Solo Tourista: Finding myself while getting lost!

Hello! I’m Megan, and I am a solo female traveler living life fully with invisible disabilities.

I show women that it is possible to travel solo, and that they can do it safely while also managing their mental and physical health issues.

So far, I’ve traveled to a few US states and many European and Central American countries on my own, and I did it while managing my anxiety, depression, chronic migraines, fibromyalgia, and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. I won’t lie to you; it’s challenging at times, but it’s not impossible.

I didn’t go looking for the solo travel lifestyle. It found me. I first fell into solo travel because I couldn’t get anyone to ditch their families to go to Spain with me over the week of Thanksgiving. I flew into Malaga, Spain, set up home base in an apartment down the coast, and drove out on day trips to three other cities in the region. I did all of it in six days, including one full day tucked up on the couch in the apartment with a wicked migraine and aching muscles. The travel bug bit me hard on this trip. Once I experienced having the sole responsibility over my vacation plans, I never looked back.

I do what I want when I want however I want to do it!

…and I do it with my trusty sidekicks: my chronic invisible disabilities.

So far, we’ve had some great experiences together:

• Adventure travel through Costa Rica
• Solo cruise through the Baltic Sea
• Driving tour of Southern Spain
• Self-guided walking tours in London, Berlin, and Paris
• Slow travel birthday trip to Mexico City
• Tons of flights, a handful of trains, and more public transportation systems than I can count

Yes, I occasionally have to take some detours and down time now and then, but I still do it!

You can do it, too! Let me show you how to do it safely and smartly and take advantage of my experience and learn from my mistakes. Follow me here, and I’ll show you the way.

(pssst! I also hang out on Instagram and post to Pinterest regularly.)

Happy (and safe) travels!