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Jen Tenzer

Luxury Travel Advisor

Jen Tenzer is an American luxury travel advisor and solo travel expert based in Paris. After a 10+ year career in investment banking, Jen decided to pursue a career aligned with her true passion, travel. Jen has personally traveled to over 50 countries and counting, with a wealth of solo travel experience! Also known as The Soloist online, her site serves as a hub filled with travel blog resources, solo traveling tips, and one-on-one customized travel planning services. From honeymoons to family vacations, she plans once-in-a-lifetime, luxury travel experiences. Jen was among a handful of travel advisors selected as a 'Rising Star' advisor by Travel+Leisure in 2025. She is proudly affiliated with Embark Beyond, a luxury travel agency endorsed by Forbes Travel Guide.

Education

  • BS, Finance, Indiana University

Professional Achievements

  • Among a handful of travel advisors selected as a 'Rising Star' advisor by Travel+Leisure in 2025
  • Proudly affiliated with Embark Beyond, one of the first luxury travel agencies endorsed by Forbes Travel Guide
  • Featured in publications such as National Geographic, AFAR, TIME, CNN Travel, New York Post, and Bustle (The Soloist)

Certifications & Organizations

  • Accredited Travel Advisor

Favorite Piece of Advice

Even a well-planned itinerary always leaves a little time for spontaneity! Some of my favorite travel memories were the moments unplanned!

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Forum Comments (4)

What's the process to get TSA precheck? How long does it take?
It's definitely worth it to get TSA PreCheck if you're considering it! The process is:
1. Go to the TSA website and fill out an application.
2. After you fill out an application, they'll contact you. You'll have to go in and actually have an in-person appointment with someone.
3. They'll ask you some security questions, take your fingerprints, and do a background check. And after a period of time, you will hopefully get approved.

I also think if you're going to apply for TSA Pre-Check, which is maybe between $75 and $100, you might as well apply for Global Entry, which is one step higher. With Global Entry, for any returning flights internationally coming back into the U.S., you get to skip through security. If you get Global Entry, it covers your TSA Pre-Check, so you’ll have it all in one. It is a little bit more expensive, but not significantly. It's about $150 or something.

Most travel credit cards these days all cover the costs for both. The next time you are signing up for a travel credit card, use that credit, apply for Global Entry, and get both for free. It's good for 5 years, so you don't have to constantly think about it or renew it.
How and where can I find cheaper flights?
The number one thing you can do is be flexible in the time that you’re going and the location you’re going . If you're trying to go to the Amalfi coast during July, that's not a time when you're going to find cheap flights, but being able to go off-season helps a lot with pricing. Also, being willing to not necessarily go to the most popular tourist destination, to take a red eye, to have more layovers, things like that.

One website I can recommend that I really like is called Sky Scanner . Something cool about it is that you can really play around with your route to find the cheapest flight. Let's say you want to go to Rome, but you are indifferent about where you fly out of. You can have that flexibility and keep the departure destination as the US, the destination as Rome, and look for the cheapest options. Let's say you're like, “I'll go anywhere. I just want to go these dates from this departure airport”, then you can see what destination has the cheapest flights. You can also do things with your dates. You could plug in a three-month range and say, “When are the cheapest flights over these three months?” I don't really find that flexibility with a lot of other websites. Definitely not with airline websites or Expedia.
Where are the best places you've traveled to so far?
My favorite place I've ever visited was Patagonia, which is the region that's on the southernmost tip of South America that spans across Chile and Argentina. That was my first big solo trip. It has a special place in my heart, and I've sent clients on solo trips there as well. I just loved it because it felt like really raw nature. And I love trips like that are immersed in nature, where I can go hiking. There are still a ton of really beautiful resorts and hotels that are high-end as well, so it's a nice mix, depending on your budget. If you want to be a backpacker there, you can. If you want to stay in a five-star luxury resort and have a spa treatment every evening, you can. It was a really unique place with the most gorgeous landscapes.
Looking for best places to travel solo travel as a female in the US
Generally, the US is pretty safe, which is wonderful. Cities can be really great for solo travelers because it's just so easy to get around. I always try and avoid situations where you're in a really remote location, might not be able to call an Uber easily, and you're stranded. That's a safety concern.

One city that I think is great for solo travel is New York . I feel like some people worry that it's too dangerous, but it's a city where so many people are eating alone and walking around alone, so it's just really easy to blend in as a solo traveler. There are also so many museums, which is a wonderful solo travel activity.

Other cities that would make for a wonderful solo trip would be Chicago, Nashville, or somewhere like Sedona , which has a lot of spa-type resort hotels. You could also do a road trip. If you’re more into nature, I did the Pacific Coast Highway solo down the California coast, which was a really wonderful trip – very safe, easy, lots of places to stop, kept myself busy. Those are places that immediately come to mind for me.

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