this is a good question... and to be honest.. I try to mix it up... depending on where I go... I did a bunch of tours in Iceland.. that ate up most of the day.. ( I did a Game of thrones filming tour while there and was freaking amazing... could not have had a better time with that)

It helps me see the stuff I want to see.. some people dont like tours and to each their own... I get wanitng to explore on your own.... but sometimes tours are the better option.

... but I did LA in October and I didn't do a single tour... just walked around Hollywood Blvd/ SUnset Strip...and hit the COmedy Store and went to a taping of Price is Right ( HIGHLY reccomend that if you're in the position to do it )

Walking around the north end in Boston... where so much of our History/fouding fathers were... that was surreal to me... I just took it all in... walking on these old old streets imagining myself in colonial times...

I have some social anxiety so I don't really go up and talk to people... but like I said im content with myself and having a quiet trip like Key west... That was mostly drinking and exploring the island

Edit to add: So I was top of the WTC 2 weeks before 9/11... I'll never forget that.... so we went back in 2003 as the massive excavation was underway... then in 2016... I decided it was time for closure as I was finally old enough to go by myself and pay for it myself... the 9/11 museum/ memorial was finally open... so I went... and that drained me...I'm getting emotional as I type this part actually... I'm glad nobody else was with me that day... I was a mess ..

People ask me all the time... " Do you ever gt tired of traveling alone or don't you want someone to go with you?"

and my answer is always.. " Can you imagine the people old in life who never got out of their comfort zone and never traveled bc they didnt wanna go alone .. waiting for someone else to join them and that never came.... I don't want that life

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Posted by kingbob

Sorrento, LA

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Posted on 6/18/20 at 9:57 am to Lawyered

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Can you imagine the people old in life who never got out of their comfort zone and never traveled bc they didnt wanna go alone .. waiting for someone else to join them and that never came....

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Posted by GetCocky11

Calgary, AB

Member since Oct 2012

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Posted on 6/18/20 at 1:38 pm to Lawyered

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Can you imagine the people old in life who never got out of their comfort zone and never traveled bc they didnt wanna go alone

Happens a lot.

Hell, take travel out of it. Think of the people who don't go to a restaurant or go to a movie alone because they think they'll be judged.

Solo travel is awesome. Sure, if you manage to go with someone with the exact same interests, it is preferred. But typically, you're pulled in many different directions when traveling with a group. Solo travel, you do what you want at the pace you want. It is a nice change.

My last solo trip, I was in the airport getting put back together after TSA. A traveler sat next to me and saw my hiking backpack and had a bit of envy when I told him I was going out west alone for a few days. It was a good feeling.