Solo Trip Ideas

Travel resources

Check these, not just the blogs

Advisories, outbreaks, storms and entry rules change on their own schedule. These are the sources I check before every trip. None of them are mine except one, and none of them pay me.

Before you book

Check these first. They change more often than any blog post can keep up with.

US State Department travel advisories Country-by-country risk levels, updated continuously. UK FCDO travel advice Often more detailed than the US version. Useful even if you're not British. Australian Smartraveller Plain-language safety briefings and a good solo-travel section. IATA Travel Centre Entry rules, visas and documents for your exact passport.

Health and vaccinations

Book vaccines 4–6 weeks before you fly. Some need multiple doses.

CDC Travelers' Health Destination-specific vaccine and health notices. WHO International Travel and Health Global outbreak and health-risk information. NHS Fit for Travel Clear, free destination health briefs.

Weather, sea and storms

Especially relevant if you're heading anywhere in this site's Caribbean coverage.

How Is The Sargassum Current seaweed conditions by beach. My own project, built because nothing else tracked it usefully. NOAA National Hurricane Center Atlantic and Pacific storm tracking, June through November. Windy Wind, swell and rain forecasts, useful for diving and ferry days.

While you're there

Practical things worth having saved offline before you land.

Find your nearest embassy Save the address and phone number to your phone before you go. Numbeo crime index Crowd-sourced safety data by city. Directional, not gospel. Wise Currency conversion at the real exchange rate, and a card that doesn't gouge you abroad. Rome2Rio Ferry, bus and shuttle routes that Google Maps often misses.