[00:00:00] Corinne Foxx: Welcome back to another episode of Am I Doing This Right? I'm Corinne Foxx.

[00:00:05] Natalie McMillan: And I'm Natalie McMillan.

[00:00:07] Corinne Foxx: And we are best friends, confidants, millennials, and the hosts of Am I doing This Right? A life how-to podcast from the perspective of non-experts.

[00:00:17] Natalie McMillan: And each week we cover a new topic and we drink a new bottle of wine.

[00:00:23] Corinne Foxx: And this week we are for life.

[00:00:27] Natalie McMillan: So remember that Jason

[00:00:34] Corinne Foxx: Jason Derulo that do not get me started. Um, we're going to be talking how to travel alone with travel concierge. Jen Tenzer I'm very excited to have her on. We're going to be talking to Jen about how to book your first solo. Trip the benefits of going on a solo trip and how to travel alone safely, especially being a woman.

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[00:01:06] Natalie McMillan: country. We're

[00:01:06] Corinne Foxx: constantly under attack. Yeah. Constantly, constantly. And not at the end of the episode, we're gonna play facts and hacks sex and yeah.

[00:01:14] Natalie McMillan: Facts and hacks. Somebody still needs to make us a song.

[00:01:17] Corinne Foxx: Yeah. We need a little jingle, but now what are we drinking?

This epi? We are

[00:01:24] Natalie McMillan: drinking first of all, to twist top. Let's listen. Ooh, actually love a twist top. Okay. This is. This is from France. So fun. I'm thinking it's Bernie EA Chardonnay. Ooh. I love that. Bernie EA Chardonnays from 2020. Okay. We're going to give a little, a little try.

[00:01:48] Corinne Foxx: That's a very musical

[00:01:48] Natalie McMillan: episode. I don't know.

Wow. What other things should we saying? I don't know. Sing the praises of this wine or not? Who's to say we'll find out at the end.

[00:02:00] Corinne Foxx: Oh, Nat. I have something for you because you're always having me try snacks on the podcast. Yeah. So yesterday I went to trader Jose trade that hole and I saw these little cookies. I'm interested in them. So I got a box and then I had some last night and I was like, these are amazing. So they're called partake.

They're chocolate chip, crunchy cookies. They're vegan. Gluten-free egg-free soy-free fish free, which God, I hope so. God is with fish. I know, but I wanted you to try. Um, you can have more than one

[00:02:33] Natalie McMillan: God on the

[00:02:34] Corinne Foxx: potty. You excited very much like a gluten-free famous Amos. Oh

[00:02:38] Natalie McMillan: my gosh. I wonder if it will crunch in that.

Let's see.

[00:02:42] Corinne Foxx: Okay. Just keep waiting. Let it, let it cause at the end of it, I feel like there's a little bit of a salt moment that happens at the net.

[00:02:53] Natalie McMillan: Yes. It's like salty. Sweet.

[00:02:56] Corinne Foxx: I wonder if we should have a new segment of the podcast where we do trader Joe's snacks at the beginning. .

[00:03:05] Natalie McMillan: Facts hacks and snacks.

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[00:03:11] Corinne Foxx: back tax and snap.

[00:03:14] Natalie McMillan: We have to do the genius. Oh my God. Oh my God. That really came up

[00:03:18] Corinne Foxx: as a download from the universe.

[00:03:21] Natalie McMillan: That was a spiritual good. And also, by the way, we're not sponsored by these people, but Hey, we're open to it. Yeah. We're open

[00:03:28] Corinne Foxx: to it. And his monitorships. What

[00:03:30] Natalie McMillan: have we got sponsored by trader Joe's?

That would be a dream because my Katia pet bay little puffs are gone. I can't find them. I need a

[00:03:38] Corinne Foxx: you recommended the jalapeno puffs. I couldn't find it.

[00:03:41] Natalie McMillan: Yeah. And then my, the little Brie wheels, the tiny breeze they're at yours no longer at mine. No

[00:03:49] Corinne Foxx: John Harris to talk about here. Well, you can have as many as you like of those, um,

[00:03:56] Natalie McMillan: our mounts are full and we're smacking into

[00:03:58] Corinne Foxx: the mic. I'm so sorry to.

[00:04:02] Natalie McMillan: But not vision, a

[00:04:02] Corinne Foxx: delicious little cookie. I don't know. They're great. Partake chocolate chip cookies. Let me know if you guys get some. All right. So let's get into Jen and why we're bringing up solo travel. We both, you know, we love to travel.

We love our little bit trips, but. How overwhelming it can be to plan things out, especially if you're going somewhere you've never been before. It can even be more overwhelming to plan things out for a solo trip. And like we said, as a woman, it can be straight up scary to even consider it. So we're really excited to talk to Jen today to learn how to travel safely alone and what we can all gain from solo travel.

And you know, I'm going to say it again. I traveled to Costa Rica by myself and okay.

[00:04:43] Natalie McMillan: But also I was thinking you, you also traveled to Milan by yourself. I always traveled them Milan by.

[00:04:49] Corinne Foxx: Oh, I'm probably alone a lot.

[00:04:52] Natalie McMillan: Yeah. But you like went out, I guess that was for work though. I went for Costa Rica was more like, just for you.

I

[00:04:59] Corinne Foxx: would honestly say that Costa Rica was easier because I was with, I was meeting with a group. Yeah. Whereas when I was in Milan, I would like travel there fully by myself and then they would just expect me to be. At set, ready to go or my fitting. And it'd be like, I could have got killed a hundred times on the way

[00:05:16] Natalie McMillan: here.

And when you were in a haunted hotel one time, oh my God, you called me. And you're like, you're like, I think I need to move rooms. And it was like, like a weirdest layout.

[00:05:26] Corinne Foxx: Do you do FaceTime? You would get, it was like, first of all, had a huge sauna in it. And it was like this long, like very Gothic style, dark green.

And like, there was like velvet on the walls. Like it was so weird and I was in the show. All the lights were on in the, in the room. They all went off. No. And then I said, no, no, thank you. Please go away. Turn the lights back on. It's not happening today. Not today. Say 10. Yeah. I was just like, you know,

[00:05:56] Natalie McMillan: I

[00:05:56] Corinne Foxx: don't have time for this anyways.

Okay. So

[00:05:58] Natalie McMillan: gen tens are, is the founder of the soloist, a solo travel planning company. After a 10 plus year career in investment banking in Manhattan, she was burnt out and ready for a career reset. So she started the soloist to fuel her passion for inspiring others, to travel beyond their comfort zone and live with fulfillment.

Physically and figuratively travel beyond. She's a travel advisor who caters to solo female travelers and is committed to ensuring her clients feel safe and comfortable exploring the world alone. Love it. Let's bring her on. Let's bring her on.

[00:06:44] Corinne Foxx: Hello,

[00:06:44] Jen Tenzer: Jay. Hey guys. Thank you so much for having me on. Oh

[00:06:48] Corinne Foxx: my gosh. We're so excited. We were just saying before we hopped on, we were having so much fun writing your questions. Cause we were just like, we had so many questions. I traveled by myself in 2018. I went to Costa Rica

[00:07:03] Jen Tenzer: and.

[00:07:04] Corinne Foxx: Life-changing I talk about it all the time on the podcast ad nauseum.

I'm sure people are like, we get it current. You traveled to Costa Rica, but it's because it was such a big deal in such like a big milestone in my life. So I absolutely love what you do, which is helping people and especially women plan their first solo trips. And I'm curious when you took your first solo trip and like what inspired you to even do that?

[00:07:31] Jen Tenzer: It's tough to say, because I've like done some solo trips ever since I was younger, I studied abroad. I took work trips in my last career life, you know, and I think there's like a broad spectrum of what solo travel can mean for different people. But I would say my first. Big life-changing solo trip, probably similar to the one that you had in Costa Rica was in 2017.

And I went to Patagonia, solo, not everyone knows where Patagonia is. So it's at the Southern tip of south America, and it's a region that spans across both Chile and Argentina. And it's like so remote and it's amazing for hiking and outdoor activities, but I definitely. Bit off a lot in that first solo trip, but it was amazing similar to what you were saying.

I just came back and I was like, this is life changing. Why aren't more people doing this? And you know, my friends thought I was nuts and I was just like, no, I'm not nuts. You can do this too. It shouldn't be so scary. And that's kind of. When a seed was planted, like I want to inspire and support more women to feel comfortable doing this and having this amazing experience.

Yeah. I feel like

[00:08:46] Corinne Foxx: my solar trip came after a breakup and I was like, I want to learn to like, be on my own. And I'm, you know, I'm an independent woman. I feel like you kind of have these moments. That like push you into doing something like that big or like your friends thought you were like crazy. I'm sure.

My friends thought I was nuts. Like, oh my God shooters. And now she's going off to a foreign country.

[00:09:10] Jen Tenzer: Was there a reason why you

[00:09:11] Corinne Foxx: went to Patagonia alone or you just like, felt called to do.

[00:09:14] Jen Tenzer: I think it's totally true. Like I plan fellow trips for a lot of people and there's usually something that kind of like sparks it for me though.

I was just so burned out at work. So like a little bit of background on me. I used to be in investment banking and Manhattan. For over a decade and like just worked these crazy grueling hours and had no personal life and was so, so single and just felt like, okay, I desperately need a vacation. And you know, my friends are all doing their own thing, but I need this.

I'm just gonna do it. I guess. Like, I need it for me. I'm going to make it happen. And that's pretty liberating, you know? Not have to wait for your friends or family or boyfriend or other people to have the same perfect schedule and budget, and want to go to the same place and just kind of take it back into your own hands and just go.

[00:10:10] Natalie McMillan: Yeah. I'm curious when you were about to go. Did you have any, what were your emotions leading up to it? And then how was it afterwards or where are your thoughts and emotions? Like, were you afraid? Were you just fully stoked on it? Like how, how were you feeling?

[00:10:29] Jen Tenzer: I was a little nervous, but honestly, I don't know.

I just like was too naive and weirdly courageous and like, wasn't probably as afraid as I think most people are and I was just getting. So busy at work, like didn't have time to like, be wrapped up in the fear of it all. Yeah. And I think like any fear that I felt just manifested in me, like over-planning and researching everything and just making sure I was so prepared.

And so it didn't really hit me that, like, this is a really big deal. And why am I doing this until I got on the plane? You know, wheels went up and I was like, wait, what am I doing? I don't really speak Spanish. You know, like, but I was like, okay, I guess I have to make the most of it. Like, I'm going, I'm in the air, you know?

And I know. It was amazing.

[00:11:21] Corinne Foxx: You said that you bit off, more than you can chew. Is there a story behind that?

[00:11:27] Jen Tenzer: No, not really. I had an amazing time. Nothing tragic happened. I met so many amazing people, but I just, it's not what I would recommend for a first time. Solo traveler, you know? Do not go to the other side of the earth to a place where you do not speak the language all alone.

Maybe you try something like a little closer to home. Some are English speaking and start small. That's what we were

[00:11:52] Corinne Foxx: going to ask you. Like for someone listening right now, who is going to plan a solo travel trip, what are some things that you suggest for them? Trip. So, yeah, don't go across the world, go to an English speaking country.

If you speak English or your native language. Yes. Is there anything else that you do insert small,

[00:12:11] Jen Tenzer: right. Start small and yeah, I would say before that first solo trip as well, get more comfortable being alone in terms of. Exploring your own city alone, you know, like maybe take yourself out to dinner alone.

Dining alone is like a whole other like weird situation that most people don't put themselves in. So don't have the first time that you do that. Be on a solo trip in a foreign place. Go to a restaurant around the corner that you've always wanted to try, that maybe has a bar where you can sit up, sit at and like chat up the bartender and dine out solo that way before you go, go to a museum alone, just get more comfortable being alone and start, just take baby steps.

And so then when you even take your first solo trip, it's not as much of a leap and you can kind of continue to escalate from there. Yeah.

[00:13:04] Corinne Foxx: And like build on those skills. Cause I do think we're so used to being with people all the time when we're doing things or another aspect of it is having your phone with you.

You might be somewhere where you don't get as much like data. So you can't just like sit there and squirrel on in-store your friend. Yeah. You might have a different time zone. So you also have to use it just like sitting there and like . Yeah, exactly.

[00:13:28] Jen Tenzer: Yeah, like being comfortable just with yourself is like really weird at first, you know, but I think it's a skill that improves your whole mindset and it allows you to just get to know yourself on a deeper level, how you react in different situations.

It's just like a personal growth. Aspect that I, I highly

[00:13:49] Corinne Foxx: recommend.

[00:13:50] Natalie McMillan: Yeah. And it's unlike any other personal growth thing you could do. You know what I mean? It's like, there's no amount of therapy or self-help books or journaling that can get the same type of experience as a trip by yourself. Yeah. You know, what would your top three places be for the first time?

Solo travel?

[00:14:13] Jen Tenzer: So look, there's tons of places. If you're an American, there's tons of places within the U S that I'd recommend like San Francisco or New York, where I live tons of stuff to do, going to see like a national park. You really just want to be focused on places where there are tons of activities to keep you busy and.

Obviously English speaking, if you're an American helps. And then in terms of foreign destinations, Costa Rica is definitely a top pick there's so much to do there. And lots of like group activities where you can meet other people as well. I

[00:14:48] Corinne Foxx: was on like a group trip, but I was by myself, but like, yeah, I was like, I went zip lining with a group, you know?

[00:14:54] Jen Tenzer: Yeah. That's perfect. Lot of people speak English there. And tourism is really well established. So it's a pretty easy place. Other places that I've had solo travel clients go is like tons of places in Europe. Like Portugal's really popular. I also solo traveled to Japan, which I felt the, yeah. So like you just want to, you want to keep in mind places that have an established, like tourism infrastructure places.

If you're a solo female traveler. Have a lot of respect for women. Yeah. Places that have a crime rate, that's like, you know, manageable and safe, and then just places where there's tons of stuff to do, because you don't want to be like sitting alone in your hotel room, just like stewing and spiraling over your thoughts.

You want to keep yourself busy and.

[00:15:46] Natalie McMillan: Yeah. And I think that we were talking about this when we were writing these questions is just how as women, we have to be so vigilant, hypervigilant about our safety. What are your tips that maybe seem obvious, or maybe not for our listeners as women for safety?

[00:16:07] Jen Tenzer: Definitely want to put together your itinerary beforehand and share it with friends and family. So you want to make sure that like they have the hotels that you're staying at with, you know, the contact numbers and the addresses so they can contact someone in an emergency. Another thing that I would recommend is sharing your live location.

So either whether it's through like the, find my friends app or on Google maps, you can also share your location again, like worst case scenario. Someone knows where you are at any given time. Other tips for safety. I don't know if you've heard of the. The step program, I'm going to mess up the acronym.

[00:16:48] Corinne Foxx: That's when you can register with the U S government, right. I've done exactly that. Oh, I've never heard of this. What is this? Yeah,

[00:16:55] Jen Tenzer: so, so honestly, solo travel or not, I highly recommend it. Basically. You just register your trip where you're going for how long with the U S government and. If anything is happening in that destination, they will send you a text message.

Just so you're aware that something's going on, where you are also, if you're in an uncomfortable situation and you just need to be like contacting a consulate or a government person and getting yourself out, they know that you're there and it's much easier to facilitate that. So I would highly recommend doing that other safety tips, like little things, you know, you just want to like, Be mindful of your surroundings, you know, and just have good senses in terms of like, don't go out alone at night and you know, don't go getting wasted.

If you're in a foreign place, you just want to kinda like, keep your spidey sense. Up. And if something feels off, it usually is just take yourself out of the situation and don't be afraid to like lie. Little white lies are fine. If someone's approaching you. And it just feels sketchy, you know, like I'll, I'll just say, oh, you know, my boyfriend's checking into the hotel.

He'll be right back. I'm not alone.

[00:18:09] Corinne Foxx: Yeah. Yeah. Sometimes we have to do that and like asking you where you're staying. You'd be like, I'm staying at that hotel across the street. Things like that. I mean, I feel like women, we have to do that all the time. I get my boyfriend's

[00:18:22] Natalie McMillan: the thing that I was just thinking about too, if I were so low is I think I would have my AirPods in a lot, like listening to music or something.

That's probably not a good idea. Probably not because also they have those new ones that cancel out all the sound. Yeah. So you probably shouldn't walk eyes up, nothing in the

[00:18:40] Jen Tenzer: ear. Yeah, definitely. And also like, let's say, okay, you you're at the hotel, you're eating breakfast. You've kind of planned out what you want to do for that day.

Like, look at your phone beforehand, look at Google maps, kind of figure out where you're going before you actually leave so that you're not. With your head and your phone the whole time walking, they're just completely unaware of your surroundings. It

[00:19:03] Corinne Foxx: also makes you look like a tourist too. If you're walking confident, you look like, you know where you're going, you don't look lost things like that.

Yeah.

[00:19:11] Jen Tenzer: Yeah. That's a good way to have, you know, pickpocketer is com. And

[00:19:15] Corinne Foxx: find you. Yeah, I'm curious about, so we talked about like places that you recommend for your first strip, but what are some countries that maybe aren't great for women to visit alone? Or are there any countries that you find to be a little bit more dangerous?

You know, I know every, you know, it's, it's

[00:19:32] Jen Tenzer: different. It's tough. Yeah. Because like, I live, you know, in New York and even in New York, there's been times when I've been yeah. Kind of unsafe situation. So I would say a couple like countries that I've been to where I probably wouldn't send a first time. Solo traveler are Morocco, which is a place where women get a ton of.

Of attention and men will just come up and try and sell you things all the time. Um, follow you like while you're walking and try and be your tour guide and things like that. And I just felt a little bit uncomfortable. Other places are like in the middle east. I think it's also just culturally, like some countries.

They just won't necessarily keep as much space between you and them. So they might like a man might come up very close into your face and start talking in a way where like, I've just felt a little bit uncomfortable. That doesn't mean they necessarily have like malicious intent behind it. So, yeah, I think countries like that.

[00:20:34] Corinne Foxx: That's interesting. That makes sense. You know, like we all have different like cultural norms and I was actually watching a tick tock the other day, and it was this woman in Italy who had moved to America and she was making a tick talk about like American norms that Italian people might not know. Uh, Americans really like their space.

Like they don't like you to be, you know, like maybe to touch them right away. And so that makes sense that like, you're not used to having someone come that close to you and it makes you feel uncomfortable, but like in their culture, that's totally fine. And like an ours that's different. So it's like being prepared that there's going to be those cultural differences and like what makes you feel comfortable and what makes.

Uncomfortable. Yeah,

[00:21:15] Jen Tenzer: definitely. As you're

[00:21:16] Natalie McMillan: talking about all these places, I'm just thinking more like, Ooh, I would want to, you know, try to go there and this and that, but I am so bad at packing. I am horrible at packing. So what would you say are some like key items specifically for solo travel that you might not consider?

[00:21:35] Jen Tenzer: I would say like a portable charger. Honestly, I bring like three portable chargers on my trips, just because I think also from a safety perspective, it's so important to just like always make sure that your phone is working and you can contact someone in an emergency. Other things are, again, from a safety perspective, a whistle on a key chain or something can be something that's good to have.

Also, if you're worried. I don't know, depending on where you're staying. If you're staying in like a budget place where you're worried, someone might break down your hotel door or something, you can get one of those little like rubber doorstops and shove it under the door just to make sure no one could come in smart.

[00:22:17] Corinne Foxx: That's super smart. We just set up a personal safety episode. So we had some crazy ones that you definitely cannot bring on a plane, but I'm like

[00:22:25] Natalie McMillan: a whistle on the doorstop. I would not have thought of

[00:22:27] Corinne Foxx: though. You know what I'm really curious. I mean, this is like your passion and this is what you do for a living, for people who are listening right now, who maybe want to start planning their solo travel trip.

What can you say? Like what can you gain from traveling by yourself that you can't gain traveling with a big group?

[00:22:49] Jen Tenzer: So I think first and foremost, it's just such, like, I like to think of solo travel as the ultimate. Self-care, it's such a reset from like our daily lives. I think as women, we spend so much time caring for other people trying to, you know, manage other people and it's very selfless and beautiful, but it's also.

So draining and going on a solo trip, it's incredibly refreshing because for the first time you're really just tapping into, okay, what do I want to do today or not, you know, and tapping into your core, wants and needs. So you can expect to feel incredibly refreshed and not like a typical vacation where you get home and then you like need a vacation from that vacation.

[00:23:34] Corinne Foxx: Yeah. Which is so true. It always happens. You're like, I'm so drained. Exactly. But yeah, a lot of it's like if you're traveling with someone else, even if it's, you know, your, your partner, your friend, you're still at constantly compromising, you're constantly like, okay, they want to do this. And then I'll do my thing.

And that's like, when you're traveling by yourself, All you it's whatever you want. You're like,

[00:23:56] Natalie McMillan: I can sleep til four if I want.

[00:23:57] Corinne Foxx: Yeah, exactly. Which I have done exactly. I mean,

[00:24:01] Jen Tenzer: I, one day when I was in Costa Rica, I just like binged watch whatever marathon on Netflix. And it was like a sunny, beautiful beach day, but I just wasn't feeling it.

And. Yeah. Like no one even knew until now when I'm sharing it publicly, but no one even knows. And that's like, it's, I don't know. It's like a really lovely way to escape. Other benefits of solo travel are confidence, right? Like to fly to the other side of the world, potentially and deal with little mishaps that come up like as you're traveling all on your own meet amazing people have these experiences and then get home safe and sound.

That's like incredibly empowering and you just feel like you can literally do anything.

[00:24:48] Corinne Foxx: Yeah, I will say there's definitely a confidence builder. And you, you feel, you feel like a grownup you're like, I don't think I can feed myself by myself. Like what?

[00:25:01] Jen Tenzer: And just like freedom and. I think cause like society tells us that, like we can't do that.

You know, especially as women, we shouldn't be putting ourselves in those situations and we're not capable of these things without someone else there with us. So it's like definitely builds a lot of confidence to like break that it's

[00:25:21] Natalie McMillan: kind of rebellious, honestly. Like if you're kind of breaking all of the like quote unquote sheds, like you shouldn't travel alone as a woman.

And it's like, or you shouldn't stay in bed all day and watch a marathon on Netflix. If it's nice out, like it's more of just following what you want to do and

[00:25:39] Corinne Foxx: following your list

[00:25:40] Natalie McMillan: and just being like, no, I can do all of this. Like screw all these rules. Love that.

[00:25:47] Jen Tenzer: Definitely. And just getting to know yourself better or on a little bit deeper level, because.

Sometimes, if I'm traveling with my boyfriend or with other people, I can definitely be the introvert in the group and like, okay, he'll like go up and talk to that person. And that's fine. But if you're in this like new situation where you're forced to kind of get out of your shell a little bit, you can see like, oh, when I'm actually solo traveling in that situation, I can be the extrovert.

I, I go up and talk to anyone. That's an interesting side of me that like I hadn't seen before. I don't know, personal growth wise. It's it's cool

[00:26:25] Natalie McMillan: too. You can kind of be whoever you want to be, and then you might discover, oh, actually this is me. It was me, all of the, hold on it with me all along. So as a travel concierge, how do you work with your clients and what type of services do you provide for them?

[00:26:43] Jen Tenzer: So I like to say that I'm like, Travel agent and half travel therapist because I, I basically, I provide end to end service. So I help you feel comfortable traveling alone. I help you pick the destination. If you don't already have somewhere in mind, I find all the coolest hotels for you and activities.

And then I also take care of booking everything, and then I'm also just available. 24 7 during your trip. So if you feel kind of like achy or uncomfortable while you're somewhere, and you want to reach out to someone and you don't want to reach out to your mom.

[00:27:22] Corinne Foxx: Oh yeah. And we'll send the SWAT team.

Exactly. No, I love that. I was reading on your website that you have that like 24 hour availability for someone traveling, because it is nice things happen. You show up and your room isn't ready, or they don't have your reservation. Like you can get really panicked and flustered. So to know that there's someone you can call and like can kind of help you through it, walk you through it, help you on the back end.

That would be really relieving, especially as a first time solo

[00:27:50] Jen Tenzer: travel. Definitely or like your flight gets canceled. I know I'm already there, like booking you on the next flight, you know, you're not alone, you're alone, but you're like less alone.

[00:28:01] Natalie McMillan: Yeah. And you don't have to figure out all those little details.

You can kind of just enjoy it more. Yeah.

[00:28:06] Corinne Foxx: Yeah. Also on your website, it said that you wanted to start hosting group wellness retreats, which we got various, I'm sure you sign up. So like, what do you imagine those trips looking, looking like, and if you're our listener and you want to sign up, how can they do.

[00:28:22] Jen Tenzer: So I imagine Costa Rica is somewhere that I probably will have, like my first or second retreat at, I imagine a mix of like wellness and adventure. I'm someone that can like geek out hard on all the spiritual stuff. So I would love like soundbath nights and yoga and things like that. But also. Zip lining and hiking and just like opportunities for women to come together, whether they're solo or they come with a friend and meet other like-minded.

And if you're interested in future retreats, definitely head to my website, which is www.thesoloist.travel. And you can sign up for my newsletter where you'll receive all the latest information. Well, you put that in the

[00:29:09] Corinne Foxx: show notes to get in the show notes for anyone who's listening, who wants to connect with you, um, your Instagram, your.

I think me and Natalie might be on one of those trends. I'm like this sounds right. Well, thank you so much for your time, Jen. Seriously, this was such great information. I think it's so helpful and inspiring. At least for me. I want to book my next solo travel trip with you. And so we really appreciate your time.

[00:29:35] Jen Tenzer: I would love that. Thank you so much. Thanks for having me on this. So fun. Yeah. So

[00:29:40] Corinne Foxx: fun. We'll have a great rest of your day. You too.

[00:29:43] Jen Tenzer: Bye.

[00:29:50] Corinne Foxx: Oh my goodness. I love Jen. She's so caring about the trip. I know. I was

[00:29:55] Natalie McMillan: thinking of the places I was like, where would you go?

[00:29:57] Corinne Foxx: Well, the very

[00:29:58] Natalie McMillan: first thing I kept thinking, well, I was thinking domestic, just because it'd be super easy. I would love to just do a little Miami little pop over. Cause you can do that.

And you could do like two days, you know

[00:30:09] Corinne Foxx: what I mean? Where you haven't been Natalie? That's the whole point.

[00:30:12] Natalie McMillan: No, I know. Where should I go? I've never been to Italy. Yeah.

[00:30:16] Corinne Foxx: Italy could be, have you been to Nashville?

[00:30:19] Natalie McMillan: No, that's a really fun place to go. I know about my sister and I promised each other. We would go to camp.

Oh yeah. Off limits.

[00:30:26] Corinne Foxx: You know, we'll figure it out. We'll figure it out one day. You guys, after she goes through. Put you on blast. Yeah. Okay. So should we rate this wine or drinking? Very,

[00:30:38] Natalie McMillan: not mad at it. It is the 2020 Bernie EA, which is B E R N I E R. Okay. But it's from France. So, you know, it's silent. Yes.

Chardonnay.

[00:30:51] Corinne Foxx: And should we intro the honey of the week

[00:30:54] Natalie McMillan: or how did this week? I'm really surprised we haven't done it. It's Ms. Reese with a spoon.

[00:31:00] Corinne Foxx: And the reason why we chose Reese Witherspoon,

[00:31:04] Natalie McMillan: because she was in that movie wild,

[00:31:06] Corinne Foxx: where it was about the woman who walked the Pacific coast trail by herself.

Yeah. That was a true story. I know, I know it was based on a real woman, Cheryl.

[00:31:15] Natalie McMillan: Wow. That was her name. Wow. Wow. And her little, I remember in that movie, cause I saw it in the theaters and the thing that stood out to me was when her feet were really blistered and then she like threw her shoes off the cliff.

Oh God, I don't really remember that movie, but I know it was inspiring. It was inspiring.

[00:31:32] Corinne Foxx: One to Ms. Reese Witherspoon. He was incredible. By the way, what are we rating this wine? I'm going to give it a reason. I'm going to give it a Reese reset of

[00:31:41] Natalie McMillan: Reese. It's a reset or was, and it's a show.

[00:31:44] Corinne Foxx: I know my argument, Natalie, we like shirt and AEs.

We think we don't, we think we don't always rate them pretty high. I don't think we've ever had a, we never had a tenant Hottie out of Hottie shard. No, this is the first. This is the first. Yeah. So you guys, you can pick up a bottle. It'll be linked in our show notes and our stories this week and in the newsletter.

[00:32:05] Natalie McMillan: Pretty cheap really

[00:32:07] Corinne Foxx: well. That's that, that really throws it off. Yeah, I really think so. It's for sure. I reset or,

[00:32:12] Natalie McMillan: yeah.

[00:32:19] Corinne Foxx: all right. This is part of the upside where you play a little wrap-up game and this week it is facts and hacks and snacks, snacks, you know, we're still, we're still crunching on cookies over here. Holy shit. I

[00:32:29] Natalie McMillan: just, oh, sorry. Sorry. I just had to look up the price of this. The wine, the wine is a good old $8.

Oh my God.

[00:32:37] Corinne Foxx: Immediately by immediately, immediately stop

[00:32:39] Natalie McMillan: what you're doing. And by this, yeah, this is what it's on. Pause. Buy it, come back for snacks, facts and hacks.

[00:32:45] Corinne Foxx: Okay. So the snack of the day is the part where. Chocolate chip cookie. Yep. Which we love. And then do you have a, you have a hack. I'll do it.

I'll go with that. Okay. You do your, my facts, which I thought was very interesting. So, you know, Google images, right. You can just like look up things. Yeah. Google images was literally created after Jennifer Lopez wore her infamous two thousands Grammy dress. I knew that you knew.

[00:33:08] Natalie McMillan: Yes. I knew that.

[00:33:11] Corinne Foxx: Fascinating. I did not know that. Is it so many people were searching for her outfit online that they had to create an image function? Yeah, that'll be in the newsletter this week,

[00:33:20] Natalie McMillan: that outfit. And then, and you know, when she got engaged, she was like, well, green has been a very lucky color for me. And then she was like, because she

[00:33:27] Corinne Foxx: literally created Google images,

[00:33:28] Natalie McMillan: literally created wow.

The power of fashion, the power fact, the power of Jayla power of J-Lo in that, I mean, it's icon. It is

[00:33:36] Corinne Foxx: iconic that dress. I think she wore that dress. I think it was like a variation of it

[00:33:42] Natalie McMillan: if anybody else was going to wear

[00:33:44] Corinne Foxx: it course. And of course it, I didn't say I can do anything she wants. Yeah. Okay.

Anyways, so that was my fact, what is your

[00:33:50] Natalie McMillan: hack? Okay. My hack. So for any of you that love a vacuum. Me and Corinne, we love a vacuum, a vacuum. So I've discovered that if you take an essential oil, my preferred is orange and you put a couple little drops on the filter, or if you don't know where the filter is, get a little cotton ball and like put it in the bag or the, if you have a Dyson in that little container thing.

And when you vacuum. Hey, you don't get that weird vacuum smell. And B it's makes it, makes everything smell really good. I want to do that, but I'm scared.

[00:34:26] Corinne Foxx: My vacuum will exp. Y,

[00:34:28] Natalie McMillan: I don't know. I'm usually the one afraid of exposures. Sure.

[00:34:31] Corinne Foxx: Oil

[00:34:32] Natalie McMillan: in the parts. Okay. Well, here's the thing. It's like one drop of oil.

[00:34:35] Corinne Foxx: I'm not like dousing. No, no, no. You just do a little bit,

[00:34:38] Natalie McMillan: a little couple drops or just put a little cotton ball, put a little drops in there and then put it in the

[00:34:45] Corinne Foxx: canister. I'm going to give it a

[00:34:47] Natalie McMillan: shot. Yeah. It's really fun. Little hack. That's a great hack. I definitely did not know. It makes everything smell like an orange field.

Oh my

[00:34:55] Corinne Foxx: God. Beautiful. Orange is a great essential oil for depression. Oh, it helps with mood because it's like bright. It's like happy. Yeah. It's happiness.

[00:35:03] Natalie McMillan: Love it. Citrus fruit.

[00:35:05] Corinne Foxx: Love it. Well, that is our first snack fact and hack. Yeah.

[00:35:09] Natalie McMillan: We have to include snacks from now on

[00:35:10] Corinne Foxx: though. Yeah. So now it is now officially snacks, facts and hacks.

Yeah. So we just have to decide who brings a snack. Right? Right. Very exciting. You guys. Anyways. So if you guys.

[00:35:23] Natalie McMillan: Anyways. So moving on, join the newsletter

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