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Places to Go in 2018 and Why Norway?
The New York Times publishes a list of 50 places to go each year. Some of these places would never be on one of The Women’s Travel Group’s bucket lists. Others are a surprise. Some areas are included because of new museums, more air routes or a festival. Countries create festivals to commemorate the 500 anniversary of whatever. Countries will also turn to expert public relations companies to get their names on this or other lists of Top 50.…
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Events to Avoid Overseas
This is from a Huffington Post Article by Phyllis Stoller, President of The Women’s Travel Group.…When you plan your next trip, you will likely consider weather and hopefully check into seasonal costs of flights/hotels etc. Travelers today are traveling during what are called ‘shoulder’ seasons which relate to good, not perfect weather, which avoid peak season crowds and can offer lower airfares. However, many travelers do not check other factors that might make a trip excessively expensive or full of unpleasant surprises. -
Don’t Be A Travel Widow
Here is a summary of our most recent Huffington Post Article. It is all about the phenomen of us Travel Widows. We are the women whose husbands or partners do not like to travel. The blog post covers
–statistics of women traveling alone
–how recent news of sexual harassment has propelled us to be more confident
–why women want to travel and men don’t
–and yes you will recognize either yourself or your friends in this article.
Phyllis Stoller writes often about women and travel.…
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Timing is Everything for the Woman Traveler
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/timing-is-everything-for-the-woman-traveler_us_5a216c46e4b05072e8b56852
Here is another article about women and travel published on the Huffington Blog. Follow the link above and away you go.…
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Our Profile and How To Find Us on Huffington Post
Phyllis Stoller is a contributor to Huffington Post. Here is her profile:click here.
You can find her articles on Huffington Post by clicking on profile above. The articles are primarily travel tips for solo women travelers. However, some articles are based on current travel news, we believe important for our readers. These range from airline alerts to safety to Being an American World Traveler in Today’s Political Arena.
We are not afraid of talking about sensitive topics like widowhood and travel or mixing ethnicities in a travel group.…
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The Women’s Travel Group is a Proud Contributor to Huffington Post
If you have not read our travel tips on Huffington Post, here is a short list to keep you busy. We cover travel tips for a first solo trip, essential oils, and travel for women, Safety for women going to unusual destinations, Politics and Travel, Cheap Travel Clothes….all written with women’s unique needs. We hope you enjoy our articles and contribute by emailing us, posting on Facebook or even a nice telephone call.
Phyllis@thewomenstravelgroup.com is our email.
www.thewomenstravelgroup.com is our website
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Experiment with Your First Solo Trip
The Women’s Travel Group hears this frequently: ‘I went on this trip as an experiment’. Women usually go on a trip to see the world, but newly single women also go as a personal challenge. Here are the worries many voice either on the phone or very often by the third night of a trip.
I came to see if the women were friendly? Proof: we have never had a trip when women did not exchange emails and phone numbers. We give you a list and you fill in the rest. …
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A Three Act Play for Widows and Others on a first Solo Trip
www.thewomenstravelgroup.com has written a Three Act Play for widows and Others who lost a partner. There is no travel niche called widows travel so here we go.
Please share this three act play for widows, with your friends; you might be doing them a great favor.
Act One
A first solo trip: are you not interested, worried about finances, unable to concentrate on one own’s needs. Want to get away from friends, who look with care and underlying pity. Need a vacation from paperwork and loneliness.…
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New York City With The Women’s Travel Group
We added a New York trip timed it October 12-16 with peak leaf color and the best weather. During our week, the artist Ai Wei Wei has fences like this one built all over the city:
Our welcome dinner is at Phyllis Stoller’s home in a traditional 1920’s apartment building. Bring your special interests so we can assist your hunt. Love to shop? Ask us where to go for best bargains or elegant treats.
Need a room mate? Just ask and it is done.…
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Deadlines for Saving $$$: Sicily and Christmas Cruise for Women
Sicily $2899 save $150 if booked by April 1 on www.thewomenstravelgroup.com Sicily trip.
Danube AMA Waterways Save as a single if booked by March 31. Join us for Christmas and NYear’s.
Phyllis@thewomenstravelgroup.com or 646 309 5607 to book or chat.
Why spend more than you have to? If you are hankering for
gorgeous hill top villages facing a blue blue sea,
fabulous food fresh from organic farms, wines to wash it down,
Greek and Roman ruins on spectacular mountain tops
Christmas markets full of candy and Italian goodies (it is Orange season, buy some crystalized orange slices- to die for)
all topped off with a medieval parade in Palermo with music, costumes, streets lit with candles and chanting…
