Travel Advice, guidance, help needed! Never travelled and I really want to!!

I travel all the time, I'm quite obsessed :-) I travel alone quite often, but, as I've friends a bit here and there, I usually end up at someones guest bed. Cheaper, and then I can do tourist things during the day and be social in the evening. I've been travelling all on my own though, you get to do exactly what you want which is good. I have been on some riding holidays. I went there on my own and joined up with a group. That was great, you meet lot of people with similar interest so if you're into something like riding, diving, photography etc there should be a holiday out there for you :-) Torunn

Hi Andrew. I used to find it enjoyable to travel on my own. I stayed in backpacker hostels and had lovely times chatting to other travelers. Going alone I had the flexibility of doing exactly what I wanted to do, stay in accommodation I could afford and visit all the places I wanted to. When I traveled with my ex-boyfriend he didn't like budget accommodation. He liked to move at a slow pace. He and I almost ran out of money in the Seychelles due to his expensive taste in accommodation. In Istanbul in Turkey he made us stay in a luxury hotel. I am an independent traveler and I like exploring many different places on one trip. These days I travel with my children. We stay in guest houses and travel on local transport: trains, buses and ferries. I think traveling alone is the best option or with a traveling companion. I don't think it would be all that nice to travel in a large group.

I have to travel to Europe every year alone. I think it has some advantage. You can be where and when you want to be. With group of people you have to deal with other people moods and problems. In the other hand short term traveling with groups is fun. I did most of my traveling alone and I am very happy about my experience. You can meet new people and create spontaneous schedule.

That are companies that specialise in holidays for single people or people who simply want to travel alone. You can either join other groups or have arrangements made to go it alone as such!! Travelling alone means you have nobody else to think about and can do as you please whihc can be very liberating as you can do things spur of the moment too!

When I was younger I loved traveling alone. It seemed all I ever did was travel alone. I was a hippie and my favorite way to travel was with a 60 lb backpack and maybe $200 in my pocket. As far as I was concerned that was the ONLY way to travel! LOL! Also, I hitchhiked a lot then too. Back then, in the late 70's to early 80's it was relatively safer to hitchike, but, I never hitchhiked alone. I loved going into a city that I've never been before and learning all by myself how to get around. I was really gutsy in those days. Now I'm an old lady that's falling apart at the seams (yea, right!) and I much prefer to stay closer to home. Good luck in your travels! Don't worry about it. You will find your own style soon enough and will be tearing up the countryside with your presence! LOL! Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija