But I really enjoyed my solo travel and will do it again. I totally envy you and wish you a great time!!! It was nice but i definitely didnt do as much as i should because i was raised to avoid putting myself in bad situations so I avoided leaving late at night to avoid bad crowds. I eat, not I am eating or I enjoy being alone, knowing people are around...for this or that. The positive of my friend was that she would open any door without fear — and that led to amazing discoveries I wouldn’t have encountered because my introversion says “follow rules and don’t open unknown doors etc”. I’m generally introverted but love solo traveling. Agreed, when i did my san diego trip, the wedding was on the first saturday of january. I am mostly an introvert and have no qualms about walking into a restaurant and asking for table for one. I went on a Halong Bay day cruise for ~$18USD and though it was a lot of fun, in retrospect it was only that cheap bc the boat wasn't up to code. Im not great at planning but i do the best i can so that im not twiddling my fingers in the hotel room trying to figure out what to do. For a human being, the greatest unhappiness is not being able to like oneself. It also works with groups of friends. I'm an omni-vert.. meaning I'm both. So highly recommend it, Bring a book! I belong to that type of traveler also, but that does not mean I don't get lonely on occasion, mostly in the evenings. I have done this for European museum-going vacations and hiking trips alike (car camping and day hiking). Just took my first long solo trip (6.5 months) and there's so much I've learned about my travel style and how to make the most of it all I can't wait for the next one! What do I mean by that? The only way to test that hypothesis ( of whether you'd feel lonely) is by actually going. I think solo trips make you learn how to love yourself more. I have never ever done all the things on my list. non-socailly awkward extroverts are confident at starting conversations with strangers and taking a few rejections if necessary in order to pick up friends and companions as they go. Clickbait, spam, memes, ads, brochures, classifieds, surveys or self-promotion will be removed. A place for all of those interested in solo travel to share their experiences and stories! Turns out, I had to cut my trip short for health reasons and had more than enough money to have done all those things and more. I'm not waiting for other people to get interested in travelling for me to travel. He also thought it was weird when I took my first I have done two solo travel trips in my life. Easily my favorite city in Ireland (I'm also Irish). Whether you're that sort of person or not is hard to tell, but it is definitely good to find out for sure. When I went to San Diego, I rented a car. Turns out people love to buy drinks for new visitors in town so my "just get one beer at each place" turned into multiple beers at every place. Wish I wouldn't of cared what other people thought and felt comfortable with myself. A lot of people were super dressed up - like what you would see people dressing up as when going to the Kentucky Derby if that makes sense. I have never felt lonely doing it. Was my first time traveling in another country by myself and I was eager to check out all the pubs. The second time i did it i did a better job at going out more and talking to people. Stay at hostels or take tours for casual companionship so you don't get lonely, but otherwise have a fantastic time! Or is it better to go with someone? they need/enjoy contact, but struggle to handle making new friends. rections on the fly or try to make reservations in the car on the way to a place. (In fact, it's typically close to half.) When I travel with someone else I am constantly worried whether the other person is having a good time and I shy away from things I would prefer to do. There are heaps of us who travel solo precisely because we want to be solo. The one downside for me was that, especially in countries where I didn’t speak the language, at night I would usually end up just going to the hotel instead of going out to find a cool restaurant or fun evening activity (of course part of that was that I often pushed myself to see so many thing during the day I just wanted to crash anyway). Im slightly more introverted then extroverted and i have travelled solo twice. Never felt lonely traveling alone :). This will be a rambling talk on solo travel, taking chances, fear and anxiety, joy, an introvert talking to strangers, and whatever else comes up. Order a coffee, and before you know, you are chatting with another nomad. r/travel is a community about exploring the world. The opposite take: One thing I've done well for many vacations (even non-solo ones) is to overplan, but build in flexibility. Now I am married with two kids and solo travel is not so much in the cards any more. Yeah I was considering the downside of a rather dull night life as well when I put up this post. That's kind of the point: have enough planned that all you have to do is pick which ones speak to you on any given day. Do you hitchhike and Couchsurf or is that kinda not possible with a trip like this? I fee like this same thing is more of a problem with introverts as introverted people are even less likely to have those social skills, yet still need to make friends. I planned a month long trip in a week once and I hate wasting time on the trip looking things up. It’s just so much easier going up to other travelers as I have nothing to loose as I may never see them again so no fear. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. I went to the Galapagos on my four month Latin America trip when I originally wasn't going to do it because of money - it was genuinely a once in a lifetime experience and I have 0 regrets. Knowing what I want to do and when I could possibly do it helps me plan lodging for each night. Wish I woulda put that bottle back on that shelf. It’s pretty easy to grab and know I have everything I need in it. Of course I want to travel with him too, but I still want to do a solo trip every now and then. But not all people are happy. Press J to jump to the feed. I’m an introvert, have some health issues and have social anxiety and did a ten week trip about 90% solo (had a friend join me for about 10 days). I didn't eat out at all in some countries because it was too expensive. I never have to spend vacation-brain energy trying to figure out what to do, I just pick something on the list. The first was to LA and I made it because the few people who could go were pretty flaky when it came to purchasing everything, so I went solo. I didn't visit the Lippazaner breeding farm because it was more expensive than I thought was worth it. I don't waste time driving all over the place because I didn't plan ahead. I think unless I'm travelling really long term (several months) I do try to stick to a budget but if I want to do an activity I will do it. I make an ambitious list of what I want to do, then plot those on a map. Get a good book or your headphones and let your imagination go wild. It's full of digital nomads here, in some neighborhoods of town. I don't overplan, but I plan it pretty well (with some flexibility) so I know exactly what spots i want hit. I do wish I had done a better effort in meeting people and going out more in the nighttime. I did a better job of meeting people and going out but I still feel like I could've done a better job at going out and meeting people. Since then I just use it as an organizer. I wish I had splurged a bit more. But seriously, singing karaoke for the first time will probably be a good time. So I tried to expand my boundaries when I was alone on the trip and go places I wouldn’t have otherwise. I actually was gonna bring this point of there being two types of introverts but I felt I might come across as a bit aggressive so I refrained from doing so. Being introverted doesn't mean you want to be alone 100% of the time. I've seen a ton of post saying positive things about solo travelling and how it gave new experiences and really turned out in their favour, and I'm really really happy for them. Agreed. Depressing, sure but not scary lol. It's hard for longer term trips but I reckon planning country by country as you go works well. Im not the most outgoing person but I did meet a few people. This is exactly how I plan my trips. When you travel with someone else, you can miss the feeling of a place because it’s more about your shared experience. I couldve done better though. But recently I feel more and more that I probably am an introvert at heart, and one of my main pieces of evidence for this is my desire to travel solo for extended periods of time. If I wanted to sit and people watch for a long time or push myself to see as many things as possible in one day, there was no one else wanting to do the opposite. Spoken like someone who has never been isolated. I know people who are like this and it honestly sucks when you are all in a room and everybody doesnt know what they want to do, YES THIS IS SO ME and people think I’m nuts for planning everything.. but I totally agree with the I verplan before and flexibility during your actual time there. It also kind of sucks to sightsee for a day, spend a lot on an uber to go back to your hotel and change just to go back out and spend another large amount. Unfortunately it was at the beginning of my Vietnam trip and it completely skewed how much I should've paid for tours there so I ended up passing on a lot of activities lol. So this got me to wondering if you all, my fellow lone travellers, also identify as such, or if there are some of you amongst us who indeed consider themselves extraverted, and if so, do you ever struggle to travel alone or do you genuinely enjoy it? It is probably better to rent a car in San Diego than LA with the difference in traffic but renting a car took away the worry of going out and paying for an Uber, because my thought process was I already paid for this might as well give it as much use as possible.
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