Last updated on May 16th, 2022
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How This Woman is Making the World Safer for Women
Women’s safety advocate Tracey Breeden shares how women can protect themselves against online harassment, which data shows is intensifying.
How Solo Travellers Can Transform Loneliness Into A Gift
Solo traveller Sue Janzen shares her advice to plan for loneliness, transforming it into a beautiful gift.
Wellness Travel: Practicing Self-Care for Travel
Kick-start a healthy lifestyle with two wellness and travel webinars in June on wabi-sabi, and sleep, energy, and menopause.
Regenerative Tourism Pioneer Anna Pollock Receives the 2022 JourneyWoman Award for Lifetime Achievement
Anna Pollock, Founder of Conscious Travel, is the 2022 Recipient of the JourneyWoman Award, given in honour of the late Evelyn Hannon, at the Women in Travel Summit.
The Pandemic’s Impact on Women: An Interview with Author Loung Ung
Meet Loung Ung, a life-long activist, solo traveller, and author of ‘First They Killed My Father, a 2017 movie directed by Angelina Jolie.
Solo Travel Inspiration
JourneyWoman Readers Share Their Top Travel Tips for May 2022
JourneyWoman readers share their best travel tips for May 2022, from less-travelled places to technology tips.
The Wisdom of Menopause: Stepping Into Our Power
Women travelers share their menopause and travel stories and their journey to unleash their full potential at midlife.
Wellness Travel
Kick-start a healthy lifestyle with two wellness and travel webinars in June on wabi-sabi, and sleep, energy, and menopause.
Women travelers share their menopause and travel stories and their journey to unleash their full potential at midlife.
From California to Spain to Tuscany, we’ve curated some of our most recommended wellness retreats and experiences for solo women.
Master life coach Debbie Phillips shares her expert tips for women to manage travel fear and anxiety in a post-pandemic world.
JourneyWoman and Girls’ Guide to Paris host wellness retreat for women to reconnect, their share wisdom and feel a renewed sense of purpose.
Our December book club pick is Tembi Locke’s memoir, “From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily and Finding Home”, about her transracial romance with her Italian husband and her grief after his untimely death.
Women travellers and experts offer tips and wisdom on taking the first shaky step into solo travel after loss.
After a disastrous first post-loss trip with a fellow widow, a solo traveller learns that the only way to get what she wants out of travel is to go solo.
Diving headfirst back into solo travel after losing her husband helps a widowed traveller find herself again.
Solo Travel Memoirs
Lessons from our Mothers: Karen’s Adventurous Spirit
Solo traveller Karen Barclay shares how she learned to embrace adventure and trust the universe at a young age, inspiring her lifelong travels to Africa, Indonesia and places in between.
Solo Travel Memoirs: Marking a Cancer Journey in Ink
Every tattoo tells a story. Canadian Christine Pope’s latest tattoos tell stories of strength, resilience, hope, and life after breast cancer.
Slow Travel
What Life in Mexico Taught Me About Trust, Joy and Gratitude During the Pandemic
JourneyWoman editor-in-chief Carolyn reflects on three months of living in Mexico, where she discovered the soul of this country, re-asserted her own independence and rediscovered her curiosity.
Life in Mexico: Why Merida Might be Perfect for Long Stays
Merida’s colonial history, warm climate, beaches, UNESCO sites, Pueblos Mágicos and Cenotes might entice you to stay in Mexico long term.
How Shifting into Slow Travel Changed my Life: A Q&A with Kathy Wood, Founder of European Experiences
European Experiences Founder Kathy Wood shares how slow travel has helped her build connections to people and cultures.
How Women Can Embrace a Slow Travel Mindset, with Slow Travel Pioneer Pauline Kenny
We chat with slow travel pioneer Pauline Kenny to explore the benefits of slow travel for us and the earth.
10 Things We Learned Travelling at Home in Ontario
When we hatched a plan to road trip around our home province of Ontario, we never expected to learn so much about nature, our inner child, and the creativity of women entrepreneurs.
Older Adventuress
Best Bathing Suits for Fuller Figures, Recommended by Women
Ten of the most stylish and practical travel bathing suits for fuller figures, recommended by women travelers.
The Older Woman’s Swimsuit Dilemma
Contributing writer and former fashion designer Diana Eden shares her tips for older women to find the perfect swimsuit for travel.
When a Three-day Whirlwind Trip to Iceland Turns Into a Two-day Trip
Diana Eden shares her story of fitting three days’ worth of Iceland travel into two days, and how to prepare for the unexpected while travelling.
Sustainable Travel
Regenerative Tourism Pioneer Anna Pollock Receives the 2022 JourneyWoman Award for Lifetime Achievement
Anna Pollock, Founder of Conscious Travel, is the 2022 Recipient of the JourneyWoman Award, given in honour of the late Evelyn Hannon, at the Women in Travel Summit.
JourneyWoman Community Call: Unconscious Bias in Travel
JourneyWoman Advisory Council member Tonya Fitzpatrick facilitates an educational discussion on unconscious bias in travel.
Sustainable Travel: Expert Tips to Protect Wildlife
JourneyWoman’s animal tourism expert Nora Livingstone shares her thoughts on what we can do to protect wildlife when we travel.
11 Expert Tips to Downsize and Prepare for Travel
One of the silver linings of the pandemic is that we have learned to live with less. Any time is the perfect time to downsize our possessions and prepare for future travel.
Nomadic Travel
One Solo Traveller’s Extraordinary Journey of Walking the World
Inspired by the women who came before her, adventurous solo traveller Angela Maxwell shares lessons from her courageous walk around the world.
Solo Women and Retirement: How to Decide Where to Travel and Live
As she nears retirement, Contributing Writer Sue Janzen considers six criteria to choose a country to live in, including cost, healthcare and safety.
Finding Freedom: How to Make Your Solo Travel Dreams Real
Solo traveller Kate Savory shares her travel tips to help women live the life of their dreams.
11 Expert Tips to Downsize and Prepare for Travel
One of the silver linings of the pandemic is that we have learned to live with less. Any time is the perfect time to downsize our possessions and prepare for future travel.
Budget Travel
Surprising Ways Women Splurge and Save on Travel
Learn what savvy women travellers splurge on – and their tips to help you deepen your next travel experience, even when you’re on a budget.
7 Ways to Save Money on Travel from Budget-Savvy Women
Women divulge their top tips to save money on airfare, meals and accommodations – without sacrificing on experience.
Travel Tips: Why Estate Planning Should be Part of Your Pre-Travel Checklist for Solo Travel
Willful CEO Erin Bury shares her top 4 reasons to ensure women have an estate plan is in place before you travel, giving you peace of mind that your loved ones are protected in the event of an unexpected emergency.
Women’s Travel Essentials: Get #TravelReady with Tips from the Experts (Webinar)
We want you to be safe when you travel again. Join us on January 7 as our panel of experts shares updates with you and answers questions to help you get Travel Ready.
9 Simple Rules to Financially Safeguard your Future Travels
Most savvy travellers understand how to save for and fund their travels. Most buy travel insurance. But there are more financial considerations and implications to travel than paying for your trip and purchasing insurance to cover it. Things most of us never truly think about.
Culinary Travel
Global Flavours – Travelling Through Cooking
The scents, the flavours, the textures of food are all time capsules that evoke memories of travel and spirit us away to another time and place
A Taste of Mexico From Chef Jose Hadad
Jose Hadad, Chef and founder of Mad Mexican restaurant, shares a taste of Mexico with this traditional recipe, along with a wine pairing from expert Erin Henderson, Founder of The Wine Sisters.
A (Plant-based) Taste of Sweden
Chef Doug McNish shares his top tip for adding global flavor to your holiday table.
A Taste of North America
TV host and chef Paula Roy shares her top tips for adding global flavour to your holiday.
A Taste of France, Canadianized
Restaurateur and chef Theresa Albert shares her top tips for adding global flavour to your holiday table with foie gras.
Featured Webinars
Embracing a New Travel Mindset: Are you a woman who wants to travel but the unknown is holding you back? Are you looking to regain your travel confidence? Master life coach Debbie Phillips is here to offer tips to manage fear and anxiety and put you back in the driver’s seat of your own life.
Sleep Tips for Future Travel: Shawna Robins, best-selling author of “Powerful Sleep – Rest Deeply, Repair Your Brain, and Restore Your Life”, shares her tips to learn how to sleep well and live better, while you’re at home or traveling.
Age-Defying Women: Our Women Over 80 contributing writer Diana Eden facilitates a discussion on how women are defined by our age, and what frustrates us the most about perception versus reality.
Unconcious Bias in Travel: Tonya Fitzpatrick leads a provocative discussion about “Ground truthing”. We can’t always believe what we read in the mainstream media about places and people. We have to find out the truth for ourselves.