Benefits of Solo Travelling !

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5 min readDec 19, 2017

If you want to live life to the fullest, you must fill it with unforgettable journeys!

Travelling is always beneficial. Advantages of travelling are never ending; it broadens your horizons. You get out of your comfort zone, meet new people, share new experiences and make new memories. However, solo travelling does a lot more wonders than travelling alone.

Imagine what it would be like for once in your life to be totally and utterly selfish without it being a bad thing? Imagine how good it would feel to just do whatever you want to do whenever you want to do it. That’s what solo travel gives you, every day.

Travelling solo is getting more and more common as it can be a lot of fun and more unique experience for adventure hunters. Actually, the advantages of travelling solo are enormous.

We have listed down 10 amazing benefits of solo travelling.

1. Empowering

Traveling alone is a a transformative endeavor — one that makes you feel capable, independent, and empowered. It is a self-confidence booster that you owe it to yourself to experience at least once in your life. The more you challenge yourself; the more you stretch yourself, the bigger your world becomes.

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2. Cost Effective

When you travel on your own it is much easier to keep up with your budget because you are the one who decides where and what to eat. Being a solo traveller you can even sit at any road side cafe or just pick a snack on your way and eat while you explore the new destination. Going it alone means you’ll have more cash leftover to spend as you choose.

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3. Freedom. Peace. Flexibility

When you travel alone you fulfill all your wishes and make all your choices on your own be it buying what you like or eating at your favourite restaurant you do everything for yourself. You are definitely more flexible with time, next destination and decisions you make.

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4. Experience New Things

When you travel solo, people are more open and direct with you. Thus, you can experience more new things than you would when travelling with someone. People will invite you home and welcome you warmly in their place. They will share everything they have with you, sometimes giving you more than they possess.

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5. Meet Interesting People

Being a solo traveler makes it much easier to interact with the local people and make some new friendships. When you are on your own on the road, you’re definitely more eager to chat with locals, meet travel buddies, team up with other travelers and generally reach out more in order to socialize.

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6. Improve Your Language Skills

What better way to learn a new language than to throw yourself in head first? When you’re alone, you’re forced to constantly practice the new language. You are all on your own and obviously, you need to talk and interact. Being a foreigner when you interact with a native person you learn a lot of words and common phrases from their language.

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7. Get You Out of Your Comfort Zone

Being away from the comfortable bubble of your home will challenge you in many different ways and test your patience. Only by putting yourself out there, you will be able to explore this beautiful planet and discover many new and exciting places.

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8. No Drama

How many times did you argue with your travel buddies? How many times did you have to meet him/her half-way? If things do not go well, the entire trip can be a miserable, drama-filled time you’d love to forget. There is no drama when you travel on your own. No arguments. No fights.

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9. You will Learn How to Rely on Yourself

When you are travelling alone then you have to trust your own gut and make a decision be it an adventurous sport or getting a tattoo. It will help you further in life when it comes to taking an important step in your life because you will realise that it is you who creates the reality around you and it is significant to respect your own needs.

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10. Discover Yourself

Once you are out there on the road on your own you will be faced with decisions you need to make, fears you need to overcome and discover your true self and how much you are capable of. Travelling exposes you to raw experiences where you get to know the person inside you. You will discover the importance of following and listening to your own heart.

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Solo travel can be the perfect way to escape from a routine of constant negotiations, whether it’s in the workplace or at home. It’s a unique and often very memorable experience that everyone should try at least once in their life.

Do you love traveling alone, too? What are your favorite perks of going solo? Share with us how beneficial it was for you !

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