After deciding last minute to finally travel solo to Morocco, I scurried about frantically trying to figure out how to plan my route. I’m not going to lie, I was a bit worried about going there alone due to the numerous negative things I heard about people who had been before, and also frustrated that I couldn’t figure out how to find those Instagram-worthy Riads...
via The Huffington Post, by Alyssa Ramos While I’m proud to be a part of the millennial movement that skyrocketed solo travel out of this world last year despite societal expectations, I must admit that I don’t exactly do it because I’m “young without that many responsibilities yet” or because I’m single because…let’s not go there. Anyway. My point is that I...
Aside from “How do you make money to travel so much?”, and “If you’re traveling solo, who’s taking the picture?”, the next most common question I get asked is, “Why do you choose to travel solo?” My immediate logical response is usually something along the lines of, “Because if I want to go somewhere, I just buy a...
via The Huffington Post by Alyssa Ramos Do I look like someone who would be capable of camping solo…on a deserted island…that you have to paddleboard to get to? If you answered yes, you’re awesome. If you answered no, ehh, I don’t really blame you, considering that the number one fear I had about my recent road trip was having to camp alone...
There seriously couldn't be a better place to travel solo than Iceland! It's like a natural amusement park with no rules except respecting the nature (and elves)!
by Alyssa Ramos Unless you’re purposely trying to be alone, or on a deserted island, the chances of you actually being alone when you travel solo are quite skinny. I’m not saying that you’re always going to have a buddy that you know around, but I am saying that it’s really not that hard to strike up a conversation with a potential new buddy...
Cuba might not strike you as the safest place to be traveling solo, but after walking around Havana and the beaches by myself for two weeks, I can say that I really wasn't worried the whole time.
Do you gag every time you see yet another one of your college friends post an engagement photo on Facebook? Does your family give you that passive aggressive guilt-trip when you don’t bring anyone home for Christmas? If so, you’re in luck. That means you’re still single! Sure, the majority of the world probably thinks that’s a bad thing, but...
