For the Woman who travels
on her own terms.
Researched, curated, and written from one solo female traveler to another. No fluff, no filler. Just guides that help you make the most of wherever you are, whether you have 24 hours or two weeks.
For the woman who travels with confidence, books the trip alone, and already knows what kind of traveler she is.
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Three days in Charleston, built on foot, in the order I would actually walk them. Galleries, oysters, early morning streets, and all the timing already solved.
Salt & Storybook: A New England Coast Road Trip
York to Cape Ann, seven towns, no beach days, and one very good lobster roll debate.
This is the coastal New England drive for people who would rather walk a cliff path than lie on the sand. A lighthouse that looks painted onto the sky, the finest oceanside walk in Maine, a storybook downtown, and a fishing shack that has been painted more than any building in the country. Written by a human who ordered the lobster roll so you do not have to guess.
What's inside (14-page printable PDF):
Six towns from Maine to Massachusetts, plus one honorable mention just over the New Hampshire line
Every stop olive-rated one to five, my honest ranking system
A Where to Stay page with six vetted hotels for every stretch of the route
A loose three-day routing you can flip, stretch, or wander off of
A one-page quick reference with all the essentials in one place
The honest notes: parking landmines, phone-only reservations, and reduced hours flagged before they cost you an afternoon
The details:
Instant digital download, print at home or read on your phone
Designed for solo travelers, mother-daughter trips, book lovers, and anyone over the beach-day thing
For personal use. Please do not redistribute.
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Three days in Traverse City, mapped in the right order: wine country, bookstore towns, the dune climb, and the asylum tunnels beneath it all. Built from real trips, with drive times, honest hotel notes, and a reading list to match.
I dreamed about this trip for years: pine trails, water in colors that don't seem legal, small towns you'd never think to aim for, and the bridge that stitches Michigan's two peninsulas together. Then I drove it. Shipwrecks through a glass-bottom boat. Painted cliffs from a kayak. An island with no cars and the world's longest front porch. A sand dune that humbled everyone on it. And one very cold, very perfect swim in Lake Superior.
This guide is that trip with the wrinkles ironed out. The right order, the real drive times, and every lesson I learned so you don't have to learn them at a dead sprint through an airport or covered in sand flies.
Inside the 12-page guide:
A complete 7-day route from Detroit to the Upper Peninsula to Mackinac Island to Traverse City, with approximate drive times for every leg and the flight strategy that saves you a five-hour backtrack. The one booking you need to make the moment your dates exist. Ferry logistics for Mackinac Island, including which line to choose, what it costs, and the five-minute evening prep that saves your whole morning. The kayak tour worth booking instead of going alone, and when to take the most sought-after departure. Where to base yourself at every stop, reviewed honestly, including the mistake I made so you don't have to. A pasty pronunciation guide, because the Upper Peninsula will test you. And a reading list matched to the route: one book for the lake, one for the island, one for the orchards at the end.
Vegan-friendly picks marked throughout. Built from a real trip, driven in a real (sandy) car, and written for the traveler who wants the open road, small-town magic, and one genuinely great story from every single day.
Three days is enough for a London that feels like yours: bookish, walkable, stitched together with historic pubs, crowned with one properly fancy dinner, and ending, somehow, in a bathroom that feels like outer space.
I walked 13 to 16 miles a day on this route, let the Tube catch me when my feet gave out, and came home with a very full heart. This guide is that trip in the right order, with every lesson I learned built in, including the ones that cost me.
Inside the 10-page guide:
Three full days mapped stop by stop: the Bloomsbury bookstore morning, the Tower at opening (and why the first slot changes everything), Borough Market timed to miss the crush, the Thames by boat, Notting Hill's better version, and the farewell dinner that turned out to be the best meal of the trip. The four bookings to make before you fly, including the free ticket that vanishes three weeks out and turned me away at the door. The two calendar traps that ruin visits, routed around. A Pub Companion covering seven historic pubs and the one candlelit cave worth fighting for. Vegan London, proven, from a fully plant-based afternoon tea to the market taco that might have changed my life. My honest hotel review, rated in olives. The dress code warning I learned in front of the Ritz. And a London reading list matched to the trip, one book for the bookshops, one for the parks, one for the plane.
Built from a real trip, walked in real shoes (16 miles a day in them), and written for the solo traveler who wants a London of bookstores, markets, old pubs, and one perfect pink velvet evening.
I planned this trip as Ireland and Scotland. One afternoon with a map made it obvious that fourteen days would not do Scotland justice on its own, so Ireland went on the someday list and Scotland got the whole two weeks.
Then I gave myself a mission: the city, the Highlands, and the ocean coast. All three. That is why Skye is not in this itinerary. Skye is on every Scotland route ever written. I took the ferry west to the Outer Hebrides instead, and Harris turned out to be the best part of the entire trip.
This is that route, written down properly. Eight bases over fourteen days, in the order I actually drove them, with the drive times, the bookings that have to happen first, and the reasons the order matters. It is a route, not a catalogue.
It is also honest, which is the part I care about most. My flight was cancelled and I lost a day. I queued an hour for the rental car. I drove the Bealach na Bà in pouring rain and I would not do that again. I cancelled a distillery tasting I had already paid attention to and got shop credit instead. I lost the trail on the Lost Valley hike and ended up in a field. One of my hotels felt like a casino. All of that is in here, because you cannot plan around a trip that only tells you about the good parts.
I am not an expert. I went once, for two weeks, travelling solo and eating vegan, and every opinion in these pages is shaped by that. Nothing in here is borrowed from another guide. It is one real trip, written by the person who took it.
What is inside
The full 14 day route with a map, all eight bases, and honest drive times
Eight chapters, one per leg: Edinburgh, Speyside, Lewis and Harris, Dornie, Applecross, Glencoe, Stirling, and Edinburgh again for the Fringe
Every hotel rated honestly, including the two I would go back for and the one I would not
The walks, with the trail warnings I wish I had been given
A driving chapter covering single track roads, the three passes, and what actually catches you out
Where to eat, with real notes on eating vegan in the Highlands and the islands
A skip list: what I left out, and whether I regret it
An honest FAQ, including whether the ferry will actually run
A reading list matched to the places, and the bookshops worth the detour
A Scotland packing list built from two weeks of weather
A one page quick reference table with every stay, ferry, drive and booking deadline
Who this is for
People who would rather take the ferry than the shortcut. If you want to see a lot, walk a lot, and drive roads that make you sit up straight, this route was built for you.
Who this is not for
If you want a slow trip with three days in one hotel, this will exhaust you. If Skye is the reason you are going to Scotland, this is the wrong itinerary, and I say so kindly.
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For pilots, flight attendants, and anyone with a layover and zero interest in spending it at the airport Most people fly through Zurich. I am here to convince you to actually stop. It is compact, walkable, incredibly clean, and packed with things worth doing. And yes, it is expensive. But if you spend your money on the right things, it is absolutely worth it.
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