Sharon's soapbox

Sharon is this country’s most quoted authority on solo travel. Her opinions are sought by major media including USA Today, Time magazine, CNN, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and more. She has been a featured guest on over 30 television programs and more than 100 radio shows.

Her career as flight attendant for a major, world airline - a job in which she is still active after 35 years, provides the foundation of her travel expertise. She has traveled extensively throughout the world. Since a divorce in 1985, she has explored alone in 23 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, Yugoslavia and all around the United States.

She is author of the book, Travel Alone & Love It: A Flight Attendant’s Guide to Solo Travel. Written for men and women of all ages and levels of travel experience, this book has been endorsed by major media nationwide and has been a primary solo-travel resource since its 1996 debut.

Sharon has written a monthly, solo travel column, which appeared in the Boston Herald, Columbus Dispatch and Chicagoland’s Senior News. She also writes about solo travel for ThriftyTraveling.com, both the website and the bi-monthly newsletter.

Sharon’s freelance travel articles have appeared in Maiden Voyages magazine, Pathfinder Travel magazine, Tower Air magazine, The Rotarian magazine, Divorce magazine, The Mature Traveler newsletter and on many websites, including Journeywoman.com, ThriftyTraveler.com, SinglesTravelIntl.com and MaidenVoyages.com.

Public speaking was a fear Sharon learned to conquer. Groups both public and private have retained her to present programs on solo travel and she has been engaged to speak at book signings presented by major bookstores such as Borders Books & Music and Barnes & Noble.

Writing, traveling and flying keep her busy. Family and friends keep her sane. Her long time relationship with Larry, her beloved husband, proves that even happily attached people can travel alone and love it!