Tips For Successful Solo Travel

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As a woman who travels alone, I would add that I never let anyone know I’m by myself. Most people assume you’re with someone else. If asked, I may say that my husband’s back at the hotel.

I'm currently sitting solo at a campsite by a lake. My husband does not enjoy camping, but I love it. Occasionally getting away for a couple of nights by myself makes me a better person when I get back home.

Solo travel can be addictive.

Outstanding information for the solo traveler Tim!! You have certainly done your homework!! As an Elder Orphan, I've been traveling alone since my husband passed in 2015. Ten cruises and several month long driving trips later, I absolutely agree 100% with ALL of your talking points! Logistics is my "thing", so planning every little aspect of a trip is kind of crucial to me. However - on one trip out west, I decided to throw caution (and my planned itinerary) to the wind and just explore. Turns out that was one of my favorite trips. One of the best things I did on that trip was ask the waitress at a local hole in the wall eatery..."If you had the day off, where would you go and what would you do?" Without hesitation, she said, "I would drive to Jackson Hole, Wyoming and go to the rodeo." Bet you can guess what I did that day - LOL!! Had I stuck to my well planned itinerary, I never would have experienced a FUN day I will never forget! Packing light has never been my speciality - until - I was charged an extra $200 ($100 each way) for an overweight piece of luggage on United Airlines. Turns out, I really didn't need all those fancy dress clothes, shoes to match 12 outfits and all the fancy accessories and toilitries for a seven day cruise! Lesson well learned!! I'm on a mission for my next trip to pack everything I need in a carry-on backpack. No fuss and no frills. Your suggestion of packing cubes is spot on, as is washing the "essentials" in the sink. Items dry pretty quick and stopping at a laundromat along the way can also be an interesting, fun and rewarding experience - yep - I could write a book about that!! LOL!! As far as "trusting your gut" - YES, absolutely!! Additionally, don't look like a tourist - don't stand around reading a map and looking like you are lost!. Be confident in what you're doing, where you're going (even if it's in the wrong direction) and like you said... always be mindful of your surroundings. Your APP suggestions are great - I will incorporate them into my next trip. And - sharing your itinerary and checking-in is excellent advice! Since I have no relatives, neighbors or friends to share my itinerary or check-in with, I think for my next adventure I will simply send an email to my attorney before leaving. Guess I should let him know where I'll be in case he happens to read a national news story about an unidentified old lady running around in her birthday suit somewhere in the Canadian wilderness. LOL!!

“You do not have to be a slave to what everyone else wants to do”. Clicked like 😊❤. Thx for your wisdom.

I just lost my husband and after 30 years I'm having to learn, or I should say, becoming comfortable with doing things on my own. So thank you for putting this informative video.

Good information. As a solo female traveler, I’ll add to your part about knowing where the U.S. embassy is when traveling abroad- register with the U.S. State Department online so they know how to reach you in the event something happens. I’ve received important emails from the local embassies/consulates when incidences happened (ie: bombings, natural disasters). Travel boldly!

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I have traveled solo for many years. I currently have been traveling for 2 weeks with 2 little dogs driving over 4k miles. Thanks for sharing ❤

What great memories!!!! Backpacked SOLO across England Scotland all of Europe for 3 months...what a GIFT to myself ...almost moved to Scotland or Salzburg but returned to the US for work family future....keep traveling exploring experiencing your world - local and abroad but ALWAYS be respectful of the people place history culture language...

Nice peaceful setting for your video, thanks for the travel tips for us solo ppl. Enjoyed your camping video too 😊

My biggest tip;, because I have a terrible sense of direction, is to always make notes of how to get back to your tour bus or whatever transportation spot. This I've learned kind of the hard way when I got "turned around" on some of the places I've been in Europe. My biggest example is that I took the right train, but wrong direction, to get back to my hotel on the outskirts of Zurich. The train into the city went through a somewhat industrial area. Going back, I was amazed how I had missed so much beautiful scenery coming into down. Then it dawned on me that I was going in the wrong direction. I got off at what turned out to be an almost deserted station. Fortunately I didn't have to wait a terribly long time to get on one back. To your point, that was some years ago, and I didn't have a SIM card or even internet. I would have been stranded had the train not come.

Great advice! Thanks much. 👍🏻

Great video, Tim! I know it’s harder for people with children, spouses or significant others to do solo travel. It can be a struggle to give their partner freedom, but is so important. It is deeply in the realm of people pleasing that prevents us from explaining to our partner why it is important and what we are missing by lacking those experiences and solitary times. It took me a while to help my husband understand that there are things I want to do and do not want to miss out on that he is not interested in. Over time I was able to explain that I would not be happy with without the option to take this time away to learn, go and do what did not interest him.

Thanks for the tips.

Love traveling alone at my own pace and going where I want to go!

Hi, Tim! Thanks for the tips!!

Very helpful great advice thanks Tim

It's so helpful to get tips from someone who has already been there, done that. Thank you!