I am alright with solo travel but I have some extensive travel plans coming up and for parts it would be nice to spend it with someone to talk to and experience together. I don't know that I would find anyone at a hostel the day before, and I don't want to pay someone to join me. Also for my safety as a female solo traveler, I would prefer other women to avoid men wanting more, which I am just not interested in.
When you go to a place you can meet people to do stuff nearby for sure, but like I want to take the ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm and it's an all day overnight trip. I took an overnight ferry before from Korea to Japan and I was utterly alone, staff in Japan even asked where my boyfriend was like I shouldn't be alone.
How can I find another traveler to hang out with on this boat?
Some other trips I want to do are Zagreb to the national parks, waterfalls, caves, and grottos.
OP here forgot to mention I want my travel buddies to be trans like me if that's possible.
I hope you got your cootie shot, because I'm coming for you
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>staff in Japan even asked where my boyfriend was like I shouldn't be alone
lol
I guess it's uncommon for women to travel alone outside of the west? still a bit insensitive i guess
anyways, you can check out /soc/ and you may find someone, there are definitely women on /soc/ although they tend not to post. Highly recommend you do that, I can almost guarantee you'll find at least one person kinda interested. Reddit may be a good place to look, not sure what subs. really the best bet would be an irl friend because why would some rando want to spend hundreds of euro and travel for several days with someone they don't know?
I won't meet people online, they are always freaks. My irl friends are not people I am that close with, or they are busy, or they live far away. I don't need someone to travel with me, but if they are going the same direction we could hang out a few hours for lunch or drinks. The boat will probably be fine alone, surely there are other solo travelers or some way to keep busy. I also thought about getting a tour for some things so I will be with a group. I may meet people in Zagreb if I stay at a hostel. Again I don't mind traveling alone but I am already quite isolated these days, I can't bother to try meeting normal people anymore, a lot of trouble occurs.
Just chat up some old lady while waiting to board the ferry or something.
I don't typically have luck with women my age, cause they tend to be "let's get drunk" or all they want to do is take selfies. So I don't even try anymore, or if there's really no one else I make it clear that I we only meet up for food. But I mostly had luck with older ladies. There's often that one lady who's an experienced traveler whose friends don't travel anymore. I've had nothing but good experiences with them. They know when it's time to chat, when it's time to shut up and just do our own thing/enjoy the scenery6. It's not negligable that most of them didn't even pretend we'd contact each other afterwards.
Btw when I got asked about my bf in East Asia it was more like just testing the waters. It was just a roundabout way of asking if I wanted to hook up or not.
I know some people from SighSee, they're suprisingly not creepy. Obviously I always met them first in very public places during daytime, etc. So there was always an exit route.
>I guess it's uncommon for women to travel alone outside of the west? still a bit insensitive i guess
Not only uncommon but rather dangerous in South America, Africa, India, ME, SEA and yes, even Japan
Women are always traveling alone in SA and SEA. They're major locations for white girl instathot #solotravelers
Yet they get killed and raped, probably in that order, all the time. Many such cases over the years
No such cases. You're thinking Morocco or Sweden (aka Morocco light).
Hey OP, try bumble bff, tandem, or hello talk. You can filter for women on all of those and there are always people around who want to practice their English. I met some great folks from tandem while traveling and none of them tried to fuck me lol.
People are very social (with Scandi measurements) on those cruises so you'll be able to meet people easily. You'll be hit on hard though but that goes for all women, not just the ones who are solo.
Avoid non-whites for your own safety.
There are tons of bars all over the boats so just go to any of them and talk to people.