Travel writer and Tibet expert Yolanda O’Bannon asked me recently if I’d like to share some tips for my readers about traveling to Tibet. I get a lot of requests from people, and honestly, my answer to such requests is usually no, but I sensed that Yolanda was offering something more, so I asked her to tell me more about her, her site — YoWangdu Tibet, and how her site supports women in Tibet and women who travel to Tibet. Here’s what … [Read more...]
WomenTravel joins the JourneyWoman Family
First: thank you for being part of this amazing womens travel network, which I have been proud to be part of developing and promoting. Second: I want to tell you that my website WomenTravel.info has been recently sold to Canadian network JourneyWoman JourneyWoman’s CEO Carolyn Ray and Rosemary Neave of WomenTravel.info believe this creates the world’s largest resource for women-friendly travel, by and for women, while supporting women … [Read more...]
Covid is making us rethink Travel
I am based in New Zealand - probably the best place to be in the world right now (but I would say that!). All international travel has been suspended in the meantime, and a visit to NZ also entails 2 weeks in managed isolation (if you can get a booking). Before Covid many New Zealanders were wondering if we were overdoing tourism - many places were overrun with international tourists, with locals simply staying away. Small settlements like … [Read more...]
Women’s Outdoor Holidays
How to find a trip for women - there are so many options. That is one of the reasons I set up WomenTravel.info as a place to find a tour for women. In the United Kingdom a group of experienced women guides has set up Women's Outdoor Holidays as a way for women to find trips just for them. Trips include Hiking, rambling, yoga retreats, cross country skiing and wheelchair accessible trips. See there trips here Women's Outdoor … [Read more...]
Experimental travel – life in lockdown…
‘I was all booked for a trip to Bulgaria in June, then staying on in Eastern Europe, and now we can’t go.(Christine)I had booked a cooking tour of Vietnam with Pete Mathias which has been cancelled(Lyndell)I was about to walk the Routeburn when we went into lockdown.(Fiona)I was going on a family holiday to the hot pools at Miranda in the second week of Alert 4.(Zita)’ Instead we all stayed safe at home... The big trip of the week was to … [Read more...]
Doing good while travelling? What’s wrong with voluntourism?
I walk along the brown Thu Bon river,in the golden beauty of the UNESCO World Heritage town of Hoi An. I skirt the groups of Japanese tourists in traditional dress, Vietnamese women slender in white Ao Dai, and older women enticing me on to their brilliantly painted boats. I am neither tempted nor diverted: my goal is in sight. An ethical, local based craft collective, a charity that helps disadvantaged Vietnamese people and their families to … [Read more...]
Walking Women – a business for you?
Are you looking for a new opportunity?Wanting to turn your passion for walking into a business.... Walking Women is an established business based in the UK and leading women on walks around the UK and the the world. Sue Donovan is looking for some women to take over the business, she writes in their latest Newsletter... I need to sell WalkingWomen by the end of this year due to health reasons. I did have a few potential buyers, however … [Read more...]
Huskies Need Your Help
Johanna and Katharina need your help to feed their team of 33 Huskies. Their full and expanding calendar of trips in Northern Sweden are on hold with the world in lockdown due to Covid-19 - they are asking for help ... Find out more and donate here Johanna and Katharina, both from Germany, have lived in Northern Sweden since 2007. Here they found their passion for the Arctic Nature and for the incredible sled dogs. In 2018 they … [Read more...]
Inspiration from Elephants
Blue Sky offers Journeys with Purpose. Blue Sky is a trust set up by Carla Geyser to bring together enthusiastic adventurers with a passion for conservation. Carla brings together like-minded people from around the world on trips in Africa that focus on visiting and raising funds for wildlife initiatives along the route. Here Carla writes about the inspiration coming from working with Elephants... The Elephant was the ORIGINAL … [Read more...]
Fancy Motorcyling through Asia?
Alison Grun does and has begun a journey of building a company to support the dream of creating Road trips for women: An intercultural, learning and human experience on 2 wheels - she is calling it FreeW. Alison's mission is to encourage all women to feel free to do what they want and be their true selves, to improve their quality of life and that of all others around them, by boosting self-confidence, fostering … [Read more...]
