Have you traveled alone, solitary, in recent years?

[Victor]

Going hundreds of miles without anyone with you, and meeting no one when you arrive?
Totally alone. As a senior. I have done this many times but am very tired of it now, over 70.
I mean pre-Covid times.

 

[hollydolly]

yes I have .. quite a few times, but tbf, it was travelling to my second home in Southern Spain.. albeit alone at times, and no-one there to meet me, It was not somewhere unknown to me.
I'd like to think I could do it to somewhere I've never been before and I could if I was travelling somewhere , where they speak English as a first language ..

.. but we don't have the luxury of having English speaking countries as neighbours... so for me it would have to mean travel to far flung places like the USA..Australia, NZ. Canada etc... too far on my own now ...

 

[Alligatorob]

Many times, I kind of enjoy it. No one else to entertain. But I also like company, most of the time.

If business trips count hundreds, all over the world. On those mostly traveling alone, but meeting people for business purposes along the way.
Next week I fly to Florida for a few days, traveling alone, no one meeting me when I arrive. However I will be meeting some friends for a fishing expedition. Holly, that is probably about as far as Spain, however the folks in Florida speak English, of a sorts...

 

[terry123]

Not anymore.

 

[hollydolly]

Many times, I kind of enjoy it. No one else to entertain. But I also like company, most of the time.

If business trips count hundreds, all over the world. On those mostly traveling alone, but meeting people for business purposes along the way.
Next week I fly to Florida for a few days, traveling alone, no one meeting me when I arrive. However I will be meeting some friends for a fishing expedition. Holly, that is probably about as far as Spain, however the folks in Florida speak English, of a sorts...

lol..that made me laugh...
...

....yes Spain is just 2.5hours flight from here.. but of course in reality with all the airport faff it's actually a good part of 7 hours to finally get there... a flight to Florida from here to Tampa is around 10 hours...flight only.. never mind the airport time both ends

 

[Alligatorob]

....yes Spain is just 2.5hours flight from here.. but of course in reality with all the airport faff it's actually a good part of 7 hours to finally get there... a flight to Florida from here to Tampa is around 10 hours...flight only.. never mind the airport time both ends

Orlando (or Tampa) is about a 4 hour flight from here, if you can get direct. The US is a big place.

 

[hollydolly]

Orlando (or Tampa) is about a 4 hour flight from here, if you can get direct. The US is a big place.

yes I know... it always amazes me when I discover some states are so far from each other... almost like flying to another country as we do in the UK when we fly.. remember the whole of the UK is smaller than Oregon .. but with 64 million people more...

 

[Alligatorob]

the whole of the UK is smaller than Oregon .. but with 64 million people more...

Really hard for me to grasp. The UK just feels bigger than that.

I am also impressed by how much lovely rural and wild landscape y'all have managed to preserve. Your population density doesn't feel so great.

 

[Llynn]

Solitary travel is what I prefer.

 

[Chris P Bacon]

I like traveling alone because I write the itinerary and without the need for a companion's approval.
Besides, everywhere I've ever gone, there are people there. I make new friends as I journey along, alone.

 

[senior chef]

Due to health reasons I no longer travel, but when I did, it was always alone.
I booked my flight and hotel in advance but once at my destination, I moved about on my own and never, ever joined a tour group. Lord, how I hate the thought of being herded about like some sheep in a flock.

 

[Pinky]

I've traveled alone 99.9% of my trips, and prefer it. Furthest was Australia/Toronto many times. I've met a lot of interesting people. Several were quite young, going to/from jobs overseas, a mother and her daughter who had just signed a recording contract, a retired stewardess (she got us "extras"), and just pleasant fellow-travelers.

I may consider a short trip out to the west coast, but, no more international travel for me.

 

[Liberty]

Traveled alone sometimes for the business. Been retired now for 4 years so no more. Neighbor on the adjoining acreage is a "dualie" - citizenship in the USA and UK and has been wanting to go back home for 2 years - her mom is 97! Now that she got vaccinated and could get out of the country she can't get in the UK now.

 

[Lewkat]

Oh sure, I have often gone off on a trip solo. Last big one was to Morocco.

 

[MrPants]

I always travel alone. I find it much easier and I meet all kinds of people along the way as well as when I get to destination. Most of my travel has been international up to this point. Haven't travelled since March of 2020 though for obvious reasons but will be soon

 

[Packerjohn]

Just came back from a month of car travel all the way up to the Yukon. All US towns off limits to us? Anyway, I hate traveling solo. Always traveled with someone since 1970. No one to talk to, to share experience and problems and joys. It really sucks!

 

[hollydolly]

Oh sure, I have often gone off on a trip solo. Last big one was to Morocco.

When was that Lois ?

 

[jujube]

I enjoy solo traveling. Yes, I do have to do all the driving, but then *I* get to stop at any darn store or tourist attraction *I* want, stay as long as *I* want and eat at restaurants *I* like. It definitely has its advantages.

 

[Tish]

Not for a while now, but no doubt will do so after the pandemic is less threatening.

 

[Lewkat]

When was that Lois ?

Oh it was in 2012, Holly. I don't get around these days.

 

[hollydolly]

Oh it was in 2012, Holly. I don't get around these days.

I know Lois which is why I asked.. but 9 years ago.. meant you were in your 70's.. so no mean feat , I'm sorry you're unable to do it now, you must miss it

 

[Nosy Bee-54]

I travel solo and prefer international trips. Just waiting for the pandemic to be contained so I can get back to leisure travel.

 

[hollydolly]

Not for a while now, but no doubt will do so after the pandemic is less threatening.

Me too, God willing...

 

[Lewkat]

I know Lois which is why I asked.. but 9 years ago.. meant you were in your 70's.. so no mean feat , I'm sorry you're unable to do it now, you must miss it

I most certainly do, Holly.

 

[Murrmurr]

No, not very recently. But between 2018 and 2020 I did. All by myself, I went to England, Argentina and Venezuela, Thailand, and Okinawa Prefecture. I stayed in Venezuela for a few months, working on my cousin's farm to get by, and stayed in Thailand for a couple of months, where teaching English got me by.