This post is all about why you should not travel alone.
Imagine going on your first solo trip. Getting on the plane. Looking out the window. Arriving at your destination. And looking towards the person next to you with excitement only to realize it’s someone you don’t know because you decided to travel alone.
Don’t get me wrong. Going on a solo trip seems like so much fun. You’re on your own schedule. You don’t have to worry about another person. Some people actually prefer solo traveling to anything else. Because it’s just you.
But for me, a trip isn’t fulfilling without someone else. Here are my 6 reasons why I don’t want to travel alone.
This post is all about why you should not travel alone.
Disclaimer
This post is my personal opinion. I am not saying that you, the reader, have to always have a partner while traveling. I know that sometimes it’s not possible and sometimes you don’t want to. You do you. I will not be responsible for any inconveniences or consequences that occur if you decide to reference this post for your travel endeavors. This post should not be used to make important decisions. You, the reader, should do thorough research for their travels from multiple resources before making decisions.
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Let’s Begin.
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6 Amazing Reasons Why You Should Not Travel Alone
1. To be Excited with Someone Else
I want to look out the window, see the first sight of a foreign land and look over at my travel partner to tell them how beautiful it is.
When I travel, my favorite part is looking at the landscape of the area.
For example, when I took a trip to Germany back in 2017, the first thing I noticed was the green and hilly landscape. It was breathtaking.
I was traveling with my distant family and I asked so many questions about what all the land was used for and where certain areas led to.
I wanted to talk about the experience with someone and even kept a journal for the entire trip. Everything that I was seeing, feeling, experiencing was written down. EVERYTHING.
In a way, my journal would have acted like another person but being able to hold someone else and smile with someone else is another feeling.
When I talk about my travels and refer to my travel partner, I think about my boyfriend most of the time.
Of course, when my boyfriend isn’t there, whoever I’m with still makes me feel happier than if I were alone (but without the lovey dove parts hehe). Just having another person to share all the new experiences and new emotions with makes a trip 10x better for sure.
2. To Share the Food
This reason is a big one for why I would rather travel with someone else. I see sharing food as very family-like and loving.
Even when I’m not traveling, I share my food with my boyfriend everywhere we go (mainly because I can’t finish the large American portions). Over time of us sharing every meal, I feel like we have more quality time. My partner and I are able to try the same foods and talk about what we’re tasting. We are both able to eat enough of it to get an accurate judgment. We learn about each other’s food tastes directly because we are trying the same foods.
So when I travel, I want to share the same feelings when I try food with someone else to understand both of our taste buds, really think about what I’m eating, and have good quality time with whomever I am with.
3. To Explore Someone Else’s Ideas That I Wouldn’t Have Thought Of
So far, I have never traveled alone. Each time that I traveled with other people, they had other ideas that I would not have thought of.
For example, in February of 2021, I went on a trip to Atlanta, Georgia with my boyfriend. The main plan was to go to the Georgia Aquarium. But he also wanted to go to this Korean supercenter, HMART.
I have never heard of HMART before. He was excited about the place so we went.
It was definitely what I expected with the layout and the organization of the place. It looked like any other Asian market that I’ve gone to.
The cool thing about HMART was how they had a built-in Korean restaurant and bakery inside too. Obviously, I didn’t know anything there so my boyfriend made all of our meal and snack decisions.
He ordered sweet and sour chicken but it was Korean style and a brown noodle dish. I wouldn’t have chosen these if I had been traveling alone. Instead, I would’ve gone for the pre-packaged Kimbap. I wouldn’t have even known about HMART’s existence.
The experience was new and I liked it.
There was also a cute little Korean bakery next door and the bakery goods were TASTY. The place was called Tree Story Bakery & Café. I definitely want to go back.
There is this coffee-filled bakery treat and it’s so yummy. Especially if you put it in the toaster oven. I only bought one and wish I had bought more.
But anyway, the point of this point is that when I travel with someone else, there are more opportunities to try new things because there is someone else with different knowledge and interests that I can be exposed to.
4. To Share Expenses
Traveling on a budget is a good idea but it is much harder to do when you are traveling with someone else. That’s because you are sharing the expenses with someone else.
You may be thinking: “What? But sharing expenses means you’re spending less of your money?” And yes you are right BUT because you are spending less of YOUR money, the overall trip expenses go up.
Now here is the good part of this point.
Because you are sharing expenses, you are more willing to try more things, buy more things (hopefully more experiences) and enjoy a trip to the fullest.
If you were traveling by yourself, you would be very limited on what you could do and what you could buy because you’d be afraid of running out of money. But with someone else, you have more money to do more!
I probably could have explained this point in a better way or started this point in a better way but this is what it is.
5. To Be And Feel Safer
Saftey is the most important to me. Having another person to travel with keeps you safer than if you were alone. At least in my opinion.
Having a travel partner would be beneficial whenever you are trying to prevent or are in a serious or dangerous situation.
Also, having someone with you lowers the risk of you becoming a victim of crime.
Not only are you able to watch out for your surroundings but your travel partner can be on the lookout too. They might notice something suspicious that you didn’t.
I personally like the feeling of security when I am with someone else because I feel safe.
Even if they were someone that I wouldn’t be able to rely on to physically protect me, their presence would be enough for me to keep calm and not feel paranoid for the entirety of the trip.
6. It’s Lonely
Traveling alone just seems lonely. This reason pretty much is the main reason for why reasons 1- 4 exist.
It’s lonely not to have someone else to be excited with. Not being able to share food with someone else is lonely too.
If I don’t have someone else to experience my trip with, it doesn’t really feel like it’s actually happening.
I guess a solo trip would make a great story to tell but for me, that’s not enough.
I also just dislike being alone in general. Even when I’m not traveling.
You may be different but for me, having another person to do something with, makes any experience 10x better.
Ending Note
Well, I hope I was able to enlighten you about solo travel. But if you 100% disagree with me and would rather be in control of yourself and time and everything that you do, then you do you.
I’ve thought about having a solo travel experience and the pros that come with it but it might just not be for me. But who knows. Maybe I’ll take up a travel job and be forced to travel alone anyway. We’ll see.
As of right now, I have no intentions of traveling alone. But I guess you never know if you like something until you try it, right? Maybe you can enlighten me about the pros of solo travel that I might not be aware of. Good day!
This post is all about why you should not travel alone.
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