Offering restaurant and bar recommendations from chefs, bartenders, and sommeliers in major North American cities, ChefsFeed shows you how to eat and drink like a pro. Users can filter food experiences based on dietary restrictions such as vegetarian, vegan, and Kosher meals.Īn alternative to Eatwith, BonAppetour helps travelers find immersive food experiences through in-home meals such as dinner parties, cooking classes, barbecues, and picnics. From dinner parties to food tours to cooking classes, the app has a variety of culinary events that let you wine and dine with local hosts at your destination. The Eatwith app can connect you with locals in more than 130 countries for truly immersive cuisine. Just because you’re traveling alone doesn’t mean you have to dine alone. The app earns bonus points, in our book, for offering its members deals on hostels, pub crawls, bars, restaurants, and local tours. If you find a match, you can message the person to meet up. Think of Backpackr like Tindr but for solo travelers-the app shows you people with similar interests who are headed to your destination. You can find a travel mate nearby by searching for people based on age, gender, and interests. It also helps you save money by pairing you people to share taxis, tours, or other travel expenses. This widely trusted app lets you make new friends on your trip by connecting you with other solo travelers in your city in real time.

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Here are the 12 best mobile apps for solo travelers.

They can also make it easier to travel alone, which is good news for the roughly one-third of consumers who take a solo vacation every year, according to a recent Travel Leaders Group consumer travel trends survey.

From booking cheap flights and hotels to staying fit on the go and recovering from jet lag, today’s mobile apps can solve a wide range of problems for travelers.

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