Come Fly
With Me
Oh, hello. Welcome to my wild, colourful, and eccentric little world. By way of introduction, my name is Jen Kaarlo, and I'm a solo female traveller and modern love writer. There is a lot of talk how women should behave, but I’m not one for outdated expectations. Instead, I’m rewriting the narrative around how delicious life can be through solo travel and experiences. Table for one, anyone?
When my marriage ended, I started travelling the world on my own. Think if Bridget Jones and Liz from Eat, Pray, Love had a millennial love child (that’s me). I've been to 53 countries, most of them on my own, and a few of my favourite destinations have been Ukraine, Finland, Oman, and Malta.
You’ll find me writing (and speaking) about my travel adventures, modern love, and what it’s actually like to reinvent your life after 40.
My work has been published in The Independent, Business Insider, Grazia, Stylist, Metro, The Daily Mail, and Sorbet, and I’ve been a featured speaker on BBC Radio and The Moth in London.
Solo Female Travel Journalist and Modern Love Writer • SEO Content Strategist • Managing Editor • Public Speaker
UNITED KINGDOM
FRANCE
SLOVENIA
MONTENEGRO
ITALY
AUSTRIA
COSTA RICA
PORTUGAL
LATVIA
TURKEY
MOROCCO
RWANDA
CROATIA
HONG KONG
LITHUANIA
MEXICO
UGANDA
COLOMBIA
PANAMA
GERMANY
OMAN
CAMBODIA
IRELAND
LUXEMBOURG
GEORGIA
SWEDEN
ESTONIA
ISRAEL
HUNGARY
TURKS & CAICOS
CZECHIA
JORDAN
BULGARIA
MALTA
THAILAND
VATICAN CITY
BELARUS
SLOVAKIA
GREECE
BELGIUM
SERBIA
DENMARK
FINLAND
KOSOVO
GREECE
ICELAND
UKRAINE
MONACO
ARUBA
NORTH MACEDONIA
POLAND
SPAIN
SWITZERLAND
BAHAMAS
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Hot Off The Press
Making Headlines
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GRAZIA
Learn From My Mistakes: I Spent More Than £10,000 on a Matchmaking Service
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THE REAL WORD BY TRAFALGAR
How I Built Lifelong Friendships With My Broken French
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BUSINESS INSIDER
I Left My Dream Life in London To Move Back in With My Dads at 41. I Have No Regrets.
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THE INDEPENDENT
Why I’m Finding It Impossible To Get Over My Pandemic Heartbreak
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THE INDEPENDENT
My ex-husband and I decided we couldn’t grow old together
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METRO
I Threw a Divorce Party With Bubbly, My Closest Friends and Dancing
SOLO FEMALE TRAVEL & Experiences
Some of the best adventures of my life started because I refused to wait around for someone else to pack a suitcase. I’ve now travelled to 53 countries, most of them solo, and discovered that being on your own can be liberating AF, often ridiculous, and sometimes downright difficult.
Through my writing and media interviews, I spill all the tea on what it really means to see the world as a woman on your own. Because solo travel isn’t all Aperols at sunset and making out on La Croisette.
There’s paying double for the privilege of sleeping alone, tables for one tucked next to the loo, safety calculations you wish you didn’t have to make, and plenty of people still wondering why on earth you’re there alone.
Let’s Work Together
REFRAMING DIVORCE & Modern Love
For years after my marriage ended, I felt like a big, f*cking failure. While friends got pregnant and moved further afield, my life had imploded, and I was endlessly swiping my way through Parisian DJs, German gaming savants, and plenty of Englishmen seemingly allergic to any suggestion of emotion.
It was one of the hardest decades of my life, but also one of the most rewarding. Somewhere in all that glorious muck, I found the person I most needed to meet: myself.
Now, I write and speak about divorce, dating, and modern love to challenge the idea that starting again means you failed the first time. There’s a fierce amount of beauty to be found in what comes following happily ever after.
STORYTELLING & Original Work
I’ve lived a wonderfully vibrant, occasionally bonkers life, and somewhere along the way realised that sharing the messy and complicated bits can make someone else feel a little less alone. I use my own lived experiences to tell stories that make room for lives we haven’t always seen reflected back at us, whether in an article, on-air, or in the bigger stories I’m currently bringing to life.
I’m working on my first book, following the tales of rebuilding my life in London after getting separated at 32.
I’m also developing a TV pilot inspired by coming back home to my two dads following a breakup. Think Modern Family, but make it Modern Modern Family.
PUBLIC SPEAKING & On-Air
Give me a microphone and a topic I care about, and I’ll have a boatload to say. I’ve talked about the mighty trifecta of love, modern dating, and whether soulmates are actually a thing as a featured speaker on BBC Radio, lamented breakups during a pandemic on podcasts, and led panels on gender equality at FTSE 250 companies.
Whatever the format, I love conversations that are candid, curious, and willing to go somewhere a little less polished than rehearsed talking points.
Whether we’re unpacking why women are still penalised for travelling alone, questioning happily-ever-after, or wading into the gloriously messy realities of being a modern woman, I bring lived experience, a global perspective, and a healthy dose of humour to the conversation.
EDITORIAL STRATEGY & Content Direction
From the big, splashy idea to the finer details, over the last two decades I’ve helped brands better understand who they are, how they talk about themselves, and the stories they can’t wait to shout about.
From emails and social to countless articles, I love shaping the ideas, language, and strategy that give brands a distinctive voice in an ever-evolving landscape, creating content people don’t simply scroll past, but actually take the time to read.
BRAND PARTNERSHIPS & Collaborations
The best brand collaborations don’t sound like marketing, but more like a tale shared with your cool older sister.
From travel and lifestyle to fashion and culture, I love partnering with brands that feel like a natural extension of what I already adore and would rave about to my best friends in a ten-minute voice note anyway.
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GRAZIA
Coffee, Childcare, Zara… 3 Women Share Their Covid Money Diaries
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BBC
The invisible price of travelling safely as a woman
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THE I PAPER
The power of women taking back control after divorce
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COSMOPOLITAN
What Does It Mean to Be Demisexual? Here’s What You Should Know
