Guest Post from Beth Whitman of Wanderlust and Lipstick, Women’s Travel Expert

You see, as an experienced solo traveler, there are often times when I’d LOVE to have a shot of myself in front of some landmark. My arms are just short enough that holding my own hand out with the camera makes for an unappealing snapshot. And sometimes there just isn’t someone around to ask to take the photo for me.

It may be an odd thing to say, but I feel empowered with the XShot – I have the freedom to take self portraits and know that they are going to turn out well.
Plus, with digital images, I can take lots of shots and immediately see the results.

But it’s not just during my solo travels that I get a lot of use out of it. My husband and I regularly travel together and the XShot always comes with us.
We get lots of looks and laughs as we set up our shot and invariably someone will ask if they can take the photo for us.
We politely decline because it’s just too much fun to do it ourselves.

Finally, as a tour leader, the XShot is also super handy. No more awkwardness when one person doesn’t get to be in the picture because they are assigned to take the photo!

My travels in 2010 will take me to Vietnam, Cambodia, Bhutan and India – all places where I will be leading women-only and co-ed tours – and hopefully to Japan and Papua New Guinea for vacation and research.

You can bet that the XShot will be with me on every trip!