SoFe Travel: Building the World’s Largest Solo Female Travel Community - With Amanda Black | #137

About this episode

Amanda Black discusses her journey in building the Solo Female Travel Network and the importance of community for women traveling alone.

Amanda Black built the Solo Female Travel Network after a terrifying experience in Cancun where everything she owned was stolen, leaving her isolated without a trusted support system while traveling alone. What started as a small Facebook group for women to share advice, safety tips, and real-time support quickly evolved into a global community of more than 500,000 members built around trust, reliability, and connection. Amanda shares powerful stories of women helping one another across borders, including moments where community members stepped in during dangerous situations abroad when local systems failed them. SoFe Travel grew from that same foundation — creating small-group adventures centered around trust, cultural immersion, meaningful connection, and making destinations that once felt intimidating or inaccessible feel possible for women traveling solo. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/globetrotters-podcast--5023679/support .

People in this episode

Hosts: Jonathan Otero, Chelsea Pelsone

Guest: Amanda Black

Topics covered

• solo female travel
• community building
• safety tips
• cultural immersion
• travel experiences

Keywords

• solo travel
• female travelers
• travel community
• safety
• adventure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Solo Female Travel Network

Places: Cancun, Mexico

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