I am thinking about traveling alone. Anywhere I can go to meet others traveling alone?

Question

I really want to go somewhere but none of my freinds have enough money to go very far away. I have been really unhappy lately and I would like to do something to break me out of my routine.

Has anyone ever traveled alone before? I am a 27 single male. I was thinking about going to Sydney. I lived in DC and Boston but I was only out of the country one time and that was to the Bahamas and I didn't like it. At first I was thinking a mission trip but I can't be away from my job or my sick parents more then a week.

Are their any websites that I can go to find traveling partners?

Answer 1

I highly recommend going to Cancun for a week.  It's the closest place that you can have a blast by yourself. Most of the resorts have what they call an anamacion team that every night take out the tourist that want to go.  Usually go bar hopping to Coco Bongo, Senor Frogs, Congo, etc. .  That way you are with people whom you become familiar there with and will be safe.  Even at the swim-up bars you will meet people you can become friends with.  I've gone alone many times cuz of the same reason you are facing and I've had fun.  I've met so many people and I still keep in contact with them to this day.  The anamacion team has activities during the day to keep you entertained also like beach volleyball or all kinds of games they conduct in the pool.  I went a few months ago with a buddy (I'm more active than he is) and I pretty much did things alone with the anamacion team during the day while he just sat and drank and watched at the bar and at night he passed out early I would go to the 24 hour sports bar and drink and watch sports by myself and I even met people from Scotland while drinking at the sports bar that I still talk to.  It's quite fun by yourself and you will meet people whom become your friends for the week.  One night I even went out with one of the little cute Mexican girls that was on the team and we went to dinner and dancing and walked on the beach and talked it was a lot of fun. I'll give you a link to the best resort for singles and young people.  It's my favorite resort in Cancun.  When are you going?  I'd go with ya...heck I love to meet people.  My friends can't afford to go on vacations like what I do.  I'm always looking for people to go with.  Check out the link!

Answer 2

Traveling alone is a great way to go; you can do exactly what you want, and meet great people along the way. Staying in a hostel is one good way to meet people.

Answer 3

ive traveled alone and i was 16...you should definitely go to famous cities in Europe, people all over the world go to those places and u can definitely meet a whole bunch of people in local bars, restuarants, beaches, clubs...any person u see with a huge backpack or a map you can definitely become friends wiht.

Answer 4

You can Google "singles travel groups" or something like that if you want to go with single people or you can look up Tour groups that will be going to Australia.  If you go with a Tour group, they probably wont be a bunch of singles.  It depends what you want.

Personally, I do a lot of traveling alone and it started basically because of the same thing you said; nobody had enough money to go with me etc so, I decided that I still wanted to go and just started to go by myself.  I actually enjoy it.  Usually when I go somewhere alone, I really take the time to read up on where I will be visiting so I dont end up in a bad area or bad situation.  

You just need to be smart especially if you are going to another country.  I dont know how social you are but, you may even meet people when you are there that you can do some traveling with.  Again, just be smart about it.  You can join some tours in Sydney and meet people that way.  

Traveling alone is not for everyone but I personally really enjoy the freedom of it.  You can do whatever you want whenever you want and that is really nice some times.  I have never really had a problem anywhere I've gone but, like I said, I try to be smart about everything and do some research on my desitiation before I get there so I know what I'll be getting myself into once I'm there..

Hope this helped some...  Have fun on your trip if you decide to go!