{"id":115550,"date":"2016-08-12T15:11:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T15:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fourseasons.com\/magazine\/?p=115550"},"modified":"2024-04-09T13:12:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T17:12:11","slug":"kristin-newman-solo-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fourseasons.com\/magazine\/discover\/kristin-newman-solo-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Destinations for Solo Travellers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A lot of us take vacations because we need to get away from home. Winter is too long, work is too stressful, or we just need a change of scenery. But then there\u2019s another kind of vacation: the one where you need to get away from being you.<\/p>\n

Some vacations don\u2019t get rid of those home-thoughts. You sit on a beautiful beach and keep worrying about work or how much screen time to give your kids, and then you get mad at yourself for not feeling at peace in that beautiful place. You feel like your vacation isn\u2019t working.<\/p>\n

There is one way to guarantee that your vacation will come with a mental restart: Travel alone.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In the U.S., 11 percent of adult leisure travellers go it alone. And in much of the world over recent years, solo travel for women has become something of a cultural phenomenon. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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We talked with three frequent travellers about their motivation to travel solo and why they feel it\u2019s so valuable to the modern-day globetrotter. Read on to hear what Kristin Newman<\/a>, author of What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding<\/em>; David Farley<\/a>, author of An Irreverent Curiosity: In Search of the Church\u2019s Strangest Relic in Italy\u2019s Oddest Town<\/em>; and Elizabeth Carlson<\/a> of Young Adventuress have to say about independent travel.<\/p>\n

Kristin Newman: Newly single and ready to explore<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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TV writer and world traveller Kristen Newman found that travelling alone was the best way to get a fresh perspective and a mental restart.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photography courtesy Kristin Newman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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