Bio

Beth Whitman is a self-described “travel addict” and has been a solo traveler for 20 years. After backpacking the Pacific Rim (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii) for a year in 1992, she recognized that other women were looking for guidance and inspiration so that they, too, could plan and carry out their own journeys. Thus was born her workshops and book, Wanderlust and Lipstick: The Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo.

Beth with frilly-necked lizard in Australia

Beth has backpacked through Nepal; ridden a motorcycle solo through Central America; driven the AlCan Highway to Alaska; trekked the highlands of Vietnam; and maneuvered the back roads of France’s Dijon region in a rental car. She’s had a hand grenade pulled on her in Cambodia; fought off giardia in SE Asia; been threatened by Nicaraguan police; and been flashed by men from New Orleans to Saigon.

Her travel articles and photos have appeared in newspapers and magazines including BMW Magazine, Sound Rider, Perceptive Travel and Transitions Abroad. She is the recipient of the Joe Christian Award for excellence in writing and has been teaching travel classes in the Seattle area for nearly 15 years including her very popular class For Women Traveling Solo.

It is her hope that on this website you will find inspiration, information and guidance that makes you want to book your next adventure NOW! There’s a whole world waiting out there to be explored!!