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now whatever life may throw at you
whether it feels like success or failure
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hey friends welcome back today we're
going to talk about my experiences
traveling solo
and how i can maybe help guide you to
try it out for yourself one day
i have traveled to over 50 countries and
15 of those countries were solo trips
so i can tell you exactly what you need
to do to make your travel dreams
come true i'm going to talk about how to
first off navigate those fears of
stepping into the big wide world alone
how to start saving for that trip how to
pack for that trip how to make your
itinerary and your plans
and everything else in between so if you
have any questions about solo traveling
that i don't end up covering in this video
video
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i first started traveling solo after
graduating college and that year my
senior year
just like everyone else felt in the
class it was high priority to get a job
and i had been on payroll since i was 15
years old
so i really wasted no time between
graduating college and moving to san
francisco where i then got
two jobs to be able to afford to live
there after just
three months of living and working in
san francisco i realized i had no idea
what i wanted to do with my life
all i knew that i wanted to do was
travel so i then
really impulsively and quickly decided
to move out of san francisco i took
all of my savings which really wasn't
that much at all and i bought a one way
to denmark
i had some sort of idea of where i
wanted to go but honestly i didn't
really have a plan
all i knew was that i was just going to
land in copenhagen
and figure it out from there yes i was
nervous but mostly i was wondering if i
was even making the right life decision
but my best experiences happened from
having no plan and figuring it out for
myself for my first
solo trip i ended up being gone for four
months traveling through
13 different countries meeting and
traveling with people that i met from all
all
over and of course none of this was
without struggles in between
so there's a lot of things to think
about here your budget
the region of the world the types of
activities you want to do
the weather the convenience the list
goes on so after all of my experience
traveling solo i want to help you
prepare which is something that i didn't
really do
and let's narrow this down so that i can
give you a step-by-step
process on how to go about prepping and
planning for your first solo trip
the thought of just going off and alone
into the world is
always gonna be a scary feeling at first
when you travel alone
you really do become your own best
friend you start relying on yourself
your instincts and you're wholly
pursuing your own interests
and that is where the greatness happens
on my first solo trip i remember landing
in copenhagen and i felt
so alone i was spending so much time on
social media
feeling fomo from what my friends and my
family were doing back home
and here i was in one of the coolest and
greatest countries in the world
and i couldn't even get my mind right
and honestly i felt
really low i was like did i make the
right decision
i could just go back at any point in
time go back to california and figure
things out from there
but instead of giving up and hoping
something would happen for me
i decided i needed to make the best of
this situation that i decided for myself
and that's when i started meeting people
i found places where i could really get
into the social community in copenhagen
i ended up asking my family and friends
back in california if anyone knew
someone in copenhagen and they did so
fast forward one month later
i was leaving copenhagen after making so
many friends and i was on my way to
egypt because i had made connections in cairo
cairo
i had been dreaming about going to egypt
since i was a kid it seemed like a place
that was completely unattainable for me
and having made it to egypt so much
sooner than i thought
reminded me that life is too short not
to chase your dreams
and in my first month of solo travel i
realized that the world is
not a scary place and that most people
on this planet are
decent human beings so how do you choose
where to go
you might want to consider somewhere
where there are also a lot of solo travelers
travelers
when i've traveled alone i've gone
around southeast asia
central america europe western and eastern
eastern
because these places get a lot of solo
travelers and
like southeast asia central america and
eastern europe
are cheaper areas to travel to so it's
best for your budget
the biggest consideration here is your finances
finances
once you've decided on where you want to
go make a really solid
savings plan and hold yourself
accountable you got to be honest with
yourself because the only way you're
going to be able to do this solo adventure
adventure
is if you have the finances so cut back
on spending as
much as you can think about what you're
actually spending money on
what are luxuries that you can
completely cut out
like maybe going out to eat a lot or a
gym membership
or cut back shopping completely by
eliminating frivolous spending
you will be closer to making yourself richer
richer
in experiences that you will have on
your travels all right let's talk about
how you pack for this
you need to get yourself one
of these it's a backpacking backpack
this is going to be your most essential
item for your solo trip
these backpacking packs have a lot of
storage area and when you do get one
try out a few of them and make sure that
they sit comfortably on your waist
when you're solo traveling you want
things to go as smoothly as possible
make things as convenient as possible so
make sure to pack light
and i recommend just always have a
carry-on it's the easiest most
convenient way of travel it gives you
the convenience of
walking from place to place if you need
to or taking a motorbike taxi somewhere
and you can easily keep track of
everything another essential packing
item that you're gonna need for your
solo trip are packing cubes
these make your life so much easier
seriously so you can separate all of
your clothes
and you won't have to take all the items
out of your backpack just to look for
one piece of clothing and then
shove them back in in a really
unorganized way just being organized on
your trips
is really important another packing
organizer you should get
is this a little cord charger organizer
i bought this at green hills in manila
and i'm sure you can find it on amazon
it bears repeating that staying organized
organized
on your trips is so important so just
try to make everything convenient
and easy to find for yourself for more
detailed packing tips for
females i made a video a while back
called how to pack
super light for 30 days of travel which
i've linked on this
screen and down below so make sure you
save that video for reference later
my biggest fear traveling solo was not
about whether the place i was going to
was safe
and the reason i say that is because
everywhere in this world
no matter where you go will have its
threats but my biggest fear was
loneliness and i had no idea how easy it
was going to be to make friends
i met a lot of people a lot of solo
female travelers
who i ended up spending days with and we
really made
incredible experiences together so the
best way to approach the travel aspect
of traveling alone is to stay in places
that have high ratings for being social
so like hostels or backpackers accommodations
accommodations
it's guaranteed that you will meet
people and you'll learn how to connect
with different people but one tip that i
can share with you that will hopefully
make things
easier is genuinely be interested in
meeting other people because it opens
so many doors not just friendships and
so many more adventures take a genuine
interest in their culture
and the most important thing is remember
things about them but also remember
their name
and if you want to be extra cautious you
know you can add them on social media
everyone has
at least one social media these days and
you can kind of
look through their social media and
check to see if they're a normal person
and think of it as like a friend resume
staying safe is gonna be your friends
and most definitely your family's
biggest concerns on your solo journey
but traveling alone
is not as risky as your parents think it is
is
there are certain precautions you can
take to feel more relaxed
and enjoy your experience think of the
things that you
already do to stay safe and apply that
when you're traveling
for example always know your surroundings
surroundings
of course you need to research the area
that you're going to
and make sure that you know the customs
the environment
and the dangers when you feel like
something is off when you have a gut
feeling that there's something wrong
about the situation
then follow your instincts and stop
whatever you're doing
or leave you're allowed to change your
mind when you feel uncomfortable
make sure you're making your own
decisions and not having anyone else
coerce you into doing
something that you might feel hesitant
about don't get intoxicated on a night
out alone
don't walk through dark streets or dark
alleyways alone if you're walking at
night and you're not in a public place
take those headphones out of your ears
do not walk
with blaring music or even a podcast or
something in your ears because you need
to be able to
hear everything that's going on be
street smart and make sure that you have
family or friends knowing where you are so
so
tell them where your hostels are
wherever your accommodations are
make sure that someone at least at least
a few people
know your itinerary and where you're
going to be on certain days
for me personally my parents are always
tracking me on the iphone whatever it's
called like find friends because i'm
okay with having them know where i'm at
at all times in fact i
have my parents following me and a few
friends so they know
where i'm at wherever i'm out in the
world because half the time i'm alone
and half the time i'm with people
they don't really know when i'm
traveling alone anymore and i am often
traveling alone so i just make sure that
like everyone knows
where i'm at so with all that said be
open to positivity and don't assume that
everyone is out to get you
i can honestly say that the only bad experience
experience
i've had was in my hometown in san francisco
francisco
because i let my guard down i was
walking alone at
2 a.m with a girlfriend of mine we were
walking back from a bar
and she ended up getting mugged and it
was a really really awful scary experience
experience
now when i travel alone which is more
often than not i rarely even think about
safety because
most of the people that i've come across
have been incredibly
friendly welcoming and very helpful
but that doesn't mean that i ever let my
guard down even now
when i'm in my hometown in san francisco
such harm can come from anywhere
and now it really doesn't make a
difference for me wherever i am
in the world whether that's walking in
san francisco or traveling solo in
pakistan or
exploring the philippine islands alone
or skipping around
egypt by myself on my first solo trip
traveling solo
going on planes going through different
airports on layovers
taking the metro into the cities going
out and eating
by myself at different restaurants gave
me the space to just be
myself i didn't have to worry about what
anyone else wanted
the introspective moments that occurred
on my exploratory walks throughout the cities
cities
were life-changing and i remember those thoughts
thoughts
so vividly and to a large degree helped
me to get where i
am today as a travel influencer and as i
continue to take solo trips i gain
powerful insights that stay with me and
i get inspired with new ideas
i'm here to tell you that you are far stronger
stronger
capable self-reliant and wiser than you
probably think
so stop overthinking it and just do it
if you guys have any questions about
solo travel
drop them down below and let me know if
this at all
hopefully influenced your decision to
finally go out
and do it all on your own by the way you
can totally stay connected with me you
can follow me on instagram and ask me
any questions
i answer dm's all the time or refer back
to this video
either way i'm telling you it will be a
life-changing experience and
something that you literally will never
regret thank you guys for being here
thank you for watching me and until next
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