Looking for a buddy? Social travel communities catch on

Participants of the Going Slow community at a workshop by motorcycle traveller Juvena Huang (second from right) also known by her travel moniker The Wandering Wasp. PHOTO: GOING SLOW
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SINGAPORE – During the pandemic, between February 2020 and December 2021, digital marketeer Jane Tor travelled around Europe to heal from a divorce.

She got to know about seven other Singaporeans also living in Croatia at the time, and the group evolved into a support system to help one another out with matters such as visa extensions and vaccinations.

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