how to travel alone as a woman what's up everybody in this video we are going
to cover how you can travel alone especially if you are a woman and i'm going to share with you
my tips and tricks because i have been traveling alone for the last three years and i have been to
over 25 countries three continents and all of that by myself so if it's your first time traveling
alone and you are about to take that leap of faith uh and you are maybe scared and you need a little
bit of encouragement so
you are in the right place so my first tip for you is to start small what
i mean by that is you don't have to travel right away you can start small by doing things on your
own for example stay in your area but go to a movie by yourself or take yourself out to dinner
start getting comfortable with yourself this is actually going to help you build confidence
and on top of that you will end up doing these things anyway when you travel alone and then
following up with that my step number two i
s to get out of your comfort zone a little by little
so the next thing for example you can start going to another city by yourself take the train
or quick road trip and then get familiar with being on your own and i promise you at the
beginning it might feel a little bit awkward and strange because you think you're going to be
lonely but with time you might actually enjoy it after that start going somewhere else a little
further away so if you live in the u.s why not take a weekend trip to
canada for example at least
they speak the same language you're not going to be too much out of your comfort zone but still you
are in a new country and you can really explore and meet people and learn new things and all
of that it's going to build up your confidence you know when i first arrived in the us i was
born in morocco and i was raised in belgium i took a huge leap of faith i'm laughing because
i look back i'm set i was really crazy i was 21 and i had a backpack in a dream that's h
ow i
call it i arrived at jfk new york city in 2005 with nothing planned i wanted to go to new
york and i wanted to stay and i did it i stayed in new york 15 years and finally when
i got all my things in orders college degrees citizenship all of that i said to
myself well i guess it's time to go and i have been traveling ever since next
tip for you if you are worried you're not going to meet people my first recommendation
is obviously hostels there's a great website called hostile worlds b
ut hostile the reason why
it's great is because you have to meet people you're gonna go there and eventually you'll meet
other women who are also traveling on their own uh my only downsides with hostel is that you have
to share a room which i don't like some hostels do have their own private bedroom but at my age i'm
a little older now i like to stay either in an airbnb or i love co-living spaces there are tons
of them around the world it's an amazing concept where you actually live in the
same beautiful home
and you share the space with other digital nomads or digital entrepreneurs so check that out
this is one of my best way to travel i actually have stayed in co-living space in tahazu i love
sundesk i had amazing experiences i also stayed in lisbon in venice california with the company
called outside another option is to join a group tour now for that i would not recommend to be in
a group 24 7. for example i went to nicaragua but there i went with a friend we booked a hot
el and
then we booked our planes and nothing else was planned and when we arrived at the hotel we looked
for a local tour and we did that and honestly it was amazing not only we had a great experience
with the local tour but then we became friends with the local guide and then he took us on
other places that were not part of the tour on the following days and those were amazing
experiences when you are on your own you get to plan the things you want to do you don't have
to follow around an
d i really build uh confidence both so you become really resourceful and i highly
recommend that instead before you go on a trip on your own do your research it's very important
that you learn about the culture of the country you're going to but it also helps you understand
and how to navigate the country there are tons of resources out there like lonely planets i remember
my first book that i got to go to new york called 2005 i would never forget next thing i recommend
to build a community
or to connect with people are facebook groups there are tons of facebook groups
about digital nomad or women traveling solo type the city you are planning to visit for example
lisbon and you will find a group like expats in lisbon and there you can ask a sort all sorts
of questions about lodging where the best place to hang out uh community events volunteering and
that way you can connect with more people and make your trip a little less lonely i also recommend
volunteering for another vid
eo where i cover how you can stay in accommodation for free and
that include volunteering you have woofing that's a great website but you also have workaway so
make sure to check those out because not only you will save money but you will also connect with
another group of volunteers and sometimes you can build long-term relationship and that's really
an amazing thing i recommend you learn the base of the language when you go to a new place so i
understand that you cannot learn everything b
ut people really appreciate when you try to say
at least hello thank you a couple how much is this where is this learn these things so you can
speak with local but now google um translate has a an app you can also download offline and you can
even speak to it and then use the voice feature to translate so that person can talk back to
you and honestly there's tons of apps like that i know in france for example american always
say where french people are so rude well i think the main reason i
s because no offense but lots of
time americans when they travel to other countries they just assume everybody speaks english and they
assume everybody wants to speak english and that's the case with france try something like bonjour
e excuse me you can say do you speak english in french escobu pale anglais and if the person
doesn't respond and say no we don't really speak english then you can try to show your translation
but make the effort to at least try to speak couple words in their la
nguage they will really
appreciate it you should also download your map google map offline when and if you get lost or if
you don't get any data it happens to me so many times where uh i couldn't get data to my phone but
i always download the map of where i'm gonna be that way if there's anything i can always
navigate with the map and you can also pin on the map to make sure you know where you need to
go the other thing with that is that you can find wi-fi in major cities often in subway st
ations
or even coffee shops or stores or even the city might have a free wi-fi that you can always use in
case you need to use your phone or if you lost or anything like that get a backup battery for your
phone so now they have those amazing one called mophie's but i think there's other ones so the
mophie's what i like is actually it's plugged into your phone at all time you just press the button
and then you get another a couple hours of charge on your phone or but otherwise get a backup i
have
one that i use for my laptop and for my phones that i carry with me at all time my next tip for
you is to not listen to the media sadly the media always portrays negativity and it's just adding
on the fears you already have of traveling alone i've been to so many places where people were
saying that oh do not go there it's dangerous i'll give you an example with nicaragua my friend
and i we've heard people saying to us well you know there was a civil war there you shouldn't
go there
it's so dangerous oh my god we had the most amazing times not only no one heard
us but on top of that people were so friendly and nice to us talk to other women who have
been traveling there recently and asked for feedback and when you go there people will tell
you okay this area do not go there or this area do not go there it's like right now i'm in chicago
i've never been to chicago i've talked to people not to go to south south chicago why because it's
more dangerous there's more shootin
gs out there so i know this is not a place i want to go and i i'll
check all these things so it's up to you to use common sense and that's my next tip use common
sense ladies do not get drunk all by yourself at night in a place you don't know use your
common sense pay attention to your surrounding listen to your intuition if going to a place
doesn't feel right for you don't go do not go but only if you feel uncomfortable not
because you're afraid to travel alone my next tip for you is to be
open to learn
and be humble you are going to go to places that do not have the technology or the lifestyle
you have here for example some countries do not have amazon prime where you can order anything
and you get to your doorsteps no so be really prepared to be humble and to learn about the
culture and to accept this as an experience rather than come with an obvious obnoxious
object go with the flow learn from people and then my next tip is to bring books so
for example in my case i trav
el full-time so i'm very limited on the amount of books
i can bring but i always have one or two including my book which i will leave the link
down below if you want to get it it's on amazon and on my website don't rely just on digital take
some time to read and journal and be in the moment that is really what is going to make you richer
my life has changed in ways i could never imagine i've met people all over the world in so many
interesting settings and you meet people like that all over
it is just incredible at least take
one trip on your own and see how it feels be open to see and learn and meet new people and you'll
see how richer you're gonna come back i hope this video really was helpful and inspirational to you
and if you have any questions or comments please let me know down below and if you are interested
in becoming a full-time traveler aka digital nomad i have a full course that covers everything about
this and i'm also going to leave the link down below once aga
in thank you so much for watching
and i will see you on my next video bye-bye
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