Do you Want to Share your Solo Travel Stories?
Is travel a passion for you? If you've ever been on the road before, then you've probably got a story or three to share. And if you haven't left yet, you're probably in the thick of things, planning away, saving money, poring over maps and websites.
Either way, we'd love to hear from you!
You don't need to be a professional writer - all you need is the desire to share an experience, a destination, an adventure - and a few pictures of yourself or your favorite place.
Here are a few things you should know about writing for Women on the Road:
- Your story should be about women and solo travel - although a woman's perspective on a tour or trip with friends is great too - as long as it's something you've experienced yourself.
- These are the types of stories that would get published: destinations (from a woman's point of view); solo travel (why, how, tips, experiences); volunteering; how to plan your trip or save money; how to decide to travel, and why; and pretty much anything else you think would help other women travel.
- Here's what we would not publish: stories that have been published elsewhere, commercials or ads disguised as stories. No affiliate links please, no religion, and no sales pitches for products or businesses.
- Write between 400-700 words. Less is too short for a page, and longer is just... too long.
- Don't forget to provide a link to your website or blog so we can link back to you!
- Try to include at least one photograph (it really does make a story come alive) but no more than four. Tell us what's in each picture, and who took them - and make sure you have permission to use them.
Don't forget to include your full name and email so I can get back to you if I have any questions.
One more thing: I'll do everything I can to publish your story but sometimes I get submissions that simply don't make the cut - because they don't follow the guidelines. I can't reply individually but if your piece doesn't appear soon after you submit it, chances are it doesn't meet requirements.
So please, read the above carefully - and hit that keyboard. The rest of us can't wait to read you!
Stories by other Women on the Road
Click below to see original contributions from other Women on the Road...
Adventures of a Lone Traveller I thought the best way to attempt to see a little of the world travelling solo would be to incorporate a big event in the middle. My nephew's wedding ...
Making the Travel Itself Count! So often, we women get all caught up and enraptured in the idea of “getting somewhere.” We have a list of destinations within any given time frame, whether ...
Restoring my Joie de Vivre: Solo in Paris 2010 was a wonderful year for me, one that was welcomed with open-arms after following what had been a difficult two-year period. As most people can attest,...
Volunteering Abroad As A Woman I graduated with a degree in English but like so many graduates, I didn’t have any idea what I wanted to do with it. Choices can be limiting, so I decided ...
Cambodia - The Longhan Orchard (Choeng Ek Extermination Camp) The legacy of genocide that the Pol Pot regime left behind - their prisons, extermination camps and killing fields - have now been transformed into mass ...
Solo Travel to Goa: One small trip, one giant leap It was only a fortnight in Goa but for me it was a turning point. Most of my friends thought I was crazy to go to Goa on my own. Admitedly, part of me ...
Two Days in Yangshuo Photos of the Li River in Yangshuo, China against a backdrop of karst mountain peaks drew me in. After a week with friends in bustling Hong Kong, I was ...
The Slow Life I am reading a story about woman who left her life and rented a villa in Northern Italy for six months. Her reasoning? She loves the 'slow life.' That ...
Hands On in Bangladesh Travelling just for the sake of seeing the sights and experiencing a new culture, as wonderful as it is, can start to get old after awhile. These days,...
House sitting the S E Coast of Australia Hi Adventurous women, I'm only a beginner at this game. However, I started house sitting three years ago and still loving it. So my backpack is my car,...
Solo travel: the ultimate in life experiences My first trip was after a breakup to Sweden. It was magical exploring areas off the tourist maps (such as Norkopping), being able to touch the moss covered ...
Need to boost your confidence? Try a career break! I got off the boat, which was moored to a Thai island, and walked up the path towards my hut. I heard one of the diving instructors behind me, saying 'She ...
Loving Australia I have by now been to 37 countries on six continents, from Mongolia to Morocco, India to Iceland, but my first great adventure was a six-month solo trek ...
Monastery stays in Italy with bed bugs! My mother and I were thrilled to have the opportunity to stay in monasteries for different reasons. One of them was quiet surroundings with a clean room....
My Dance Called Alone I first travelled solo way back in 1975 when I was 26 years old. My husband had been killed in an accident and everyone was telling me how well I was coping....
"Ellen on a Stick" and Polly the Travel Frog do London and Ireland Several years ago, my friend Candee and I decided to take a driving trip to Ireland. We excitedly planned the trip and in the process decided to tack on ...
Ontario Travels with Tessi I found myself standing at the top of a bluff gazing at a spiral staircase that would take us to the rock laden shoreline and stunning blue water below....
Motorcycle Mama Goes Solo At the age of 54 I took a solo motorcycle trip from east Texas to New Mexico. I had been riding for a couple of years and was going to go to the big rally ...
Ten Rules to Safe, Solo Travel: How to Stay Safe in Body and Mind Heading out for a RTW trip? That's round-the-world, of course! For smart, sassy women traveling for more than the usual two weeks per year, here are ten ...
Birthdays 'On the Road'
I've celebrated 2 birthdays while traveling, both under very different circumstances, and both memorable.
The first traveling birthday was way back ...
How I Started An International Housesitting Business on my Own I love to travel! I have traveled with my husband, with my entire family, and with my sisters, but I also have had the wonderful experience of traveling ...
New York - A Very Different Experience! Several years ago, as a third year Fine Art student in Edinburgh, some of my work was accepted for exhibition in a New York gallery. I got together with ...
Life Lessons Gained By Traveling Solo
How taveling solo influenced life lessons that remained, empowered, and transformed life.
Traveling, was an always present wish. Shy and lacking confidence ...
From Couchsurfing to Homestays: How to Truly Live like a Local in a Foreign Land Growing up, stories of foreign lands always captivated my attention. History class with its tales of ancient Greece, Medieval Europe, and Egyptian pyramids ...
Advice on Solo Travel in the Caribbean While society has made major strides in eliminating sexism and the outdated rules of gender politics, women travelers must still arm themselves with knowledge ...
SOLO and LOVING IT At 4:50 A.M. on January 28, 2011 I boarded aa AMTRAK bus heading to Los Angeles. I'd missed my earlier one at 10:15 P.M. Slept well, met a young man ...
When NOT to smile at men in public I don't know if this is where this comment should go :-), but I just had to say that your page on " Unwanted Male Attention " is priceless. With your permission,...
8 Hours in Amsterdam I recently found myself with several hours to kill in Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, and had two choices: I could either immerse myself in one of Europe'...
An Amazing Pondicherry Trip in India! Its a nice thing to share with you about the wonderful experience of being in Pondicherry, about 100 + kms away from the capital city of Tamil Nadu, which ...
Tokyo - The Most Exciting City in the World My fabulous Tokyo adventure started when I was 20. I was traveling around the world, but I fell in love with Japan and the Japanese people, and decided ...
Spa me the Details Darling I have said it before and I will say it again, when times are tough or even when they are not, don't get mad, Get a Facial. But if someone is going to ...
The Universe Provides to the Solo Traveler As a solo traveler, I am used to spending considerable time alone during my travels. That’s fine with me, because I’m an introvert, and I need some alone ...
The Cuban Chronicles, A True Tale of Rascals, Rogues, and Romance This is an excerpt from my new travel memoir. The book is based on a series of letters I wrote to a cherished friend in Paris. In the infancy of Cuba's ...
The Dunes-Mongolia We're now travelling towards the sand dunes on a track, which would have to be one of the worst yet. Every twenty metres or so, there is a rough dry watercourse ...
Trekking in Nepal Rising at the crack of dawn to walk for an average of 7 hours a day, hauling yourself uphill backpack in tow, struggling not to slip in 6 inches of snow ...
From Lisbon to Gay Tangiers in the 1970s Turning back the clock brings back such memories! It was during July university holidays in Lisbon, the Portuguese capital. A fellow student (gay male)...
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