Timely Advice for Independent Travelers Worldwide
Hello and welcome to Travel Independently. We are 2 women from Seattle who have been traveling together mostly all over Asia and SE Asia for the past 12 years. Kathie is the brains behind our independent travel itineraries. Together, we choose where we want to go each year and then begin doing research, including reading any books we can get our hands on about the place we're going to and by consulting with other independent travelers. Kathie is a daily poster on the Fodor's Asia Forum. Come along with us as we plan and blog about our travels!....read more
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Loading ...What is your idea of a great trip? Do you like to travel with others? Do you enjoy group activities? Do you like to have someone tell you what you are seeing? Are you content to be taken from place to place with little or no time to wander on your own? Do you like [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The difference in experience between having a guide and not having a guide can be vast. Which is better? Well, there is no hard and fast answer to this. It depends on you, your level of knowledge about a place, your level of comfort in interacting with people when you have only a few words [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I’ve heard stories from several friends recently about using a US based travel agent to arrange travel in Asia. One friend was headed to Vietnam and Cambodia. She has a long-time travel agent who booked all the flights and hotels for her plus guides in each place. For two weeks, she paid US$12,000. She could [...]
