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This solo female travel section is packed with practical advice, insider tips, and a healthy dose of reassurance for anyone planning to travel alone – whether it’s your first solo trip or your tenth. From staying safe to making the most of your freedom, you’ll find everything you need to feel confident and excited about going it alone.

Here’s my tried and tested advice to help you achieve your solo travel dreams.

My top solo travel tips

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Some of my solo travel adventures

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Solo travel really is for everyone – if you approach it with an open mind. Over the years, I’ve explored many corners of the world on my own, and I’ll do it again when my son is old enough. There’s a special kind of freedom in having an entire day to yourself in a brand-new place, making your own plans (or none at all!), and soaking up the experiences exactly as you want. For me, that independence is a joy.

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First time travelling alone

  • Your first time travelling alone will definitely be an experience. Tough, trying, emotional, exhausting, but brilliant (if only when you look back on it). If you ever have the opportunity to go off and travel the world alone, I’d definitely recommend it.
  • I’ve been to Tanzania, India, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, USA, Australia, NZ, round Europe and on a few trips in the UK too. I’ve loved going travelling alone – it’s the most open and accepting way to see the world there is.
  • When you travel alone serendipity comes into play because you’re more vulnerable to it. You need attention, to talk to another human and interactive experiences, rather than closing yourself off because you already have a pal to talk to.
  • Instead of wondering why that stranger is talking to you and your friend, you’re willing them to come over, and who knows what fun that could lead to!
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Solo Travel Tips
  1. With no one to make the plans for you, or to talk to, seize the opportunity to let a place show you what it’s got. You can really explore without any distraction – make the most of it.
  2. You can only really rely on yourself, so sometimes you may need to psyche yourself up to be as strong as possible mentally in more situations than you can imagine. Have confidence in yourself.
  3. Most people, travellers and locals, are just looking for a friend too. Don’t be scared, take a deep breath and approach them. The first time will be the hardest and so once you’ve got over that it’s uphill from there.
  4. You need to be open to new things, people and ideas but always stay on guard too.
  5. The world is not as dangerous as the news makes out. Horrible things do happen but if we lived by the stats, then we’d never ride in a car in our own country again.
  6. When you don’t know something use the opportunity to talk to someone and ask, don’t just Google the answer. This is your big chance to step away from the internet. 
  7. Open your eyes and don’t just hang out with people who are the same as you. Embracing difference and change is how you’ll grow, and have the most interesting and life altering experiences.
  8. If you feel lonely, book onto a tour. Instant friends guaranteed.