My 5 Reasons To Travel Solo

Hola! I am Janet and a solo traveller.

I have been travelling alone for the last decade and everybody asks me, “how can you travel alone?”. And, “don’t you get bored?”.

But how can you NOT travel alone? And actually, you would only get bored by yourself if you were a boring person. Or, if you truly just didn’t enjoy your own company.

Anyway, these are my top 5 reasons on why you should travel alone :).

1. You absolutely do not need to give a shit what anyone else wants on your trip. You do what you want, when you want, eat what you want, poop where you want :). There is such a liberation in this when you are in a completely different country with no obligations or schedules for the day.

2. This is the single best way to meet new people. I have met hundreds and hundreds of people along my way whom I would have not met if I were travelling with someone. When you are alone, other people tend to want to approach you, and from that, you make amazing connections from across the world, form good friendships and bonds, and even make forever friends ♥️

3. You learn more than you ever will when you travel alone. Instead of talking to someone the entire trip, you are alone and hence you listen more and watch more. You are able to take in cultures, observe people, and understand much more about humanity & cultures on the whole.

4. Sometimes when loneliness kicks in, it does something to you. You feel a bittersweet feeling & this feeling can somewhat be described as beautiful. These feelings of nostalgia can be good for you. It can help you really figure out who you are and what you want.

5. You absolutely do not have to be fake. No matter what or who, the truth is, when you travel with someone, you always end up doing things that you don’t really want to do. If you travel alone, you are 100 percent genuine to yourself and that is what counts the most!