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Hi, I’m Lucy, a solo female travel expert! I’ve been traveling the world solo for over 8 years to 40+ countries. I'm all about adventure travel, vanlife, festivals and digital nomad tips!
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I’m all about empowering women to seek a life outside the ordinary, to make solo female travel your reality. My goal? To inspire you to solo travel to countries that challenge you and change you. Feel stuck in your life, or worry you've missed your opportunity? This is the blog that will push you to realise your full potential.

Absolutely Lucy is all about the real, raw backpacking experience. I'm a part-time vanlifer and digital nomad who can't resist a music festival, hike or a wild swim. Let's be friends!
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Boston Vlog Part 2: Chinatown, visiting Fenway Park & Boston in the fall

What a way to spend my last international trip of 2022. Flying business class with United Airlines from London Heathrow to Boston, Massachusetts, for a weekend of exploring the larges, most walkable city in the USA. [ad press trip] This trip was a press trip with United Airlines, Travel Up and the Boston Tourism Board. There was so much to cram in that I've split it across two vlogs – here's Part 1 - enjoy!From those beautiful fall colours at Boston Common and visiting Fenway Park – home of the Red Sox, to tasting the famous lobster rolls and fresh oysters the city is known for. We explored art, culture, heritage and history as we walked the streets of Boston, USA, and even took to the water for a "Duck Tour" around the harbour. If you've ever wanted to visit Boston – I've found the best things to do in Boston and have written a guide to the best 22, including tips on how to travel there and where to stay.Check out my blog post for a full itinerary and where we stayed: https://absolutelylucy.com/22-best-things-to-do-in-boston-usa/Don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you want to see more videos from me :-)For those who are new to this channel, I'm Lucy, a solo female travel blogger from the UK, who loved adventure travel, music festivals and vanlife. Get my free eBook on how to save up to £10k for travel: https://urlis.net/ue0k9Blog: https://absolutelylucy.com/
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What a way to spend my last international trip of 2022. Flying business class with United Airlines from London Heathrow to Boston, Massachusetts, for a weekend of exploring the larges, most walkable city in the USA. [ad press trip] This trip was a press trip with United Airlines, Travel Up and the Boston Tourism Board. There was so much to cram in that I've split it across two vlogs – here's Part 1 - enjoy!

From those beautiful fall colours at Boston Common and visiting Fenway Park – home of the Red Sox, to tasting the famous lobster rolls and fresh oysters the city is known for. We explored art, culture, heritage and history as we walked the streets of Boston, USA, and even took to the water for a "Duck Tour" around the harbour. If you've ever wanted to visit Boston – I've found the best things to do in Boston and have written a guide to the best 22, including tips on how to travel there and where to stay.

Check out my blog post for a full itinerary and where we stayed: https://absolutelylucy.com/22-best-things-to-do-in-boston-usa/

Don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you want to see more videos from me :-)

For those who are new to this channel, I'm Lucy, a solo female travel blogger from the UK, who loved adventure travel, music festivals and vanlife. Get my free eBook on how to save up to £10k for travel: https://urlis.net/ue0k9

Blog: https://absolutelylucy.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/absolutelylucy
FB: https://www.facebook.com/AbsolutelyLucy/
TW: https://twitter.com/absolutely_lucy

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Flying Business Class for a Weekend in Boston, USA

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Is Marrakech safe for solo female travellers? 🇲🇦It’s a question I’ve had a lot since travelling to Marrakech earlier this summer. While I wasn’t travelling solo on this trip, I always look to see how a place would feel if I were completely solo.I felt very safe not only as a woman but also as a WOC and travelling while in a mixed race relationship which I know has not been my experience on past trips to Morocco. It was over 10 years since my last trip to this country and I was unsure what to expect after a bad experience. But I was blown away by the hospitality and welcome we experienced, how safe we felt, never once on edge or uncomfortable.I truly loved every second in Marrakech and the trip only served to ignite an eagerness to travel more of this amazing country and to experience it as a solo traveller as well.Tips for solo female travellers in Marrakech:
🔸 Stay in a Riad - not only are they super secure but you’ll also have a lovely host to advise on best places to go and any areas to avoid.
🔹 If you’re uncomfortable with crowds and busy areas - avoid the main square on a Sunday night - that’s their busiest night and it’s crazyyyy busy!
🔸 Ignore anyone who tries to help you with your bags, even if they say they’re from your accommodation, it’s a common ploy and they’ll demand money if you let them help you.Would you like to solo travel to Marrakech?#visitmarrakech #riadlovers #solotravelmorocco #solofemaletraveller #solofemaletravel #womenwhotravelsolo #backpackinggirls #ladieswhotravel #solotraveltips #marrakechcity
A peaceful sunrise at the Durdle Door before the bus load of tourists arrived. It was so calm and quiet just after sunrise, so I walked, I swam and I saw watching the waves. Enjoying that moment of silence before the day started.As calm and beautiful as this scene looks, actually just behind the camera there was a huge pile of rubbish, flip flops, plastic packaging, even beach umbrellas that had simply been discarded by tourists from the day before who were too lazy to carry it back up the cliffs.I actually had to pick up handfuls of rubbish to prevent it from going into the ocean and harming the wildlife. Check out my stories for some of the crap I collected. Luckily as I was leaving some of the estate workers were arriving with rubbish bags so it was all cleared up, but that doesn’t take away from fact that it was left.We are so lucky to have such beautiful places in this world. But they won’t remain beautiful if we treat them like this. Clear up after yourself - it’s not difficult. Don’t leave litter for the next person. Think how horrible it is to arrive somewhere and find the rubbish left by the last person to leave. It’s disgusting. So don’t be that person.Have you experienced this when visiting a popular place??#leavenotrace #leavenothingbutfootprints #leavenotrash #litterpicking #litteringsucks #littering #beachcleanup #beachclean #beachcleaning
15 BEST THINGS TO DO IN KOTOR, MONTENEGRO 🇲🇪Imagine combining the ocean, mountains, historic fortresses, adventure and amazing seafood 😍 well Kotor has it all and if you ask me, it’s hugely underrated as a destination both for solo travellers and couples travelling in Europe. It’s budget friendly, absolutely stunning and easy to access with flights from @stn_airportI’ve actually written an in-depth guide over at AbsolutelyLucy.com on 20 amazing things to do there, complete with a guide on where to stay and the best places to eat out in Kotor - trust me, it’s the definitive guide so go check it out using the link in my bio.Top recommendations for Kotor, Montenegro:🔸Hike to Kotor Fortress in the morning 🥾
🔹Sunset drinks at @hippocampushotel rooftop bar
🔸Amazing pasta @lacatedralkotor
🔹Wine tasting @old_winery_kotor @Tke
🔸Amazing seafood at @przunrestaurant @konobascalasanta @konobaruma @wine_bar_cesare @little_bay_restaurant
🔹Visit a 17th Century monastery
🔸Meet the cats of Kotor and visit the Cat Museum!
🔹Get adventurous - go off-roading, paddle-boarding or kayaking!
🔸 Take a boat trip around the Bay of Kotor or visit another Montenegrin village.Find loads more suggestions in my blog posts ❤️Would you like to visit Kotor?#kotormontenegro #kotorbay #kotoroldtown #visitmontenegro #discovermontenegro #exploremontenegro #montenegro_wild_beauty #montenegro_dreamers #montenegrotravel #gomontenegro
Sunday night thoughts 💭Just a reminder that no-one’s journey is linear and we’re all just figuring it out as we go. So often we forget to take into account the struggles and challenges that have been faced in reaching a dream or a goal.Solo female vanlife was never in my plan, but it’s been a life-changing journey to get here. So watching the sun set and the moon rise in a beautiful moment of solitude was a real reminder of *holy shit I did it, all on my own!*If you’re dreaming of getting a camper van, or exploring the world solo, don’t think that it’s out of reach. You’re far more capable than you give yourself credit ❤️What dreams have you made a reality??#solofemalevanlife #solovanlife #vanlifegirls #vanlifegoals #vanlifeadventures #vanlifeliving #solitudeisbliss #alonebutnotlonely #alonebuthappy #abusesurvivor #domesticabusesurvivor
CAMP WILDFIRE - what a weekend! I thought it’s only fair I take you guys along, so check out this day in the life mini vlog I filmed while at @campwildfire to give you a taste of what it’s really like to spend the weekend at a summer camp for adults 🏕️ [gifted]You guys know I love anything outdoors and I’m obsessed with festivals, so imagine combining the two in a wild weekend in the forest jam-packed with 100 amazing activities and 50 live bands and DJs. That’s exactly what Camp Wildfire is - an opportunity to meet like-minded souls and celebrate life by trying new things, laughing so hard you lose your voice, dancing the night away and leaving with the biggest smile and friends for life.It’s complete escapism and a chance to be a child again and have fun in the purest sense of the word. Throughout the weekend, we tried quad biking, trampolining, aerial silks, ice bathing, Nerf battles, blacksmithing, bread making, aerial jump, archery, axe throwing and cross bow shooting among many other fun things. We loved the quad biking and got super competitive in the Nerf battle, trampolining took me back to being five years old on my own trampoline in the garden 🤩For the first time ever I tried blacksmithing and realised I definitely don’t have a career in it, but it’s was so great to push myself outside of my comfort zone. My favourite activities of the weekend were definitely ice bathing with @thenest.health which was an amazing way to try out some breath work. I also loved the aerial silks which I had never tried before and loved so much I’m planning to book a class to do it at home!As activities came to a close each day, we headed to watch the Patrol Games unfold, each more chaotic and hilarious than the last. We were the Hawks 🦅 and cheered on our teammates with the help of the Hawk leaders who had buckets of enthusiasm and the ultimate CAW CAW!Then it was on to the wild parties each night - my favourite performance by far was the @housegospelchoir who brought ALL of the energy!Would you like to go to Camp Wildfire?#campwildfire #summercamps #summercamp2023 #ukfestivals #ukfestival #festivalmood #musicfestivaloutfit #girlguides #girlguiding

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