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Plus one …

Solo travel doesn’t always mean going it alone. We travel solo because we love the freedom, but sometimes the occasion calls for company. A friend joins for a few days, a family trip takes shape, or a group plan feels right. ‘Plus one …’ is where our independence meets connection. It’s about saying ‘Yes’ when it suits you and celebrating your independence while enjoying the shared rhythm of the road.

Photographer Jamie Street on Unsplash

Our four-part series asking what does travel actually feel like from our pets’ perspective, and how do we make choices that reflect that?

Plus one …

Photographer: Jamie Street | Unsplash

Kobe and Muriel at the Landslide Lookout, Katoomba, New South Wales
A pup enjoys a bath and a toy at Kip Happy Stays
Photographer Barnabas Davoti on Unsplash
Teotihuacan is a vast UNESCO-listed pre-Hispanic city 50 km northeast of Mexico City, know

Solo travel does not have to mean isolation. Sometimes a shared experience can quietly enrich the road ahead in unexpected ways. Often, the insights we learn about others and ourselves can also inform new directions and destinations we might not have previously considered exploring.

By Emily Clarke

A small group of people watching a fireworks display Photographer Gabriel Mihalcea

There is a particular kind of companionship that only exists on the road. It is light by design, unburdened by expectation, and complete within its own meaningful window. You meet, you share, you part … and that can be enough.

By Emily Clarke

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