Solo Travel​

 

It’s tough to beat the lure of backpacking trips: just strap on a bag and go. Backpacking is oftentimes viewed as a style of travel that is very cheap, very hard, and most often practiced by the young and free. TraveloMad strips that myth from reality, exploring backpacking trips for travelers of all ages and all budgets. Backpacking vacations offer almost unlimited freedom—but ask a lot in planning labor. Whether you’re gearing up for a long overland walk or linking up a series of destinations by train and public transit, the only one holding the map and timetable is you. For those who want to walk all 2,650 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, take a four-day hike up Peru’s Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, or tramp around southeast Asia for a month, make sure you sit down several months ahead of time and tease out the details. 

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Read on for our tips, tricks, and guides to help to make that next backpacking journey a reality.