Is Genoa safe? Yes. If you bring the same street smarts you’d use in any big port city, Genoa is a safe place to visit. Most of the trouble travellers worry about is petty crime, and a handful of streets you’d simply skip after dark. The heart of the city is its caruggi, a maze…
Tag: Solo travel
What AI Is Actually Good For When You’re Planning a Trip
AI travel planning sounds like the dream when you’re going solo. You type in a city and a budget, and a chatbot spits out a full itinerary, so you never have to open 40 tabs again. But is that how solo travellers actually use it? Not really. In Hostelworld’s 2026 State of Solo Travel Report , which surveyed 3,309 travellers and…
Best Places for Solo Travel in 2027
There’s never been a better time to book a trip for one. Hostelworld’s 2026 State of Solo Travel report tracked 4.5 million solo trips booked between July 2025 and June 2026, and surveyed 3,309 solo travellers about where they go, why they go, and who they meet along the way. The headline finding? Half of all solo travellers (50.5%) go alone…
Best Hostels for Solo Female Travellers in Australia (With Reviews)
Australia is one of the most consistently recommended destinations in the world for solo female travel, and the hostel scene backs that reputation up completely. Sydney and Melbourne alone have over 90 hostels between them on Hostelworld, with close to 100,000 combined guest reviews, and both cities have built genuinely excellent social infrastructure specifically aimed…
Best Hostels for Solo Female Travellers in Asia (With Reviews)
Asia is, for many solo female travellers, where the backpacking story really begins. Thailand’s hostel infrastructure is some of the most developed in the world, Vietnam’s Old Quarter hostel scenes are legendary for their social energy, and the sheer density of fellow travellers moving through the same handful of cities makes meeting people, and feeling…
Best Hostels for Solo Female Travellers in South America (With Reviews)
South America has become one of the most popular continents for solo female travel, and for good reason. Buenos Aires has the elegance of a European capital, Medellín has reinvented itself into one of the most welcoming cities for digital nomads and backpackers, and Cusco offers history, altitude, and Andean culture that rewards every traveller…
Best Hostels for Solo Female Travellers in North America (With Reviews)
North America offers some of the most rewarding solo female travel anywhere in the world. From the energy of New York City to the beach culture of Los Angeles to the colour and chaos of Mexico City, the continent has a hostel scene that’s matured considerably, with properties built specifically around safety, community, and the…
Best Hostels for Solo Female Travellers in Europe (With Reviews)
Solo female travel has never been more popular, and Europe remains one of the best continents in the world for women travelling alone. The cities are walkable, the hostel scenes are established, and the communities of fellow travellers are large enough that arriving somewhere new rarely means spending the evening alone unless you want to….
What to Do If You’re Travelling Solo and Feel Lonely
Solo travel is one of the most freeing, exciting things you can do. It’s also, occasionally, lonely. Not all the time, and not for everyone, but the feeling shows up. A beautiful view that you want to share with someone. A funny moment that lands flat when there’s nobody to laugh with. A long evening…
Safest Countries in Africa to Visit in 2026 For Solo Travellers
Africa is one of the most diverse, extraordinary, and misrepresented continents on the planet. The safety narrative around it is often wildly out of step with reality, shaped by headlines that flatten 54 very different countries into one vague concern. The truth is that some of the safest countries in Africa are genuinely among the…
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