Posted: 11/12/2014 | November 12th, 2014
On the second Wednesday of the month, Kristin Addis from Be My travel Muse composes a column featuring ideas as well as recommendations on solo female travel. It’s not a topic I can cover and, considering that there’s a great deal of female travelers out there, I felt it was crucial to bring in an expert. traveling solo can be scary, however traveling solo as a lady includes its own specific set of concerns. This is Kristin’s column this month.
If you had asked me five years back if I would ever travel alone, I would have instantly said, “No way. That can’t be safe, it need to be lonely, as well as I’d get so bored.” before I started traveling, I was afraid of even the concept of eating dinner alone!
Then I started to recognize that solo travel is not something people do just since they can’t discover a buddy to opt for — it’s since they got worn out of waiting on the best buddy as well as just went. Then, as they discover available are lots of personal benefits to it, it generally becomes the favored mode of travel.
However, before that happens, the greatest hurdle is getting over the fear: concern of being alone, unsafe, bored, as well as scared. I’ve experienced all those fears as well as spoke to lots of prospective travelers who have, too. concern can hold a great deal of people back. The complying with 10 fears are typical reasons female travelers tend to stay at house as well as why those fears are unfounded.
Is solo traveling even safe?
Áno, jednoznačne. security must always be at the top of your mind, however the methods to battle this concern are to be prepared, to be aware, as well as to be smart. You have survived on the earth this long since you have figured out exactly how to keep yourself out of deadly situations. keep doing that when you travel.
Traveling is just like being at home: you have to comprehend your surroundings as well as act accordingly. adapt as much as possible by doing research study on what to wear, exactly how to bring yourself, as well as what is acceptable behavior. You already understand the evident stuff like not being fancy as well as not getting as well intoxicated. There’s no magic formula besides being conscious of as well as respecting your surroundings.
Really? It can be risk-free even for a single female?
Yes, with the ideal preparation as well as comprehending of the culture as well as your surroundings, even traveling in India as a solo female can be safe. As female travelers, we have to be conscious of a lot more problems as well as concerns, however we have to do the exact same anywhere in the world. keep your head about you, comply with cultural norms, as well as be alert. daily millions of women travel the world alone. You’re just as capable as they are.
What if my buddies as well as household don’t approve?
Your liked ones may concern about you. It would be totally understandable if one or a few weren’t completely supportive, however they do this since they like you, as well as provided this fact, they want you to be happy.
I didn’t tell any individual about my wish to travel for nearly a year. It ate me up inside since I was terrified that I wouldn’t be able to manage it without the approval of people whose opinions indicated a great deal to me. It turns out I might have told them from the beginning, since they were surprisingly all extremely supportive.
Brené Brown, author of daring Greatly, suggests keeping a physical listing of a little handful of people whose opinions truly matter. These people must be those who like you unconditionally, like household as well as finest friends.
Ask them to depend on your intelligence as well as capability to strike out on your own, as well as guarantee them that you’ve done your research study as well as you are able to keep yourself out of evident harm.
As for the rest, there are always naysayers. everybody else with a unfavorable viewpoint doesn’t requirement to be considered.
Won’t I be lonely?
This was my greatest fear. After asking my friends, cousin, simple acquaintances, as well as just about anyone, really, to join me, I realized that nobody else was at a stage in their lives to travel long-term. If I waited for somebody to join me, I may end up waiting forever.
Then my very first night in Bangkok, I ate dinner with people I satisfied at a hostel. five days later I was biking around Angkor Wat in Cambodia with five new friends.
The truth is that you will satisfy people — a fantastic lots of people — on the road. It will occur all the time. Promise!
Matt has written about exactly how to make buddies on the road as well as get rid of being alone.
But I’m type of the timid type.
I utilized to be type of timid as well as awkward, however I’m delighted to state solo traveling has truly assisted that. The very first time I truly tried to be outgoing was when I walked as much as a the only table with an empty chair in Laos as well as asked if I might join. everybody eagerly welcomed me as well as it made me recognize that making buddies truly is that simple on the road.
Most people have some aspect of shyness to overcome. even if you believe you’re timid as well as awkward, you’ll discover to lose it over time since travelers are friendly. Often, you won’t even have to be the one to begin the conversation.
Many of us are likewise solo, as well as for this reason are generally extremely simple to satisfy as well as are available to interactions with new people. traveling is a fantastic method to get over shyness, even if taking infant steps.
As Matt has written, it’s do or die on the road, as well as since you want to make buddies as well as not be alone, you’ll discover yourself making little speak to people as well as that can cause fantastic friendships as well as new travel partners.
Won’t I get bored?
If you’re traveling you will experience from extremely bit boredom. even a long bus journey will be stimulating since of random things like stopping for emergency jackfruit, on-bus buskers, as well as a poultry or two, from time to time.
You won’t be starved for experience if you’re truly putting yourself out there, trying new foods, going new places, as well as taking regional transport. In fact, you may routine in days particularly indicated for lounging inside just since you’ve been having so much fun that you requirement a break.
But isn’t it more effective not to travel alone, if possible?
V žiadnom prípade! would you believe me if I told you that I far like solo traveling to group or excursion travel? It’s something absolutely everybody must perform in life. For the very first time you have total freedom and can do anything as well as whatever you feel like doing, as well as nobody is around to state no.
It likewise boosts your issue solving capability since you can’t pass off obligation when things go wrong. It produces self-reliance since you figure almost whatever out on your own, as well as it cultivates fearlessness since you recognize what you’re capable of. I might go on for hours on this topic alone.
Traveling solo likewise enables you to be who you truly are, without the judgment as well as outside influences of buddies or family. As famed travel writer William least Heat-Moon said, “When you’re traveling, you are what you are ideal there as well as then. people don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.”
Besides, you’ll discover travel friends along the method as well.
What if I’m not take on sufficient for all of that?
You can still travel solo. simplicity into it with a excursion if you want, to ensure that you can get utilized to your new surroundings before breaking off from the pack, or begin off with a group of friends. lots of people do that as well as ultimately choose to travel solo when they recognize exactly how much flexibility it will provide them.
People are adaptable, we truly are. Ty to dokážeš. At least depend on your capabilities sufficient to try.
What if I get homesick?
Homesickness is unavoidable, as well as you will have down days on the road just like you did at home. traveling is not a magic pill that fixes everything. That doesn’t exist. There’s nothing wrong with going house however everybody gets a bit homesick. have routine Skype phone calls with your buddies as well as household as well as take pictures with you to assist simplicity the homesickness.
However, don’t fail to remember why you went traveling in the very first place. You wished to see new places, try new things, as well as satisfy new people. It was indicated to be different as well as far away.
Being homesick is just a momentary bump in the road. You’ll go back house eventually, as well as whatever will still be there a lot more or less as it was. Sometimes, traveling assists us appreciate house all that much more.
What if I come house early since I run out of money/miss someone/(insert reason here)?
You can prevent running out of money by planning ahead as well as earning on the road. Matt’s gone into fantastic detail on exactly how to save, exactly how to budget, as well as what type of tasks travelers can get abroad.
As for missing people, provide yourself a possibility to be independent. Naturally, you’ll miss people, however choosing to be present as well as appreciating what you’re experiencing goes a long method toward making it with these hard periods.
Lastly, if you do come house earlier than planned, at least you made it available as well as got a taste of exactly how the traveling way of life can be. You can then a lot more intelligently begin once again if you want to return to it, or conversely feel positive that you already did all that you wanted.
Making a huge life modification is nearly always scary, however it’s likewise interesting since of the new beginnings that await you. Traveling, especially solo, is one of the most extraordinary gIFTS sa môžeme v živote poskytnúť. Cestovanie sólových žien sa nemusí báť. Nedovoľte, aby vás obavy zadržali v tom, aby ste prežili svoje sny.
Kristin Addis je samostatná profesionálka z cestovania žien, ktorá ovplyvňuje ženy, aby cestovali po svete autentickým a dobrodružným spôsobom. Bývalá investičná bankárka, ktorá ponúkol všetok svoj majetok, ako aj v Kalifornii v roku 2012, Kristin cestovala po svete viac ako štyri roky a pokrývala každý kontinent (s výnimkou Antarktídy, ale je to na jej zozname). Neexistuje takmer nič, čo by sa nepokúsila, tak takmer nikde, čo nebude skúmať. Môžete objaviť oveľa viac jej úvah v mojej cestovnej múze alebo na Instagrame, ako aj na Facebooku.
Ako cestovať po svete za 50 dolárov denne
Môj New York Times veľmi populárny sprievodca brožovanosťou po World Travel vám ukáže, ako zvládnuť umenie cestovania, aby ste sa uistili, že sa dostanete z vychodenej cesty, ušetríte peniaze a tiež máte hlbší cestovný zážitok. Je to váš sprievodca plánovaním A to Z, ktorý BBC nazval „Biblia pre cestujúcich v pláne rozpočtu“.
Kliknutím doprava tu objavte oveľa viac a začnite ho čítať ešte dnes!
Zarezervujte si cestu: logistické nápady a triky
Zarezervujte si svoj let
Nájdite lacný let pomocou SkyScanner. Je to môj preferovaný motor Browse, pretože vyhľadáva webové stránky, ako aj letecké spoločnosti po celom svete, takže vždy pochopíte, že žiadny kameň nezostane nezostáva.
Zarezervujte si ubytovanie
Svoju hostel si môžete rezervovať s Hostelworld. Ak chcete zostať niekde inde ako v hosteli, využite Booking.com, pretože neustále vracia najlacnejšie ceny pre penzióny a hotely.
Nepamätáte si cestovné poistenie
Cestovné poistenie vás zaistí proti chorobám, zraneniu, krádeži a zrušení. Je to podrobná bezpečnosť v situácii, čokoľvek sa pokazí. Nikdy som nešiel na výlet bez toho, pretože som ho v minulosti musel využiť veľakrát. Moje preferované podnikanie, ktoré ponúkajú najlepšie služby a hodnotu, sú:
Safetywing (najlepšie pre všetkých)
Zaistite moju cestu (pre tých nad 70 rokov)
Medjet (pre ďalšie pokrytie evakuácie)
Ste pripravení rezervovať si cestu?
Pozrite sa na moju stránku zdrojov, kde nájdete to najlepšie podnikanie, ktoré môžete využiť pri cestovaní. Uvádzam všetky tie, ktoré používam, keď cestujem. Sú to najlepšie v triede, pretože sa nemôžete pokaziť a využiť ich na vašej ceste.