A library of resources* for women who travel solo, migrate, or live abroad—featuring Facebook groups, coaches, travel sites, content creators, organisations and newsletters.

*It is free and open to the public. If you would like to support the library, please consider buying me a coffee so that I can cover the costs of the website.

I hope these platforms and people inspire you as much as they have inspired me. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for a creative surprise!

To suggest a resource, please email the name, a brief description, and the link to mevoydecasa.ec@gmail.com

Facebook Groups [ENG]

  • Wanderful Women Who Travel

    Wanderful is a leading community for women who love to travel. With 50+ chapters around the world, a thriving membership community, global events like the WITS Travel Creator + Brand Summit and Wanderfest, a global hosting network and more, we help women travel the world using a live network of other women to guide them.

  • Girls LOVE Travel®

    A global community of over 1 million active and aspiring womxn travelers providing resources and empowerment to one another to explore the world fearlessly through safety, socializing and support.

  • Host A Sister

    We are a global community of women, a place where sisters can connect to form friendships around the world during their travels or even share their homes for free as part of a cultural exchange. Host A Sister welcomes all females age 18 or older to join regardless of which gender was assigned at birth.

  • Solo Female Travelers (FIRST FB group for women who travel solo!)

    We are the oldest & most meaningful English community for solo female travelers. We empower womxn to explore the world solo, safely and on their own terms with a fabulous community, a website, safety courses, and small group tours.

  • Women Living Abroad | Girl Gone International

    GGI is a fun, friendly community to connect and share the experience of living abroad, no matter where you are in the world! We value friendship, connection, support, belonging, empowerment and happiness for all women and non-binary people living overseas or far from home.

  • Girls Who Travel

    The first women's travel group on Facebook, founded in 2011! But we're so much more than a group. We're an award-winning community with a mission: to redefine travel to be inclusive, sustainable, and empowering.

  • Women of Mountaineering

    This is a space for all wxmen with a passion for or interest in mountaineering to come together, exchange stories, information, and inspiration. Collectively we are working to inspire more women to seek a life filled with adventure and connection in the mountains.

  • The Solo Female Traveler Network

    A space for all female travelers to be able to come for not just travel advice, but also to understand cultural differences, get support for homesickness, show off the amazing photos from your last trip, tell stories, and celebrate wins with women who get it.

  • Over 40 - The Solo Female Traveler Network

    This group is a sub-group of The Solo Female Traveler Network, specifically for connecting solo female travelers who are over 40 and are braving the world on their own. This group is to connect with one another as experienced, world-wise solo female travelers. Ask questions about travel specifically for this crowd.

  • LGBTQ+ Travel - The Solo Female Traveler Network

    This group is a sub-group of The Solo Female Traveler Network. It exists to connect with other LGBTQ+ women who love to travel solo. Here we will discuss safety, experiences of being an LGBTQ+ person on the road/in specific countries, how to navigate less overtly LGBTQ+ friendly places.

  • Travel Meetups - The Solo Female Traveler Network

    This group is a sub-group of The Solo Female Traveler Network, specifically for connecting solo gals on the road and meeting fellow solo female traveling locals for drinks or dinner while your in their hometown.

  • Book Club (Girls LOVE Travel®)

    A closed group for GLT members to talk about favorite books to read for travels, participate in our monthly Book Club Meetings, suggest books, help others find the right book for their trip, etc.

  • Job Connections (Girls Who Travel®)

    A job and networking group for members of the Girls Who Travel community. You must already be a member of the Girls Who Travel Facebook group to join this group!

Facebook Groups [ESP]

  • Viajar solas - Grupo exclusivo para ellas (Portalsingle)

    En este grupo podrás informarte de los consejos o recomendaciones de viajeras, animarte y unirte a escapadas tanto de nuestra empresa como de las personas que particularmente propongan algo, la finalidad es unir a personas que viajan solas porque no coinciden con nadie a la hora de disfrutar de sus vacaciones.

  • Couchsurfing feminista

    Un grupo para compartir viajes y alojamientos a donde sea, compartiendo gastos y con gente copada, cuidandonos entre todxs <3

  • AMO VIAJAR - Solo para viajeros

    Este grupo está creado para todos aquellos que AMAN VIAJAR y quieren compartir su pasión, recibir ayuda y/o ayudar a otros a hacerlo de la mejor forma :) Compartan sus fotos, consejos, tips, preguntas, y tooodo lo que tenga relación a viajes!

  • Mi casa es tu casa Feminista

    Este grupo está hecho para mujeres feministas y personas identificadas en la colectiva LGTBIQ que gusten de viajar. La idea es generar entre todes un circulo seguro de hospedajes, donde cada cual puede ofrecer su casa, solicitar hospedaje o intercambiarlos!

  • Sororidad Entre Viajeras y Emprendedoras

    "Sororidad" Relación de hermandad y solidaridad entre las mujeres para crear redes de apoyo que empujen cambios sociales, para lograr la igualdad. En este caso apoyo y solidaridad con las Mujeres que viajan solas o acompañadas. Bienvenidas a este espacio en el cual compartiremos Experiencias y situaciones que nos sirvan para fortalecer lazos y recorrer el Mundo Sin Miedos.

Coaches & Counselors

  • Hannah | Life Coach & Travel Coach

    Hannah helps her clients gain perspective and personal growth through coaching and travel. She supports travelers and adventurers of all kinds who are seeking to deepen their knowledge of themselves as they explore the world. She works with clients in English in many countries by phone or video call. If you are curious about how working with a coach can support your next steps in life, reach out for a free 30 minute session to learn more!

  • Vero | Creative Workshops & Coaching

    Vero supports creative migrants wanting to take space, make things happen, and be unapologetically themselves, wherever they live. She offers online coaching, playful workshops, and storytelling to help migrants take time for themselves, for what's important to them, and more importantly: to remember they don't need to prove their value to anyone.

  • Gabriela | Expat Counseling

    Gabriela is a licensed psychologist who provides online counseling and has supported over 400 global citizens to overcome mental health challenges that life abroad can bring or exacerbate, helping them live meaningful and fulfilling international lives. Gabriela offers counseling for expats and cross-cultural couples, as well as workshop and talks for international companies.

Content Creators

  • Amber Everywhere

    Amber Haggerty runs Amber Everywhere, a site dedicated to encouraging others to travel. Her mission is to help people feel the sort of belonging, purpose, empathy, and expansiveness that travel can offer, especially if approached with the right mindset. Amber is originally from Colorado and now she now lives in Europe and writes about her experiences traveling and living abroad. You can follow her on Instagram at @amber.everywhere

  •  Tanzila Khan

    Tanzila is an entrepreneur, activist, and travel blogger from Pakistan who passionately advocates for disability rights through lobbying, writing, and media engagement. She frequently travels and writes about her experiences. Tanzila completed her Master’s degree in Entrepreneurship from Uppsala University, Sweden, in 2022. You can follow her on Instagram at @tanzilakhanworld

  • Lorraine | Latin America Wanderer

    Follow the explorations of Lorraine Caputo through her poetry, travel writings, photography and other creations. Feedspot rated this blog on its list, “15 Best Latin American History Blogs and Websites in 2024”.

Newsletters

  • FEMINIST GIANT by Mona Eltahawy

    Global Roundup: a curation of feminist resistance from around the world.

  • #WomenLead

    A one-of-a-kind non-partisan publication that brings you all the important updates on women in politics from around the world.

  • Creative Mornings

    Thoughtfully curated dose of inspiration, peer-to-peer university of CM and local chapters. By the world’s largest face-to-face creative community.

A list of memoirs written by authors from all over the world (work in progress).

For those who can’t travel in the near future, reading is one of the best ways to travel from home. For those planning a trip soon, bringing the ‘Me Voy de Casa’ journal AND an interesting book with you is the perfect combination.

Note: books with a * are fictionalized memoirs.

Email us your recommendations if you have any!

Balkans:

  • My Balkan Heart by Mirjana Gligorevic

Cambodia:

  • First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung

Colombia:

  • The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

China:

  • Winter Pasture: One Woman's Journey with China's Kazakh Herders by Li Juan

El Salvador:

  • Solito by Javier Zamora

Germany:

  • The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku

  • Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall by Nina Willner

Jamaica:

  • How to Say Babylon by Safiyah Sinclair

Japan:

  • At the Foot of the Cherry Tree* by Alli Parker

  • Cherry Blossoms in Twilight: Memories of a Japanese Girl by Yaeko Sugama Weldon

Iran:

  • Prisoner of Tehran: The End of Childhood in Iran by Marina Nemat

Ireland:

  • Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

Mexico:

  • The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande

  • The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner

Nepal:

  • Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

Nicaragua:

  • The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir Of Love and War by Gioconda Belli

North Korea:

  • The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee

Pakistan:

  • I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

Poland:

  • All But My Life by Gerda Weissmann Klein

  • The Tattooist of Auschwitz* by Heather Morris

Sierra Leone:

  • A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

  • Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela DePrince

Somalia:

  • A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and Sarah Corbett

South Africa:

  • Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

  • Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Switzerland:

  • The Veiled Kingdom by Carmen bin Ladin (& Saudi Arabia)

Uganda:

  • Now I Am Known by Peter Mutabazi

United States:

  • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

  • Lit by Mary Karr

  • The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

  • Educated by Tara Westover

  • Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (& South Korea)

  • Finding Me by Viola Davis

  • Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang

Vietnam:

  • Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham (& United States)

Zimbabwe:

  • Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa by Peter Godwin