More Women Travel Solo As Recession Bites
Released
on: August 26, 2009, 8:40 am
Author: HostelBookers.com
Industry: Travel
More
women than ever before are swapping handbags for backpacks and
hitting the road solo, HostelBookers.com can reveal.
The
budget accommodation and backpacking specialist conducted a
women's travel survey with Lost
Girls World (who have a novel about their adventures coming
out soon). The results revealed that 74% of participants considered
themselves 'solo travelers', and 67% regularly travel alone (once
or twice a year).
Whether for a gap year, career break or way to avoid the recession,
an increasing number of women are escaping the 9 to 5 drone and
breaking free by backpacking around the world solo.
For these budget savvy girls, hostels are the accommodation of
choice - 76% said they would stay in hostels most or some of the
time on their trip. 60% would even consider sleeping in a mixed
dorm if it meant saving more for their travels.
Hostels themselves are beginning to cater for this demand, with
female-only floors, hairdryers and girlie 'sanctuaries' for some
post-travel pampering all appearing at budget accommodation around
the world.
To help out these backpacking beauties, HostelBookers have also
launched a series of top women's
travel resources especially for women travelers, from destination
guides, safety advice and packing tips for every continent to
the top ten hostels
for women. There will also be exclusive guest posts from Chelsea
Duke, author of High Heels and a Head Torch: The Essential Guide
for Girls who Backpack, the Beauty Terrorist of St. Christopher's
Inns and Lauren Resnick, who has penned the Princess with a Backpack
guide and blog.
For further information please email Troy at Troy.Munns@Hostelbookers.com
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