Category: Trips and Tours

  • The Very Best Destination for Your First Solo Trip

    The Very Best Destination for Your First Solo Trip

    Choosing the destination well for your first solo trip is important, especially as a female traveler or fellow free spirit. No pressure, but it can make the difference between having a great time alone or getting home safely. Or it might be your only solo trip ever. Best make it rock. Here’s the #1 Trailheaders…

  • Best Road Trips

    Best Road Trips

    Whether you want to plan your road trip route or drive it on the fly, here are the most unique, top three Trailheaders-approved road trips for solo female travelers (and fellow free spirits) in the United States.

  • Top Tips for Visiting Manzanar National Historic Site

    Top Tips for Visiting Manzanar National Historic Site

    For travelers on eastern California’s Highway 395, Manzanar National Historic Site provides a crucial look into what happens when nationalism goes so far that it contradicts the nation’s founding principles. Once an internment camp and now a nationally-protected educational site catering to tour groups and road trippers, at Manzanar we explore liberty and justice deprived…

  • Hiking and Road Tripping Hwy 395 Along the Eastern Sierras (Part I)

    Hiking and Road Tripping Hwy 395 Along the Eastern Sierras (Part I)

    Any solo female traveler can tell you, it’s easy to fall in love on the road. Maybe with a sexy stranger, maybe with the #2 combo at a roadside burger stand, maybe with a whole new city. Yes, it’s easy to fall in love ON the road, but traveling on Highway 395 in eastern California…

  • MORE Top Five Tips for Visiting San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2018

    MORE Top Five Tips for Visiting San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2018

    A lot of people in the continental U.S. seem to know someone who’s also worked, visited or lived on Puerto Rico. Even though it’s over 1,000 miles from the Floridian tip, the island can still feel close to us. So consider taking a trip there in 2018 and learning more about what makes Puerto Rico la…

  • Top Five Tips for Visiting San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2018

    Top Five Tips for Visiting San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2018

    Maybe you found a flight deal to SJU, or you already had plans to visit before the hurricane. Maybe you want to help the economy recover after Hurricanes Irma and Maria wrecked the island in September 2017. Or maybe you want to visit the Caribbean from the U.S. without a passport. Whatever the reason, there’s…

  • What to Bring Hiking in Colorado: Absolute Basics

    What to Bring Hiking in Colorado: Absolute Basics

    Some people like to “hike light” with just what they can carry in their pockets. Others might be carrying enough for three days instead of three hours! Here is a guide to help you decide what to bring on a day hike in Colorado. There are the top three MUSTS and four more extremely, potentially…

  • What to Do on Lake Erie: Peace & Conservation at Put-In-Bay, Ohio

    What to Do on Lake Erie: Peace & Conservation at Put-In-Bay, Ohio

    Road-tripping on I-90 along Lake Erie between Chicago, Illinois and Buffalo, New York, there’s a place that is both peaceful and playful. It’s educational and entertaining. It’s vintage yet vivacious. It’s South Bass Island, home to Put-In-Bay township, Ohio. Whether a stop on a cross-country road trip or a destination of its own, it’s a…

  • Traveling to Denver, Colorado to Hike: A Basic Guide

    Traveling to Denver, Colorado to Hike: A Basic Guide

    It’s no surprise that people want to travel to Colorado to hike. After all, the Rocky Mountains are world-renowned all year long, not just for snow skiing in the winter. People often say, in person or online, “I want to come to Colorado and hike. Where should I go?” Well, that’s a bit like asking…

  • Don’t Be Soar-y For Not Knowing About Canada Day & Other Things I Learned In Montreal & Toronto

    Don’t Be Soar-y For Not Knowing About Canada Day & Other Things I Learned In Montreal & Toronto

    “Wow, these Canadians are so patriotic! There are flags and festivities all over the place,” I remarked to my friend as we surveyed Victoria, British Columbia from the ferry dock. It was 2003, my first time to Canada, and I was clueless about international travel. I was so clueless, in fact, that I didn’t even…

  • Six Things in Wyoming You Must See For Yourself

    Six Things in Wyoming You Must See For Yourself

    The U.S. state of Wyoming has some incredible sights, but let’s be honest about one thing. Depending on where and how you arrive, the scenery might not make for the fondest first impression. If you expect it to look like Jackson Hole Mountain Resort ski area all over the state, I have some bad news.…

  • Volcanoes and Cliff Dwellings Road Trip: Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico

    Volcanoes and Cliff Dwellings Road Trip: Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico

    How about a road trip south from Denver to southern Colorado and northern New Mexico? This route is often overlooked in favor of “heading west” from Denver over the Continental Divide, but the scenery south is no less spectacular, albeit in a different way. On this road trip, alternate between volcanoes and cliff dwellings in…

  • Tour the Allman Brothers Band House in Macon, Georgia

    Tour the Allman Brothers Band House in Macon, Georgia

    The house is big, but the legend is bigger. Visit the Allman Brothers Band (ABB) Museum in Macon, Georgia, and you’ll see for yourself. It’s called The Big House, after all. Band members and their significant others rented it in 1970 with some of their earliest proceeds after signing with Macon-based Capricorn Records. The Big…

  • Hiking in Ocmulgee National Monument, Georgia

    Hiking in Ocmulgee National Monument, Georgia

    If you’re stationed in Warner Robins or otherwise find yourself in Middle Georgia, there’s a great place to hike in the footsteps of indigenous people dating back 17,000 years: Ocmulgee National Monument. This free-entry area offers a natural and historical experience with plenty of parking, gentle trails and ample signage. SPOILER ALERT: what you’ll be…