"To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.”

- Freya Stark

Curated straight from Desa Potato Head’s Instagram story, this playlist serves up laid-back, sunset-ready beats that capture the Good Times, Do Good vibe of one of Bali’s shining stars in conscious hospitality. Press play and let the good times flow.

📍You’ll find this experience (and more that actually matter) in TRAppe’s upcoming Bali e-guide. Sign up for the waitlist and get first dibs when we drop tomorrow on 20 June.

✈️ Flight upgrade: Google and American Airlines are teaming up to optimise flight paths using AI to cut fuel use.

🍕 Mamma mia: Italy just crowned 5 of its dreamiest villages. From castle towns to cliffside vineyards, they’re giving us serious slow travel goals.

👀 Window shopping: Peek out of windows around the world and see what’s happening in your favourite destinations, no passport needed.

💼 For job seekers: Solo Female Travelers is hiring a 100% remote Content Editor & Community Manager to empower and connect women exploring the world on their own.

Masungi Georeserve

📍 Rizal, Philippines
Website | Instagram | Google Maps 

Tangled vines, sky bridges, and ancient limestone peaks, Masungi Georeserve isn’t your average day trip. It’s a full-body reminder of what happens when local love, bold ideas, and wild ambition collide.

Sisters Ann and Billie Dumaliang turned their childhood rainforest into one of Southeast Asia’s most inspiring conservation success stories. With rope bridges suspended above karst cliffs and winding trails through dense forest, Masungi blends adventure with advocacy, proving that tourism can regenerate, not just sustain.

Whether you’re joining a Discovery Trail led by local park rangers or taking part in their Comprehensive Forest Restoration efforts, every step supports a bigger mission: protecting biodiversity, restoring damaged land, and inspiring the next generation of rainforest warriors.

A portion of every visit goes directly to reforestation and helps protect one of the most threatened (and breathtaking) ecosystems in the Philippines.

In this week’s What’s Hot & What’s Not by real travellers like yourself, meet Veronica - the voice behind Vero Goes Solo, a blog empowering women to embrace the freedom of solo travel.

Originally from Italy and now based in southern Spain, Veronica has spent the past few years living and working remotely across Europe, Asia, South America and Africa. For her, travel isn’t about ticking boxes, it’s about learning from different cultures, connecting with people from all walks of life, and challenging herself to grow through every experience.

🔥 What’s Hot

off-season adventures, going solo, deep convos with locals, supporting local businesses, local buses with no air conditioning but the best stories, coworking by the beach, female-led guesthouses, traveling with only a carry-on, forming your own opinion about a place, homemade local breakfasts, sunset walks, trusted guides who become lifelong friends, digital detox days, language exchanges, talking to other solo travellers, sticking around when it feels right

❄️ What’s Not

5AM queues for “the Instagram shot,” loud groups in sacred places, being glued to your phone, leaving no room for magic, expecting locals to speak English, never asking for help, caring too much about people asking “aren’t you afraid to go alone?,” forming opinions based on people who’ve never been, flying when you could take the bus or train, ignoring local recos because “you saw it online,” leaving without learning anything, skipping the local food

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Singapore this July?

We're proud to be a community partner for Skechers Sundown Festival’s GAIA zone, a 3-day celebration of culture, creativity, and climate action happening July 4-6 at Haw Par Villa in Singapore.

This is not your usual festival. It’s a 3-day experience where music meets movement, and conscious living takes centre stage.

🎟️ Learn more and get your pass here: sundownfestival.com/gaia/
Use the code GAIA for 20% discount off all tickets.

Come dance, learn and unwind at Gaia - where connection deepens, ideas bloom and a the future feels POSSIBLE!

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