A woman who's visited 73 countries solo wrote her #1 tip for solo travelers — and it's not what most people expect.
(Link in comments — Travel + Leisure, published March 2026)
Her three big points:
✈️ Airports are easier than you think — the signs exist, people are helpful, and you figure it out faster than you expect
🗺️ Getting lost is part of the adventure — some of her best connections happened when she had no idea where she was going
💛 It's not as lonely as you think — solo travel puts you in situations where you actually talk to strangers, and that's where the real stories come from
The line that hit me: "It's scarier to think about doing the trip than actually doing it."
That's exactly what I hear from people in this community. The fear lives in the imagination. The trip is usually the easy part.
What's one thing you were afraid of before your first solo trip — that turned out to be nothing?