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Meet your travel co-pilot, Arabella

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Hello! I’m Arabella. I’ve spent my career in travel and my holidays exploring. I believe strongly in the power of solo travel for women and love helping first-time and experienced women travelers get outside of their comfort zones.

✔️ Former Editor in Chief of Fodor’s Travel

✔️ Traveled to 100+ countries, 20+ solo

✔️ Will always travel for art & design. I’ve been to every Venice Art Biennale since I was 10.

✔️ I can advise on New York City, Paris, Santa Fe, Venice, San Francisco, Charleston, Toronto, Montréal, Marrakech, most of the Caribbean, and many national parks.

Get to know Arabella

  • Being invited to a local wedding in Marrakech the first time I visited. I was traveling solo and one of the women working at the riad where I was staying asked me if I'd like to attend her wedding while I was there. UM YES. She gave me a night to remember—in an event space outside of town. Men and women sat in separate rooms, on rugs and carpeted ottomans. Female guests of all ages showed me proper Arabic eating and drinking etiquette using broken French & English. And incredible bellydancers performed until the wee hours of the morning. It was an experience I would never have had if I'd been traveling with someone else.

  • I'm a total urbanite who also happens to love the great outdoors. I often travel for art, which takes me to big cities, but I also love getting away from it all and bunking down at a lodge with gobsmacking views in the middle of nowhere (so long as it has WiFi; bonus points for a pool!)

  • I always head straight for the latest art opening, followed by a Happy Hour glass of wine or cocktail. Art stimulates my brain like nothing else. The cocktail evens me out!

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  • "My session with Arabella saved me so much time. In just one hour, I got the detailed, specific insights I'd usually spend hours googling for.—now I feel completely confident my daughter and I will have a great time!"

    — Sara, October 2024

  • Because no guidebook or travel blog can match real, honest, and up-to-date advice from someone who knows the destination intimately and puts your interests first. Just one consultation will save you hours of pre-trip angst and research time and give you all the confidence you need to hit the ground running.

  • Our Advisors are savvy, knowledgeable women with unique perspectives on their destinations. From sommeliers and pastry chefs to art insiders and modern historians to sun-seekers and nature lovers, they bring deep local expertise to every trip. And, as women, they inherently understand the importance of safety, authenticity, and connection while traveling

  • Every Advisor in our network is carefully vetted through a multi-step verification process to ensure she’s knowledgeable, trustworthy, reliable, and uniquely equipped to help independent travelers plan their dream trip.

    Want to become one? Book a 15-minute 1:1 call with our Community Manager to get started.

  • Advisor consultations happen in a private 1:1 WhatsApp chat, facilitated by SoloTrvlr. You’ll be added to a chat by our SoloTrvlr number (+44 7457 411378) up to five days before your scheduled consultation. Your Local Advisor will join the chat at the scheduled time, ready to help.

    From there, it’s all about you—ask questions, get advice, and discuss whatever you need for your trip. There’s no set structure; the session is completely collaborative and tailored to your travel plans and interests.

    Once your hour is up, the chat will close. Within 48 hours, you’ll receive a personalized Field Guide + Map featuring all the intel and recommendations from your session, plus a few extra tips from your Local Advisor.

    Have more questions afterward? Just DM us on WhatsApp and we’ll help you book additional time.

    If your privacy settings block group chat invites from unknown numbers, you'll need to save our number (+44 7457 411378) to your contacts or receive our invite via WhatsApp DM.

  • You can ask anything travel-related, from whether (and where) it’s safe to walk alone at night to practicalities like where to buy tampons (and how to ask for them!) Need dining advice? Your Local Advisor will share her go-to neighborhood spots and steer you to a hyper-local Italian cooking class taught by a beloved nonna. She’ll also be quick to jump in and let you know if something you’re considering doing is overrated—and tell you what to do instead.

  • No problem! If you need more time with your Local Advisor, just contact us via WhatsApp or by email and we’ll help you book a follow-up session. 

  • Our Advisors do their best to keep their calendars up to date, however, if you would like to book further in advance (i.e. upcoming months where an Advisor hasn't added her availability yet) or none of the listed times work for you, please email us at support@solotrvlr.com and we’ll work with you to find an alternate time.

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