Questions I Faced About Solo Travel
Pankti Shah
Managing Director @Sanskruti Salon Pvt Ltd | Founder & CEO @ CW Digital | Gujarati Blogger| Yoga Teacher
Traveling is always one of the things I love the most as I got to explore those places I had only read the books or in the magazine. It also gives me a new perspective and ideas about how different this world is and how beautiful and diverse it really is with so many cultures, religions, beliefs, and lifestyles. There is a lot this beautiful earth offers to take in especially if you love traveling and travel solo. You got to see the world with your own rules when you travel solo, but it doesn’t mean people do not have their questions, worries about solo traveling whether you are a female or a male. Here in this article, I am addressing questions on travel and tourism with answers.
Solo Travelling Questions
The people who are traveling for the first time have various travel questions, especially if they are traveling alone for the first time. So here we go with the questions of travel.
1. The first and frequently asked question by most of the people is ‘Is traveling alone is safe and secure?’
The answer to this question is yes, traveling alone is safe and secure, if you keep checking on your activities and how well you know the place you are traveling to. People usually get anxious on their first solo trip, but it improves with time and the one thing I would say as an advice ‘don’t do things you will not do at your home like going to unsafe places, taking unwanted risks and dressing inappropriately according to place’.
2. The next most important question while traveling alone is ‘how to keep your belongings safe?’
The golden rule of traveling is that never keep all your valuables in one place and keep important things like phone, wallet, and cards, etc. in a bag you can keep a close eye on. Keep your belongings safe during the solo trip is not that hard if you are not careless and have a habit of forgetting things.
3. ‘How to deal with being lonely on foreign lands?’ is another important question usually asked by travelers.
Everything has their two sides which mean a positive and a negative. When you travel alone, you may feel lonely, but it is all about how well you enjoy your own company and how well you can make decisions. If I am not feeling up to sightseeing then I easily have a good chat with family and friends and a good cozy movie day in the hotel room.
4. How to take care of everything from booking to stay and visiting around?
It is the question every solo traveler face when travel for the first time and the answer is to make your booking in advance at least for few days and pay special attention to location, safety, and type of services you want.
There are so many solo travel questions that are hard to put in one article, but the best thing is to trust your instincts, plan well with travel insurance as your backup and keep in touch with family and friends and most importantly do not do things you will not do at your home.
Questions about solo travel always make people rethinking their plans, but when you have right answers everything look good and feel good. Read these questions I faced about solo travel and put your mind at ease and explore the world.