Travelling solo is a great way to grow as a person, learn the world and understand more about yourself! Some say it’s the greatest experience of their lives! In today’s blog post, we will delve into 5 tips to help you in your solo travelling journey…
1. Firstly, it’s important to do your homework! To make your solo travelling a more enjoyable and safe experience, we recommend you do your homework before you go. Understand where you are going, do a bit of research on the culture to save any embarrassing moments!
Knowing the place your going is crucial, so take a little bit of time before you go to learn the area, know what’s nearby and find out an idea of how much things cost for example to make sure your not spending too much!
2. Secondly… just say no. Yep, we mean it. Learn to say no. In their language of course! You never know what might happen so make sure you know how to politely say ‘No thank you’ in the language of the place your going.
If you ever ended up in a scenario and your faced with something you don’t want to do, there’s nothing worse than not even being able to not answer. So be sure to take a few moments to learn this. You probably won’t even need to know it, but it’s good to have just in case!
3. Now, this may sound obvious… but we just wanted to mention it as in all of the exciting moments, you may forget to take a moment for the camera roll. So, remember… TAKE PHOTO’S! Remember to take photos of everything. Your food, selfies with the people you meet, the rooms you stay in, the views you see and the sights you travel to! Everything.
Seriously, when travelling you are living some of the best moment of your life, so don’t forget to take a memory of where you are. These are photos that will hold so much meaning and as they say, every picture paints a thousand words! They will tell stories and you will be able to show them to people when you speak about the journey you’ve been on!
The moral of this point… don’t forget to take photos!
4. In addition to this, before you set off spend some time on learning the language. No we don’t mean speak it fluently! But as we mentioned earlier, with learning to say no. You should also take some time to understand other commonly used sayings. These will come in very helpful!
For example, make sure you know how to say: “Where is the nearest toilet?”, “How much is that?”, ‘Hello”, “Thanks”. These commonly used phrases will benefit you so much, so make sure that you know how to say them in the language of the place your traveling to!
5. Finally, stay safe. When your on your travels, don’t forget to have fun of course but make sure your staying safe whilst your out and about! It can be scary travelling on your own so stay sensible and make sure your aware of your surroundings!
That’s everything for today, we hope you enjoyed our 5 tips for travelling solo! Have fun on your trip, stick to the tips we mentioned today and you can be assured you can have the time of a lifetime! Enjoy!
Charm Travel 