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A Welcome Wagon for Women

March 20, 2013 at 8:00 am · Filed under international travel, tourism and tagged: ,

By Linda Tancs

For those women wishing to meet up with a friendly face in a foreign country, there’s an international fellowship organization waiting to help you.  Women Welcome Women World Wide (known as 5W) boasts 2400 members speaking over 100 languages from 80 countries.  Whether you seek accommodations with a local hostess or just a meetup, hospitality is right around the corner.

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Scott@TimeAway's avatar  Gypsy Architecture wrote @ March 20, 2013 at 9:45 am

Good idea, women travelling alone can sometimes become targets in some countries. They often get less unwanted attention when with others.

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Linda Tancs's avatar  Linda Tancs wrote @ March 21, 2013 at 4:02 pm

I’m glad you liked the post!

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