s inexpensive. Services are regular, buses are comfortable with free wifi, direct bus connections, and they also offer intercity bus services in Europe.
Big Bus Tours
Travel Experiences & Activities
Eatwith
Food experiences with local chefs and hosts in your city or abroad. Intimate & immersive dining experiences, hands-on & interactive foodie activities and exclusive, personalized private events.
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Airbnb Experiences
Another way to have unique food experiences hosted by locals is to check out Airbnb experiences. You can search for things like cooking classes and locally hosted dinners so its a good way of getting off the beaten path and trying new things.
Search for experiences
Stay Connected
SOLIS
Get unlimited WiFi in over 130+ countries with no SIM card needed for up to 10 devices. There’s daily and monthly plans to pick from.
Express VPN
When you connect to public or Wi-Fi networks in public places like airports, hotels, cafes and tourist attractions, anyone on the same wifi network could access your unencrypted data so a VPN will keep you protected. Also it means you can watch your favourite tv shows when you’re overseas.
Travel Money
Tripcoin
Tripcoin is a travel budgeting app that you can use to track all of your spending habits on your travels. As it works offline, and will track exchange rates it will make it easier to budget for your trip. I like it because it’s totally free, and really user friendly.
CIBC AC conversion™
I started using the CIBC Air Canada AC Conversion card last year and it has made managing travel money so much easier – and cheaper for me.
It’s an easy to use and reload prepaid card, for managing multiple currencies. You basically have wallets on the card for different currencies and when you add funds to the card you just get that days exchange rate for that currency without tons of extra fees.
Transferwise
All fees waived on your first transfer up to $800 CAD
If you need an inexpensive way to send and receive money between overseas banks accounts, check out Transferwise.
PayPal
PayPal is another easy way to move money between overseas accounts. It’s completely free to set up a PayPal account but you will incur fees and charges when you move money.
