An analytical look at the trip planning stack, a layered workflow that explains how structural constraints, access, pricing, and risk shape travel decisions and why most planning failures are predictable.
Learn how to read travel advice critically as a solo traveler. Understand safety guidance, logistics, cost considerations, and personal comfort to make informed, confident decisions without fear or hype.
An analytical look at how layered sources help explain travel pricing, access, and risk. Learn why no single source is enough and how understanding systems builds better travel judgment.
Solo washing refers to marketing travel as “solo-friendly” without meaningful accommodations for independent travelers. This article defines the term, explains why it exists, and explores its impact on solo travel pricing and design.
An inside look at how the Solo Traveler decides what not to recommend. Learn how safety, logistics, cost, cultural context, and personal comfort guide our approach to responsible solo travel advice.
Solo travelers face different risks, costs, and decisions than groups. This article explains why solo-first travel information matters and how group-focused advice often fails independent travelers.
Introducing Open Source Weekly, a new LinkedIn newsletter curating programming projects, open source tools, developer infrastructure, and data. Published weekly with a focus on clarity, usefulness, and signal over noise.
A clear, balanced analysis of AI in travel research. This article explains how AI really affects trust, scams, and credibility, and offers practical standards travelers can use to evaluate information from blogs, search engines, and AI tools.
Why I build public travel resources and keep them free. A reflection on accessibility, preparedness, and designing practical travel tools that remove friction, support solo travelers, and remain useful when people need information most.
Airfares change constantly, but the system behind them is highly structured. This data-driven guide explains how airlines set prices through demand forecasting, fare segmentation, capacity limits, and traveler behavior—and why flights cost what they do.
Why medical language matters for solo travelers. Learn why we built Medical Travel Phrases to help travelers communicate symptoms, request care, and navigate medical situations abroad when language barriers and stress make communication difficult.
Awesome Learn is a new open-source project offering structured, minimal, and curated learning paths across technology, digital skills, and more. A clearer, calmer way to learn—beginner to advanced, with high-quality guidance and zero overwhelm.
HTML Template v2.0 introduces a modern, accessible, and lightweight starter for building fast, adaptable websites. New features include design tokens, semantic HTML, light/dark mode, updated error pages, and zero legacy dependencies.
Solo Traveler Media is a purpose-driven platform built to empower solo travelers through guides, tools, community, and open data. Learn how SoloTraveler.org and the Solo Travel Society support confident, affordable, independent travel worldwide.
Discover a balanced perspective on AI in travel planning. This article counters misinformation, highlights AI’s benefits, and promotes combining AI tools with human-curated content for reliable, informed, and enriching travel experiences.
In a previous post on March 4, 2014, I discussed that I received an e-mail claiming to be the owner of a domain name and that they wished to sell the domain name to me. It turned out that the domain name was not owned by them, in fact,...
RT's website was hacked and defaced on March 1, 2014, with "Russia" changed to "Nazi." The hack likely relates to the Ukraine conflict, but no user data was stolen. RT has restored the site, and the source of the breach remains unconfirmed.
There have been e-mails going around claiming to be from British Airways that provides an e-Ticket for an upcoming flight booked by you. If you have received these e-mails, you should be careful, as they could potentially contain malware. The e-mail is a disguise from the...
Learn how-to display the latest posts in WordPress. Display X amount of posts and learn how-to make the list group into a Bootstrap panel.
You can customize the WordPress administration panel by adding a function to your theme's function.php file. The custom CSS can be internal CSS, meaning the CSS is included in the web page or externally, meaning the CSS is grabbed elsewhere on your hosting account or another server....
As a solo traveller you may experience times of stress or hassles that you would never have experienced before. You should firstly know that you are not alone. Well everyone may not have experienced what you have, there are lots of people who have; some stressful times are common and some are not.
Hello and welcome to the Solo Traveller blog. A blog that details the solo travels of Brandon Himpfen. The purpose of the blog is to talk about my travels, the highs and the lows and to help you travel smarter, cheaper and for longer periods of time. The blog will...
I’m happy to say that I have joined Twitter. Twitter is an online social networking service that operates like a micro-blogging service, where you can send and read tweets that are a maximum of 140 characters. My Twitter username handle is @brandonhimpfen.
