The Girls' Trip Just Got Wilder: Women Are Swapping Friendship Apps for Adventure Holidays

Women are increasingly turning to app-based planning for “girls’ trips” that look more like adventure holidays than traditional getaways, according to a feature describing the author’s growing network from outdoor travel. The story follows solo travel that still leads to fast-forming friendships—often with women met during expeditions, rides, hikes, and shared evenings around fires. The author spends a week in Wyoming at Paintrock Canyon Ranch in the Bighorn Mountains, part of Ranchlands, riding with a group that includes ranch head of stay programs Lauren O’Toole and a mother-daughter duo, Kira and Olivia. After exchanging phone numbers, the group plans to reunite by early 2027 in Patagonia, with adventure travel repeatedly transforming strangers into friends.