Alyssa Ramos of @MyLifesATravelMovie is one of the original Solo Female Travel Blogger/influencers for 11+ years! She's been to 140+ Countries, all 7 Continents, 7 World Wonders, 7 Wonders of Nature, and has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and Everest Basecamp!
Alyssa is also the original creator of Influencer-Hosted Group Trips, and hosts 4-5 adventures per year to unique, remote, and stereotypical "dangerous" places. Tap the Group Trips tab to learn more!
After being fully nomadic for 8 years, she now owns an apartment in Tulum and lives part time in Italy with her fiance.
Let’s call him Casper, because like the ghost, I don’t see him anywhere. [Disclaimer: Before I go on another little rant, please keep in mind that these are my opinions — I’m sure there are tons of great guys out there, and I’m sure tons of traveling girls have great men, I’m just sayin’….if I could create the perfect...
Je ne sais toujours pas me servir de mes atouts pour acheter un billet d'avion en ligne et, même si bon nombre d'inconnus louches ont proposé de m'offrir le voyage, j'ai toujours décliné car je préfère être seule que jouer les potiches.
South Coast (of Iceland) Best Coast! No but seriously, the South Coast of Iceland is where all of the best waterfalls are, plus Black Sand Beaches! You’ll find the most popular waterfalls; Seljalandsfoss and Skogafoss here, as well as Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach! Plus if you’re up for it, you can keep going further to the Southeast coast and see...
Fact: The price of flights is the most frustrating, discouraging, and impeding part of traveling. There's even some downsides to cheap flights!
by Alyssa Ramos Many people have asked me how I make money to travel as much as I do — usually noting that all it seems like I do is “blog”, and “blogging can’t be that lucrative, right?” Well, kind of, I actually only recently starting making (some) money from it, but the rest of the time, I write a crap load of content for other...
Trust me when I say that I've traveled solo enough to know every safety tip for traveling like a ninja, and staying out of harms way. Here's my top safety tips!
They say that traveling changes your life, and I’d definitely have to agree, because even when I’m home in LA, I find myself on a constant search for adventures and new things to try. Recently, one of those things was jetpacking, because, well, who doesn’t want to fly?! I scheduled a flight with Jetpack America on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, and...
by Alyssa Ramos Follow up post to my recent article in The Huffington Post, “Yes, I’m Pretty and I’m Traveling Alone” Yes, I got the typical hate-comments from my recent Huffington Post Article, most of which just re-stated the opening sentence that I wrote about how I expected some people to immediately jump to judge me for writing it, even...
When travel opened up to Cuba, I was one of the first people to get to go from the U.S. on a “family visit” visa. I was sent by GeoChic Magazine to write their main editorial about Cuba, and also a personal editorial as I discovered my roots in Cuba by traveling to the town where my grandparents lived. I followed a hidden journal I found after my...
via Huffington Post I can already hear Regina George saying, “So, you think you’re pretty?”, and can imagine the amount of “Is this b*tch seriously complaining about being pretty and traveling?” comments this post will inevitably attract, but trust me, I’ve gotten worse things inferred about me when I travel alone. You would think...