The final part in a three part series about how to travel without flying. Click for Part 1 and Part 2 In the previous two posts, we discussed the alternate…
Read an Excerpt: Four Corners, Kira Salak’s Epic Travel Memoir
Adventure travel writer Kira Salak’s Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea is her epic travelogue of becoming the first woman to traverse the treacherous mountains and jungles…
An Introvert Abroad: What Is Travel Friendship?
The friends we made on our trek tour into the hills surrounding Chiang Mai. Photo courtesy of Sarah Poekert. Introverts tend to prefer a small, intense social circle. This is…
4 Fabulous Female Travel Writers of Days Gone By
Putting pens to paper around the world. Image courtesy of Wikipedia. With the launch of #gogirlreads, our new Travel Book Club, I thought it would be fitting if, before we…
6 Tips for Traveling Sans Flying (Part 2)
Here is the second in a three-part series exploring alternatives to traveling on planes. Photo credit: Boccaccio1 What Go Girl doesn’t love traveling overland, getting up close and personal with the…
Your New Home: How to Choose an Apartment Long-Distance
Our new skyline is Dallas. Image courtesy of Melinda Clemmer. There are countless reasons why you may have to find an apartment without being able to visit first. For me,…
5 Vintage Vacation Hot Spots
The streets of Havana, Cuba feel like a step back in time. Image by Flickr user ilker ender. Finally spring is here! The sun is back, flowers are budding, and…
Turkish Delights: Women to Travel With; Women to Love
I am an internationalist–and a collector. Although I love my carpets, baskets, fabrics and cats from various countries, my prize collection is made up of women. I met Katherine when…
Dina Yuen, AKA Asian Fusion Girl, Launches “Iconic Asians” Campaign
Dina Yuen, a.k.a. Asian Fusion Girl, has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to bring her television show, Iconic Asians, to Hollywood. Go Girl Travel Network recently caught up…
Kickass female pioneers: 10 women whose adventures rewrote what it means to be an explorer
Happy International Women’s Day! Check out this awesome infographic provided to us by our friends at Momondo about the great female explorers that made travel history.
Podcast Episode #1: Nikki of OutAbroad.com
Ready for a whole new take on travel? Check out our brand new podcast entitled “What She Said: Words from Women Travelers”, brought to you by our very own Ann…
The “Negativity Bias” and Travel Envy
It keeps you safe, but does it keep you inside? Image from mmorpg.com. Reading my Oprah magazine this month (yes, I subscribe to Oprah magazine in all its self-help glory,…
6 Inspiring Historic Female Travellers
A Victorian Lord and Lady tour India, 1899. From the Wiki Commons. In this modern day travel can be an easy undertaking. Although there are multiple things to consider before…
Driving and Dining: 5 Do’s and Don’ts of a Road Trip
Rolling, rolling, rolling. Image from kcci.com via iStock/Bosca78. Just a few short days ago I landed in my new home of Dallas, Texas. Before that move was a relocation from…
Walk Before You Climb
Rule number one of backpacking around the world: don’t bring too much stuff. Much easier said than done when you’re faced with leaving a hard-won closet behind! When my husband,…