Women Traveling Alone Part III – 7 Reasons to Go

Thanks for all the tips! I’ve just finally decided to travel to Greece this coming Summer on my own. At first, I was looking for packages with travel agencies but I noticed I didn’t want to follow guidelines and rules and I wanted to do things my way, and, of course, is cheaper so thank you again.
Any tips or piece of advice you can share with me regarding Greece will be deeply appreciated

Inspirational and encouraging – we work in tourism on the Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia and love a visit from any solo travelers – come and stay with us

In the early seventies when I was done college, I was in my early twenties. It was the time of Europe — dollar a day — no euro for sure. I hiched as far north into arctic circle as I cared to go and as far south in Africa. I did it solo, before kids and partners. Now, at sixty, I have in last three years started over — Great Wall, Pompeii, Machu Pichu — again solo. I have ditched the guilt and am at twenth three countries in five continents and counting. From Burton in Zanzabar ” \of the galdenst moments in human live me thinks, is the departure upon a distant journed into unknown lands.
shaking off with one might effort the fetters of Habit,the leaden weight of routine and the cloak of many cares.

I again apologize for intruding in the ladies’ room. But as a man, I’m inherently dense and therefore lack the ability to understand what is intuitively obvious to every woman.

In this case, what I don’t understand is why any of the “seven reasons” are specific to women. Indeed, were they included in a hypothetical gender-neutral article called “Solo Travel: 7 Reasons to Go,” I would find them relevant and thought-provoking for both men and women. Perhaps the reasons involving having children and “being responsible for children and a partner” might resonate with women, but I know plenty of men who have children and are responsible for them and a partner.

I know it’s impossible, but could one or more of you ladies please enlighten me about what I’m missing here?

(Yes, I’m being facetious. But since I’ve been reading about how the popularity of EAT, PRAY, LOVE is making women’s solo travel “trendy,” I’m beginning to fear that the travel industry will ultimately recognize and welcome solo women as valuable customers while continuing to marginalize solo male travelers.)

yes yes yes! Those are all great reasons to go and go on your own. I’m going to be taking my first international trip in November and it will be all on my own. I’m generally a solitary person anyway, but there’s something about traveling on my own that makes me think about things a little differently, get a different perspective, etc. I suspect an international trip will do that even more than a quick weekend trip somewhere in the states.

I couldn’t agree more with all the reasons to try traveling solo. I’ve done it several times and each time I set out on my trip, I’m a little (no, alot) scared but once I get there, the fear goes away. It’s the rush that you get that you are actually fighting a fear and not letting it control or keep you from enjoying your life.
I didn’t start traveling solo until I was older. What’s amazing is the looks you get when you return from other women wishing they had the courage to try that. Then, I feel like an explorer … an incredibly brave one.