Women travelers, solo female traveling and women in the travel industry have gotten a boost thanks to Elizabeth Gilberts Eat, Pray, Love
This list was originally featured in my Travel Channel post (about the travel channel not actually on their site, but if you are reading this travel channel you need a blogging monkey, trust me), but I felt it deserved it’s own claim to fame and not rest on the back burners of a better than Samantha Brown post. The list is a mixture of women travelers, solo and otherwise, of my personal preference with a little…OK a lot of help thanks to Gray Cargill of SoloFriendly.com and VegasSolo.com. She sent me an email list full of great solo woman travelers, and this list wouldn’t be what it is if it wasn’t for her. I’ve also stolen a few suggestions based off of the Nomadic Chick’s Travel Resources’ Women Travel section and a few indexed ones suggested from WorldHum.com
- Janice Waugh of SoloTravelerBlog.com
- Sabina Lohr of SoloFemaleTraveler.com
- Evelyn Hannon of Journeywoman.com
- Jodi Ettenberg of LegalNomads.com
- Jeannie Mark of NomadicChick.com
- Pamela MacNaughtan of SpunkyGirlMonologues.com
- Barbara Weibel of HoleintheDonut.com
- Leyla Giray of women-on-the-road.com
- Suzy Guese of SuzyGuese.com
- Christine Amorose of CestChristine.com
- Geraldine of Everywhereist.com
- Lillie Marshall of AroundtheworldL.com
- Cailin O’Neil of TravelYourself.ca
- Ellen Perlman of BoldlyGoSolo.com
- Stephanie Yoder of Twenty-SomethingTravel.com
- Christine Ka’aloa of Grrrltraveler.com
- Tammie Dooley of SoloRoadTrip.com
- Ayngelina of BaconIsMagic.ca
- Monica Wong of APairOfPantiesAndBoxers.com
- Chérie King of FlightOfTheTravelBee.com
- Jiyeon Juno Kim of RunawayJuno.com
- Christine Gilbert of AlmostFearless.com
- Betsy Talbot of MarriedWithLuggage.com
- Sandra of Budget-Travel-For-Women.com
- Courtney Crow of ExplorerGirls.com
- Kim Mance, Maren Hogan, Katy Quissell and Courtney McGann behind the scenes and on the screens of GoGalavanting.com and TV.GoGalavanting.com
- Jennifer Baggett, Holly Corbett and Amanda Pressner of LostGirlsWorld.com
- Erja Lippone of WanderWoman.com
- Beth Whitman of WanderLustAndLipstick.com
- Debbie Dubrow of DeliciousBaby.com
- *Maureen Wheeler founder of LonelyPlanet.com
- * Marth Gellhorn American Novelist and Travel Writer
- *Julia Child The Mother of Travel Foodies
- * Margaret Bourke-White photojournalist
- *Annie Griffiths Photographer
- * Melinda Gates Philanthropist
- *Gertrude Bell Archeologist, Writer and Traveler
- *Samantha Power Lawyer, Journalist and Academic
- *Naomi Deguid ‘Culinary Geographer’ 1
- *Jo Rawlins Gilbert Retiree Turned Iraqi Traveler
- Pam Mendel of NerdsEyeView.com
- Andrea of MyBeautifulAdventures.com
- Jane Goodall Researcher and Primatologist
- Hope Schmid and Annie Fritz of TheJetSetGirls.com
- Gray Cargil of SoloFriendly
- Abbie Mood of AbbieMood.com
- Kelsey of DriftingFocus.com
- Shannon O’Donnell of ALittleAdrift.com
- Aye of GotPassport.org
- Diana Edelman of DTravelsRound.com
Last but not least…
50 + 1. Stephanie Elizondo Griest of AroundTheBloc.com
- One of my favorite travel writers with two books dedicated to women travelers. She was the first person to really turn me on to travel and from personal experience I can attest that she is a great person. I helped to bring her to my undergraduate university to speak about her book and had the pleasure of taking the long ride to drop her off at the Cleveland airport where she shared more in depth her goals and aspirations. If you haven’t already purchased her book or become a fan of her, I recommend you do and if you don’t believe me check out Jeannie Mark’s, of Nomadic Chick.com, Gypsy Wednesday Feature.
If there is a great woman traveler that you feel should be featured let me know. I’m more than willing to do a part two because I’m sure there are more out there than I have even begun to know about.
* Taken from World Hum’s list of 10 Inspirational Women Travlers.
Check out my part II list of lady travelers – the sequel
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September 8th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Thanks so much for including me!!!
September 8th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Awww thanks for including me little Monkey. You’re still my fave monkey (Ok next to curious george!)
September 8th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Hey now…..well OK but if it was any other monkey I would be flinging. hehe
September 8th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Of course, a fellow lover of Buzios, Brasil. I couldn’t leave you out!
September 8th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Awww….I’m on this list! Thanks Cornelius! I’m sooo flattered.
September 8th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
If your blog has the word ‘panties’ in it and its about travel and nothing dirty, that pretty much makes you a shoe in. lol
September 8th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
A great start to be sure, but definitely is missing some names. There are many very valuable women in the travel world these days!
September 8th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
I’ll have fun going through this list! I see some familiar sites, but mostly new ones….I must be out of the ladies travel loop
~WW
September 9th, 2010 at 12:03 am
Thank you for including me in this list. It is an honor to be among these amazing women.
September 9th, 2010 at 12:11 am
That is true, and hopefully this will inspire a few more lists around the web, for I am no authority on women travels (being a boy monkey myself) but I created something I couldn’t find elsewhere.
September 9th, 2010 at 12:13 am
Like I said some of these are great contributers to women and travelers alike while others are just getting their footing in this blogoshpere, hoping, i’m sure, to leave their own mark.
September 9th, 2010 at 12:15 am
Wow! Totally honored to be included with such an amazing group of women. And I love, LOVE that I’m simply “Geraldine”. Have I really reached one-name status? MOVE OVER, CHER.
September 9th, 2010 at 12:15 am
It is a real honor that so many of you are approving of my list, and maybe even more so that this list may lead others onto great travelers and writers such as yourself.
September 9th, 2010 at 12:23 am
Awesome list! Definitely role models for the lady bloggers of travel.
September 9th, 2010 at 5:10 am
Wow, Cornelius! Totally honored to be on your list with these amazing women. You rock, little monkey! There are some names I don’t recognize so it’ll be wonderful to check them out
Safe travel wings to all.
September 9th, 2010 at 11:38 am
Your list is awesome and inspiring. Would it be vain and awful if I introduced myself in the interest of joining these amazing women in your list? I’ve got my current blog (www.ephemeraanddetritus.com) and a million others before it. This one is from my Shanghai incarnation. I’ve been travelling full time since 1994 and have been writing about it online since 2004. I’m so happy to see other women doing the same. This is so cool. I hope we women explorers continue to grow in numbers- here in China, there are a lot more guys traveling.
September 9th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Nice list – there are a lot of great folks out there and you’ve managed to capture a group of the best.
September 9th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Hehe, Yeah you hit that level in fact maybe I should put ‘The’ (And pronounce it ‘Thee’ not ‘thuh’) in front of your name as if to scoff that there is any other Geraldine I would be referring to but you.
September 9th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Thanks, glad you like the list!
September 9th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
I love how you included the pioneers – Jane Goodall, Margaret Bourke-White, some amazing women who forged the way for others! Honoured to be here, merci!
September 9th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Ahhh You spelled it ‘honoured’ lol
Glad to have you on the list and thanks for your resources that I stole, er um borrowed.
I had to include those women on the list I found from WorldHum, and Jane Goodall because well I’m a monkey and she is frickin Jane Goodall.
September 9th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Glad to have you all on here, I’m just blown away by all the feedback. I’ve tried to keep an all inclusive list but I know I’ve left out a few good ones as well Like Kristin Luna of CamelsAndChocolate.com and lainie liberti of RaisingMiro.com
September 9th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Wouldn’t be vain at all, sometimes you have to toot your own horn a little before anyone else will take heed.
September 9th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Thanks, It’s hard to narrow it down, especially when there aren’t a lot of lists of women travelers out there.
September 10th, 2010 at 12:47 am
Thank you so much for including me, Courtney Crow, and my site http://www.ExplorerGirls.com in your list of so many awesome women. Thank you, I am honored! Here’s to Exploring!
September 13th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Here Here indeed! Thanks for swinging in my neck of the jungle.
October 3rd, 2010 at 8:09 pm
thanks for including me in your list!!!!
October 4th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Of course, I gotta include all the greats
October 7th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Hi Cornelius!
This is Sandra from Budget-Travel-For-Women.com, Thanks so much for including me with these inspiring women!
Happy Traveling!
October 7th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
No, Thank you for being an inspiring woman traveler.
October 20th, 2010 at 2:05 am
I love this list! I can think of a few more amazing traveling ladies who deserve to be on the next list, though.
PS. Great touch with the Goodall. That definitely feeds into my inner anthropological-feminista.
October 20th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
I’m in the process of creating a part 2, if you would be willing to share some great women travelers I’d gladly link back to you sharing where I got the suggestions. [email protected] @(^_^)@
October 27th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
What a nice surprise! Just got back from a remote mountaintop in Nepal where I had no Internet, to discover I have been included on this list. Thanks SO much!
October 27th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Of course glad to have you, and glad you’re back to the world of the wide-web (hehehe I used www)
November 20th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
Love the list! Can’t believe you don’t have Love & Paella on here. I love that blog! http://www.loveandpaella.com/
November 22nd, 2010 at 6:03 pm
I’ll have to include them on my part 2 post..coming soon.
November 26th, 2010 at 12:43 am
Hmm… and this is why the world of list posts stink and I refuse to do them. Someone always feels left out *hint-hint*.
April 10th, 2011 at 7:32 pm
I just found this list – how wonderful to be included, thank you!
I’m wondering whether you’ve come across any of the following great women travel bloggers (and if you haven’t and you extend your list, you might want to take a look!)
- Kerrin Rousset from mykugelhopf.ch
- Lisa Lubin from llworldtour.com
- Miss Expatria at missexpatria.wordpress.com
- Susie at susiesbigadventure.blogspot.com
There are may others but these are among my favorites.
Thanks again! Leyla
April 10th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
Thank you Leyla, as always!! xx
April 11th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
Great list hopefully between all these great lady travelers and travel bloggers (my recommendations, yours and others) we can inspire others to do what many of these women are already doing.
April 12th, 2011 at 5:23 am
Wow, I could I miss this? Thanks so much for including me on the list. Yes we all are doing Eat, Pray, Love so much with traveling. Have to remember not too much into “Eat” part though!!
April 14th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
That may be the hardest part indeed.
April 15th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Keep up the good writing!
May 16th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
some great choices! lots i already know and love and a lots more to discover. thanks for the list