Your first road trip alone often feels like you are taking a pilgrimage to a holy place. The fact that you embark on a journey alone speaks levels of your independence.

Maybe you are making your first solo trip out of necessity or exploration. It does not matter.

What you need to know is how to plan a solo road trip.

Anyone thinking of traveling solo for the first time will be worried about their safety more than anything else.

Those of us who have done it, walk around with pride and we like to tell our stories more often as if we accomplished a major milestone on earth – like we went to the moon and back.

You may have been on family trips with your parents to guide you but now it is time to take a leap.

Is it finally time to take your first flight alone, are you excited?

Someone asked if I ever make any friends in my solo travels and today I am here to share ways on how to make friends when traveling alone.

Unless you’re an extreme loner, I am sure you’ll wonder how to enjoy traveling alone.

I have traveled to several places around the world all by myself and am here to tell you that ‘Yes’, you can travel solo and enjoy yourself to the fullest.

Camping trips are a roller-coaster of unbelievable fun and adventure!

Right?

It’s not until you finally decide to take that solo camping trip you’ve always been rather anxious about, that the nervous energy and sheer worry start to creep in despite having camped before in the company of others.

I have to admit, those were my exact feelings when I first did it with absolutely no insight on how to camp alone.

Traveling on your own can be daunting yet exhilarating. There are plenty of things you worry about, like do you have enough money? Will you survive through it all? Will you get mugged or arrested?

All these are some of the things you can contemplate.

Regardless of how you undertake your journey, you will love the experience.

So here are 50 safety tips for traveling alone.

I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.
/David Henry Thoreau/

The benefits of hiking are common knowledge and antidotes from those who engage are numerous. Some consider hiking to be akin to therapy and the outdoors a place where they find healing.