[header] How to travel solo as a senior [title] Plan well before you go : [step] Make 2 copies of your important papers (passport, driver's license, credit cards). Give one set to someone for safekeeping back home, and take the other with you. [title] Do plenty of research. 
[step] Read destination guides, surf the web, join a forum-find out what you need to know about your destination including weather, terrain, health facilities, vaccines. [title] Go see your doctor and get your prescriptions renewed, including eyeglasses.