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City guides, routes and hard numbers from the hostels we stay in and the travellers we meet there. What a day really costs, when to go, where to eat at eleven at night, and how to turn up somewhere alone without staying that way.
The 2026 report
The State of Solo Travel
Vietnam breaks the top three, Americans stay home, and the people who travel alone stop chasing what is trending.
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Everything we have published recently, newest first.
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Sustainability Stories: How Centrum House Hostel is helping young people discover the world through hospitality
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Sustainability Stories: How Ostello degli Elefanti and Catania’s LGBTQIA+ community created Queer Catania
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Free Things to Do in the Americas, the Middle East and Beyond
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Free Things to Do in Asia and the Pacific: The Backpacker’s Guide
Sustainability stories
The hostels doing something worth writing about, and the people behind them.
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Sustainability Stories: From Police Station to Plastic-Free Hostel – How Madama Hostel & Bistrot Reduced Plastic, Reused Space and Built a Community in Milan
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Sustainability Stories: The Green Rainbow – How Eco-Pride is redefining travel in Cape Town
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Sustainability Stories: Pride, Place & Purpose – How The Cool Hostel built a queer-friendly space rooted in community
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Sustainability Stories: “It changed the way I travel” – Volunteering in Colombia, One Year On
Start with a continent
Every hub carries its countries and cities, what a trip costs there, and the guides our writers have put together on the ground.
Nature's calendar
What nature is up to in October
Blooms, migrations and glowing water happening right now, and where to see them.
Blooms
Cherry blossom season
Blooms
Tulip season
Blooms
Jacaranda season
Pretoria
Blooms
Lavender season
Light
Firefly season
Kuala Selangor (Kampung Kuantan and Bukit Belimbing)
Light
Bioluminescent bays and beaches
Mosquito Bay, Vieques, Laguna Grande, Fajardo, Maldives (Vaadhoo and other local islands)
Wildlife
Turtle hatching season
Tortuguero National Park
Wildlife
Whale watching season
Hervey Bay, Hermanus
Wildlife
The Great Migration
Masai Mara National Reserve
Landscapes
Autumn leaves
Vermont, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Highland Perthshire (Pitlochry)
Wildlife
Monarch butterfly migration
Light
Northern lights
Tromsø, Iceland (Reykjavík and beyond), Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland, Abisko, Swedish Lapland
Light
Southern lights
Nothing on the calendar this month.
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