✦Travel · 11 recordsTravel solo for the first time

The obstacles to a first solo trip are mostly practical — money abroad, staying contactable, what happens if something goes wrong — and they are much easier to solve at home. The trip itself is deliberately short, because a first one is for finding out whether you like it.

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Go, and find out whether I like it Month 2

Short and easy on purpose. A first trip answers a question.

Sort the practical things Week 6

Much easier at home than abroad.

  • Sort money abroad and a backup way to payDo firstWeek 2
  • Sort insurance and a way to stay contactableDo firstWeek 4
  • Leave the plan with somebody at homeWeek 5

Book something small Month 2

Somewhere straightforward, for a few days.

  • Pick somewhere easy and pick the datesDo firstWeek 3
  • Book itWeek 6
  • Book one or two things that involve other peopleMonth 2

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  • Half an hour on the tripweekly
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Four days somewhere easy

A first solo trip is for finding out whether you enjoy travelling alone, and that is answered as well by four days somewhere straightforward as by three weeks somewhere hard.\n\nBook one or two things with other people in them. The first evening is the part people find hardest, and it is much easier with something in the diary.

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Somewhere easy, for a short time. A first trip answers whether you enjoy travelling alone, and that question is answered just as well by four days somewhere straightforward as by three weeks somewhere difficult.
How you access money, how you stay contactable, who knows your plans, and insurance. All four are much easier to arrange at home and are the things that turn an inconvenience abroad into a genuine problem.
Book one or two things that involve other people — a walking tour, a class, a hostel rather than a hotel for a night. The plan puts them in deliberately, because the first evening is the one people find hardest.
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