Holidaying alone

David_5000 said:
Oh the other slight warning I'd give - I've found it's definitely harder if you can't read the alphabet. I was in Hong Kong on my own and felt massively out of my depth; for some reason that's just a step of alienation too far for me!
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I've done extra days alone when I've been meeting up with friends for holidays in different places. And when I volunteered in Cambodia I'd do a bit of travelling before and after, with a stay at a gay hotel in Phnom Penh by myself. And I did a weekend in Verona. The Asian stuff was much easier just because of hostel culture.

I do get a bit self conscious about eating dinner alone, and it can get boring for me after a while. But if you enjoy it then go.
 
I've done a few weekends away to places abroad solo and the last 2 times I met up with fellow solo flyers (both from Manchester funnily enough). Not sure I'd do longer, but it wouldn't faze me. Going to a local bar on my own though, absolutely not :)
 
I go away on my own once a year. I've done Lisbon, Madrid and Copenhagen so far, and I would have been going to Oslo this year but for the Covids so I'm settling for YORK instead.

I'd recommend it to anyone; it's so liberating and worry-free.
 
And I love doing stuff alone if it leads to situation when making friends is easy, e.g. volunteering, and I was gonna do the Camino alone this year. It's just harder elsewhere, when people don't have to spend time with you, because I get nervous about making the first move in case I get rejected.
 
VoR said:
I love this little short from Paris je T’aime about solo travel.

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OMGGGGGGG! THIS IS SO ME! I can imagine myself saying every word in this at the same standard of French (apart from the part about a boyfriend called Dave. Mine was called Scott and he was a cunt.)
 
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I went to Vegas for a week on my own. Apart from one rather EVENTFUL evening it was great.
 
I've done the bulk of my Japan travels alone and I've loved it. Japan is just somehow so suited to solitude

if I were going to a more sprawling place, say, New York or Berlin I'd definitely prefer to go with someone
 
Mats said:
I've done the bulk of my Japan travels alone and I've loved it. Japan is just somehow so suited to solitude

if I were going to a more sprawling place, say, New York or Berlin I'd definitely prefer to go with someone
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My brother went to both of those alone. He said New York was a lot more suited to solo travel than Berlin was.
 
I've only been to one gig alone. I stupidly got there early so had to stand around like a lemon for an hour which felt excruciating. But when the main act started I really didn't think about it at all.

I don't think I'd do that again, but I go to the theatre/cinema alone sometimes.
 
Gangsta Nancy Lam said:
I've only been to one gig alone. I stupidly got there early so had to stand around like a lemon for an hour which felt excruciating. But when the main act started I really didn't think about it at all.

I don't think I'd do that again, but I go to the theatre/cinema alone sometimes.
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Same. I went to a Tori gig in 2007 with friends the first night and alone the second. It was seated so I just played on my phone until it started, although I have a feeling I didn't actually have signal.

The first night, my friend had a panic attack about missing her train and made me leave with her before the encore of Precious Things. The second night on my own, I stayed for the whole thing so it was automatically MUCH better
 
Oh I do (did) gigs on my own all the time. If it’s that or miss out, then no-brainer. Definitely agree standing ones are more awkward though.
 
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