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I spent years travelling alone for work. I grew bitter. I hated it. I started to hate travelling. Some years later, I decided that I wanted to be able to enjoy
by surfsvammel 4y ago
I spent years travelling alone for work. I grew bitter. I hated it. I started to hate travelling.
Some years later, I decided that I wanted to be able to enjoy travelling alone. So I did, for 30 days, in France. I made rules for myself:
- Don’t stay in the same city more than two nights.
- Go do all the touristy stuff, eat at all the restaurants, etc, that I would do if I was not alone.
- Speak to people.
It was the best vacation of my life… I have so many stories from those 30 days.
Travelling alone is as hard, uncomfortable or increasingly good, as you yourself let it be.
- eCa 4y agoAlso, travelling for work vs for pleasure is vastly different. I probably also average about two nights per town when going train travelling in Europe. Sometimes one, sometimes three.
- satvikpendem 4y agoI think it's more so your business travel experiences that caused you to hate it initially, not the solo travel itself. I've used similar rules, sometimes, and other times I didn't, both were good. For example, I stayed 5 weeks almost exclusively in Seoul last year and it was awesome, I met many people I simply would not have had I only stayed there two nights. I also discovered a lot more of the city and over the weeks I was able to feel myself living more like a local. Very interesting experience.