Traveling solo is the ultimate main-character move. It’s thrilling, it’s liberating, and it pushes you so far out of your comfort zone you might temporarily forget your own name. But before you jet off to live your best, most independent life, a little preparation goes a long way. Park & Preston Travel has rounded up the essential "know before you go" tips for solo adventures. Leave Your Itinerary with a Lifeline Please let someone at home know where you are going. Pick a trusted friend or...

If we haven’t met yet, hi. I’m Sarah Bergman. I am a travel agent, a business owner at Park & Preston Travel, and - most importantly for your current sanity - a Travel Coach. I’m also a woman who has a very high standard for her thread count, a very low tolerance for “standard” itineraries, and a slightly obsessive relationship with finding the heart behind every boarding pass. For a long time, the travel industry has been about the where. “Where are we going?” “What’s the top 10 list for...

We live in a world where speed is king. Everything is instant. Everything is deliverable. And if something takes more than nine seconds to load, we evaporate into dust. Our patience? Gone. Fossilized. Extinct. But walking? Walking refuses to play that game. Walking is the slow friend we all need. It’s pure, it’s grounding, and it reveals things you’d never notice if you were speeding past in a taxi, tour bus, or existential crisis. On foot, a place suddenly becomes three-dimensional. You...