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Tips for traveling alone

Written by: Richard Benfield 3/8/2010 6:18:43 PM
He are some tips for traveling alone:

*Be an extravert, even if you aren’t. Traveling alone is a lonely experience; it can be devastating if you don’t talk with people.

*Carry a book, newspaper, or even better a journal or writing pad, especially when you go into restaurants. It will make you feel less self-conscious, especially if you’re the only person there without a partner. On my recent trip, I wrote most of my diary entries in restaurants.

*At the same time, make an effort in restaurants to talk with the people next to you. It’s perfectly acceptable, especially while traveling internationally, and many tourists, even couples, enjoy their exchanges with fellow tourists. But pick up the cues: some people want to be left alone. Go back to writing in your diary.

*Unless you’re really comfortable with dining alone, avoid full-scale restaurants with lengthy multi-course dinners. I saved these restaurants for when I was with people; otherwise I ate in trattorias and pizza places.

*Come across as independent, not needy. No one wants to meet someone who is looking to be taken care of.

*Spend as little time as possible in your hotel room, and get going as soon as you wake up. I find it better to do my reading in the hotel lobby, a public park, or a café.

*Have a plan for each day. Map out tours for yourself. I would not take a two-week bus trip, but I have no problem taking a 2 or 3 hour bus tour through a city. Walking tours are even better. You’ll learn a lot, and you’ll meet interesting people too.

*Avoid romantic places. My wife and I loved Venice when we went there a few years ago. I avoided it on this trip even though it was a convenient place from which to meet my bike tour. And of course, avoid dark, intimate restaurants.

*Finally, realize you’ll have your share of lonely periods. Be assured: they go away.

Richard Benfield is a freelance writer. He was formerly an editorial writer for The New York Times and editorial page editor of The (Bergen) Record in New Jersey. He can be reached at rbentraveler@aol.com



 




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