Women Traveling Alone. Why Not? By: Graeme Lanham | Jan 25th 2007 - Kristy, aged 32, had recently separated from her partner and needed to "get away". All her previous travels had been with a friend and traveling solo was real "out of comfort zone" stuff. Kristy did her research and made some pleasant, surprising discoveries. Tags:: travel, travel health, women, women's travel, europe, lucca, eurailpass, italy, eurostar.