Month: August 2018

Travelling solo is a fun way to have unique experiences and explore your boundaries without worrying about travel companions and their comforts. If all you want is stress-relieving travel, then travelling alone is the way to go to get that fun relaxing time you need.

Why consider travelling solo?

There are many advantages to travelling solo. One of them is you get to relax more and explore on your own without the being limited by the plans of others.

Solo travelling will help you develop confidence in decision making. Exploring on your own can help you discover your true purpose in life as you have time to reflect on life and set up yourself for success.

Travelling solo is cost effective. Travelling with family is a lot more expensive as every member is included in the travel budget. While holidays for solo travellers are cheaper as you only have to worry about your own expenses. As a solo traveller, you get to decide what to eat and where to eat while you travel to the new destination. Since you are alone, you do not have to worry about renting two hotel rooms.

You get your wishes and make all your choices. When travelling with a group, you will have to consider their comforts and perhaps set aside a lot of your wish and choices and vice versa. However, when you travel alone this is not the case as you get to do and choose what you want for yourself.

Boredom may strike when you travel alone but when you keep yourself occupied with interesting travel activities you can manage to have a fun successful solo trip. Books and camera can be really helpful to avoid loneliness and boredom on solo travel.

While travelling alone can be very relaxing and can provide you with a real sense of freedom, but sometimes it can be a bit boring since you don’t have a constant companion to talk with. Here are some things you can do when travelling solo.

Bring with you a good book or two

Expect that when travelling by yourself that you will have several down times like when you are waiting for a flight or while travelling on a bus or a train. You will be bored at times with nothing to do. To help you with these moments, bring with you a good book that will help you engage about your surroundings. Think of a book that will make your mind expand through the experiences of other cultures. Probably a book about travelling can expand that.

Have fun with your pictures

One common with travelling alone is that you have to ask other people to take a picture of in case you do not want to just take a selfie because if you take all your pictures as selfies, all you will get from your trip is your face and there are no backgrounds to show. But what you can do is be creative. Instead of asking people to take a picture of and the surrounding you are in, play with your camera and set a timer in. Be goofy with your shots like you are a crazy person because when you look back at all those pictures, those are the ones you will mostly remember.

Travelling alone may sometimes make you feel lonely, but you can change that outlook when you have interesting things to do while feeling the new environment.