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Road Scholar, an educational travel provider for older adults, has dug into the trends around its solo travelers. Interestingly, according to the study, at least 60 percent of Road Scholar’s solo ...

It's been 20 years since the tour company Road Scholar first began offering educational voyages at sea. Since then, its products have always been organized as groups on small ships, sometimes ...

One of solo travel’s best-kept secrets is that you can actually meet more people when you’re alone. Couples and groups often create their own little bubbles. Solo travelers are more approachable, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning writer/podcaster, I've been to 100+ countries. Back in 2005 I wrote a book called Solo Traveler, so I’ve been a ...

Rejecting the idea that our minds degrade as we age, social activist Marty Knowlton founded Elderhostel in 1975 as his way of fighting back against ageism. Originally, the not-for-profit organization ...

DEAR TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER: I just completed a Road Scholar trip to Egypt, but on the trip home, British Airways canceled my flight four hours before its scheduled departure. My ticket was in business ...