The Solo Female Traveler NetworkReviews of thesolofemaletravelernetwork.com

I've been on two trips with this company, and I absolutely love them. Sam, our guide in Egypt was fantastic! That trip is still my favorite trip of all time, and I've been to a lot of countries. I also went with them to India. I was pretty nervous to go to India totally solo, and I'm so glad I went with SoFe. I meant so many amazing women in my group and I loved how the itinerary was super local and female focused. Even the rickshaws we were in were operated by women and we visited a café run all by acid attack survivors. It was just a magical tour and I talk about my SoFe trips all the time. I recommend this company to everyone.

If I could give this tour 6 stars, I would. I went to Japan with Solo Female Travelers Network and IT WAS AWESOME. This was my 4th group tour, and I will only ever book with this company from now on. I made the best friends, it was like a girls trip but they started out as strangers. I never imagined I would get along so well with a group of women, let alone become such good friends with them. Our guide was really sweet and knew everything about her country, including the best restaurants hidden in alleyways and basements that I would never be able to find, even with Google maps. One of the most memorable things we did was spending the evening with a geisha. I really didn't know what to expect, but it was so fun and really cool to learn about why she became a geisha and how hard her training was. Kyoto was magic. I also really loved hanging out with the group at the hotel where we had private ryokans. The food was so good at that hotel too and the rooms were very modern Japanese. So cute. Anyway, I could go on and on about how much I loved this tour, but I recommend Japan with this company with my whole heart. 💗👘

I was so nervous to book a tour and to go alone, but I am so glad I did. My first tour was to Egypt, and it was the best trip of my life. Sam, or guide, was amazing and every day was really fun. My favorite was sailing down the Nile at sunset and then dancing around the fire at the Nubian village. Part of what made this trip for me was the group of women. There were 12 of us and everyone was nice and inclusive, we had no drama. I still keep in touch with most of the women from this tour. I loved Egypt so much that I booked India. I loved this trip, even though it was a different vibe. I really appreciate how there were so many experiences with women, like visiting Sheroes Cafe, where acid attack survivors are given a job and a community. We also celebrated Holi at a local family's house and had a cooking class with three generations of women at their home. My only complaint about this trip was that the group was sometimes challenging to stay positive around. India is not an easy or predictable place, it's chaotic and things just don't always go to plan. I was happy to go with the flow because even when the itinerary had to be moved around to accommodate unexpected traffic or a site being closed when it should be open, our guide always got us everywhere we wanted to go. Nothing was skipped, in fact it sometimes led us to cool roadside stalls and a little more time to chat with the locals we were meeting. But some of the group members were just always complaining, and I didn't leave with as many friends as Egypt. I still had a great time and I loved my roommate. I would book another tour with Sofe again for sure. I am even thinking about going to Mongolia next!

SoFe had a great program to show the life of Cuba, the activities were lovely, Ania was an amazing host and I enjoyed my time.

This tour was so much better than I expected. I was excited to finally go to Japan, a dream of mine since I was a kid watching anime after school. The itinerary on the website looked great, and compared to other companies the price was pretty good considering everything included. I expected it to be a solid tour, but it was so much more. When they say you get to go to a tea ceremony, it wasn't just a basic tea ceremony, it was so special. It was in a tiny place on the second floor of a little antique store. The lady started out by going through all the cups she had, all old and different. They all had a different story from the design and the decade they were made and what was happening in history at the time (my cup was literally 200 years old!). Some has been broken and repaired using gold. Anyway, this was one of my favorite days, because the town this was in, the people we met...it was all so sweet and traditionally Japanese. I would have never known this even existed, and I have read tons of books and been on IG looking for stuff like this in Japan. There were a lot of surprises like this, experiences just being better than I could have ever expected. The group of women I was with were so fun, I still talk to most of them even months after this trip. There was one woman who was kind of a negative person, and I appreciated that the rest of us were so happy and excited to be there, she didn't get us down. I wish I could do this trip for the first time over and over. It was the best tour I have ever been on, and I can not wait to see more countries with this company. If you are on the fence about whether you should give them a try or not, the Japan tour is a really good bet.

I went to Morocco with them, and I am probably about to book Egypt next. I had so much fun on this trip. After a few years of getting caught up in work and family obligations, I booked this trip because I wanted to be thrown out of my routine and I have always dreamed of seeing Morocco. Morocco is not a place if you want things to be perfect, it's chaotic and messy, but that's something I liked about it. There was one hotel we stayed at that I stalked before the trip that has 4.7 star reviews and is super nice, but when we were there, there were some issues with it not being as clean as I wanted. I told our guide and not 5 minutes later, someone was at my door to clean it. It wasn't a big deal, things happen. Some of the girls on my trip were really angry about little things, and that was probably my biggest complaint about the tour - some of the other girls seemed to look for things wrong and it sometimes brought the vibe down. Most of the group was great and I made two really good friends. Our guide was AWESOME. She was so nice and knows everything about her country. I left a gift I had just bought for my husband at our Fes hotel and she arranged for her driver friends on other tours to bring it with them, so that it got to me in Marrakech before we left! She was amazing. Once a man in Casablanca was catcalling us and kind of following us down the street for bit, and she turned around and said something angry in Arabic and he walked away. Pretty bad*ss. On our tour of Marrakech we stopped at little shops that women owned, which was surprising because it seemed like all the vendors were men. My favorite was a little tea/spice/sweets shop in the Medina where we got to taste everything and the owner even told our fortunes in the leaves of the spices. This was one of my favorite things, I never felt like I was in a sales pitch, I really enjoyed meeting shop owners and hearing about their lives, especially because so many were women. I wouldn't go to Morocco if you want everything to go perfectly. There were some changes to the itinerary, things being shuffled around last minute, but our guide handled it perfectly and explained that every tour is this way because that's just how Morocco is. SoFe was amazing though - the trip, the people, the guide, the women we supported, the beautiful riads we stayed in. I will for sure travel with them again and recommend them to anyone who wants a real adventure!

I have been on two Meetup tours with this company, and honestly, both times I left saying it was the best trip of my life. I really appreciate that there is so much support before the trip, so you don't really feel like you are going totally alone because there is a WhatsApp group set up before the trip and also a private space in their community so you can meet other travelers and ask questions. I made some of my favorite friends on these tours, and I have already booked a third for later this year. I have read some of these bad reviews here, and I don't get it. Travel is never totally perfect or smooth, but in my experience the guides and the team at SoFe totally take care of us and make things amazing. I would not hesitate to go on one of these tours. They are super special and while it sounds a little cheesy, I would even say life-changing. I went on the Jordan and Egypt tours, and can't even say how much I loved it.

The women you travel with really help make the experience what it is. Some of my favorite moments were not included on the itinerary. Overall, I was happy to check this trip off my bucket list.