GRRRLTRAVELER in the Press

As  one of the First Top Female Solo Travel channel on YouTube, dedicated to solo travel vlogging as a guide for travelers, Christine has been a female solo travel blogger since 2008.  She is also a YouTube coach. These are the publications recognizing her work. Thank you to all the authors and magazines/shows listed here.

Hi, I’m Christine Ka’aloa .

I’m a female solo travel blogger and a top female travel YouTuber of GRRRLTRAVELER, a solo travel blog helping travelers find confidence in traveling alone, one destination at a time. I left my life in New York, as a reality TV camera operator and producer  to live/work abroad in South Korea.  From there, I launched into a 7+ month solo backpacking trip through Asia and Southeast Asia. Since, I returned to the U.S. and am a full-time travel content creator, a YouTube coach and SAG-AFTRA actress and busy female camera woman and producer in the television and corporate video production industries.

I started GRRRLTRAVELER, a female solo travel blog in 2008, when a trip to India with friends went awry and I was forced to go it alone.

Christine is open to speaking engagements and campaigns . She is currently based in Hawaii.

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“It takes unimaginable courage and an unquenchable thirst for adventure to solo travel the world by oneself, but thankfully for us and her millions of adoring fans, Ms. Christine Kaaloa is the perfect embodiment of such qualities. A true inspirer of the globetrotter in all of us. Through her venture GRRRL TRAVELER, she has been relentlessly working at empowering thousands of solo travellers in demystifying their fear of solo travel, and in doing so, has amassed a huge number of followers across all social media platforms. _NIT Durgapur, Verve Festival 2021”

Speaking Engagements: Travel & Digital Media

Women in Travel Summit for Creators (#WITSPuertoRico). Speaker. Business of YouTube. May 2023, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
TravelCon 2022 Conference. Speaker. YouTube Monetization: Building a Bullet-proof Business. Mar-April 2022, Memphis, Tennessee
Girl Scouts of Hawaii Media Day. Speaker. Jan 2022
NIT Durgapur, India || The Literary Circle, Star Talk,Verve 2021 Festival. Female Solo Travel  Mar 2021
2013    Event Speaker. Worldette End of Summer Party event. Sept 2013.
2007    MFA Alumni Jury Scholarship Panelist,   School of Visual Arts MFA Alumni Scholarship, New York, NY.
2003    Speaker, The Listening Pillow, the Digital Future & the New Narrative.  New York, NY.
2003    Named one of the New Leonardos in presentation of the New York Digital Salon 2003, NY.
(2002-2008 Video installation and film works screened at various festivals in the world. See video artist CV)
2000   Resident Artist/Lecturer  : Post Modern Japan & Butoh, Die, France.

Interviews

2021

Podcast Interviews

“Anything is possible and the more you travel,  every dream you can think of becomes a possibility.” ~ Christine Ka’aloa

The Outdoor Equestrian Podcast || S2 EP 08 – Interview With Christine Kaaola Travel Host/Creator for GRRRLTRAVELER on Youtube. May 2021

2014

Vagabonding ||  Vagabonding Case Study: Christine Kaaloa.
Bren on the Road || Female Solo Travel: A Peek into Christine Ka’aloa’s life as a traveler.
Hotels Cheap.org  || Interview with Christine Kaaloa with HotelsCheap.org

2013

Soul Sisters || Soul Sister Spotlight: Christine Kaaloa of GRRRLTRAVELER.
Worldette ||  Interview with Christine Kaaloa: Home, Solo Travel, Being an Expat (mp3)
Wandering Souldier  ||  Interview with Christine Kaaloa of GRRRLTRAVELER .

Guess I Wanted an Adventure ||  Interview with Christine Kaaloa from GRRRL TRAVELER. 
Go!Girl Guides  || Girls that Go! An Interview with Christine Kaaloa.

2012

GoAbroad.com  ||  GoAbroad Interview: Christine Ka’aloa 

2010

Nomadic Chick  || What is a Gap Year? Gypsy Wednesday at  Jan 2010 (mp3)

Major Publications

Flight Network (Featured Judge) || World’s Best Beaches © 2022
The HBA Eagle Eye | GRRRLTRAVELER: The Girl Behind the GRRR. 2020.
The Wall Street Journal | Travel Blogger, Now Stuck at Home, Adjusts Business Model
AmEx Essentials | Alone & Female: Solo Women Travellers tell their most inspiring stories
Frommers || 21 Beautiful Instagram Feeds by Beautiful Travelers
The Points Guy ||  7 Solo Female Travelers You Should Be Following on Instagram
HuffPost || 7 Unknown Instagram Accounts to Follow for Travel Inspiration
Flight Network (Featured Judge) || World’s Ultimate Bucketlist © 2019
Flight Network  (Featured Judge)  || World’s 50 Best Beaches© 2018

Contiki || 20 solo female travel accounts to follow in 2021
Outlook India || 1o Unique Women Travel Vloggers You Must Follow
50 Travelzoo UK « «  Solo Female Travel Tips – 11 Top Bloggers Share Their Wisdom
Women’s Need «  Most Beautiful Cities in Europe for Women Traveling Alone.
Stokxos News « ΤΑ ΜΕΤΕΩΡΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΤΟ ΠΙΟ ΕΞΩΓΗΙΝΟ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ!» ΧΑΒΑΝΕΖΑ ΤΑΞΙΔΙΩΤΙΚΗ BLOGGER ΕΧΕΙ ΜΕΙΝΕΙ ΑΦΩΝΗ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΜΟΝΑΔΙΚΗ ΟΜΟΡΦΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΛΑΜΠΑΚΑΣ (VID) (translation: Meteora is the site of Greece Aliens!” Hawaiian Travel Blogger is left speechless by the Unique Beauty of Kalabakas. “)

ingossip.gr (and defencenet.gr, kalabakacity.gr, diaforetiko.gr, kalambakanews.gr,  staxos, tameteora.gr, iefermida, 24wro.eu, trikalavoice, zougla, thessalianews.gr || Χαβανέζα τρώει σουβλάκι στα Μετέωρα και γράφει: Είναι το εξωγήινο μέρος της Ελλάδας (Βίντεο + Φωτο).
 iefimerida || Korean woman blogger lists 15 things to do in Santorini.  (Greek News)|
Rationalwiki.org   Mermaid.    (citation :  Korean female divers)
Huffington Post || Using Squat Toilets
Times of India  || Be a Bollywood Extra!
Korea Times || Italian Paper Love Hotels taint Korea’s image as host to F1.

Creditwalk.ca.||   Solo Travel: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Aug 2015
Dailymail.co.uk ||  Top tips on being a successful solo traveller.
BootsnAll  || Why Travel.
PADI  || Getting a PADI certification in Thailand. (February 2012)
Travelinsurance.org || Packing Tips for Traveling Light in the Summer Heat
EPIK. || Making a Pilgrimage: The Hike to Gatbawi.  (Dec 10, 2010)

Television, Online Media

Transferwise Promotional Video 2018
Thrillist. Fortune Telling Street, Taipei 2018
Thrillist. Jilin, China, 2018.
National Geographic Channel. Strange Truth: Theme Amusement Parks. ( “Suwon Toilet Museum”). 2016.
ANT1 TV«  Διάσημη blogger έμεινε άναυδη στα Μετέωρα.  (Greek News TV feature)
MegaTV ||  Διθυράμβοι αμερικανών blogers για Πίνδο & μετέωρα . (Greek News TV feature- watch at 02:07)