How do you stay fresh, particularly in your intimate area, when travelling? I am someone who naturally has a lot of discharge, no infections etc, but long travel days and hot weather etc can leave me feeling less than fresh. I don't like scented products either. What do you do?
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I am looking at going for my birthday in September. Any recommendations are welcome.
I always try as much as I can. Usually it's too pricy for me to only eat local, so I mostly opt for cheaper options with occasional meal in a local restaurant or market.
Hey y'all! I'm trying to help a friend get a jump on her wardrobe for her Italy trip. We are American: She has never been to Europe before nor travelled internationally. She booked a 2 week trip around Tuscany and Cinque Terre. I have travelled extensively internationally but never been to Italy. She said she wants to just bring a bunch of maxi dresses, but i think she's going to need a rain jacket, sweater, and other items for layering.
I frequent the one-bag travel subs and i absolutely love seeing pics of travel wardrobes flat-lay style, so if you have any examples like that I'd love to see them.
Otherwise, any advice you can offer so i can help make her a Pinterest inspo board would be great :)
PS... i do think they'll be checking bags. I'm nervous about them having to haul large suitcases up stairs and onto trains. She's in her mid 30s but her partner is in his 50s and has back issues. Will this be an issue? I never check a bag so i don't have to deal with this.
I would really love to visit but many people have told me it is incredibly unsafe unless you have family over there. I would appreciate any advice or personal experiences from those who have visited.
I had this happen in Bangkok. During the day I liked it, but I also found it really hot, busy, and kind of overwhelming at first.
Then the evening came and it felt like a different city. The street food, night markets, lights, people everywhere, little bars and cafes… suddenly I completely got the appeal. I ended up staying out way later than I planned just walking around.
Since then I’ve stopped judging a place too quickly based on the daytime vibe.
Has anywhere completely changed your opinion once you experienced it at night?
Hi! Just want to ask for some solo travel advice. I'm an extrovert too so I'm okay with meeting new people. and I have questions:
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Been in international country before with relatives, but I really wanted to solo travel before I turned 30.
All kinds of advice are welcome! They will all be helpful to me. 🥹
I see so many women on this sub asking how to make travel economically accessible to themselves and this is the secret. Now this advice does not apply to someone who is in debt, but getting any kind of travel reward credit card and using it as your debit card for all available purchases will rack up miles/points faster than anything. The key is like a debit card, you aren’t ever carrying a balance. You pay it off every month and watch it grow. Which one you get all depends on your needs and wants for travel. Also sign up for every single loyalty program whenever you stay somewhere. Even if it’s a small program you think you might never use the points to. When booking always check your point conversions and points offers. I was lucky enough to travel for a work a ton starting out and made sure to have my own accounts Hilton, United, Marriott, etc. I was able to spend 5 nights at the Waldorf in London on my last trip paying in just my points and that was just what I had earned over the last year. I use my points regularly and about 70% of my stays are covered by points. I personally have a Hilton Amex (even though I don’t prefer Hiltons, it made the most sense for my life and work) and a Capitol One Venture X (this is my newest and I’ll see if I like it over the next year). I’ve have never and probably will never get an airline specific card but that’s also a route you can go. I find I get just as many perks from my airline miles alone that a card wouldn’t do anything but lock me into one airline. Just my 2 cents on something I see a ton on here!
I have trouble sleeping on long-haul flights. Is there much of a difference compared to economy?
I feel like I always hear about the places women should be careful in, but not as much about the places that actually made them feel safe.
I recently went somewhere expecting to be a little on edge, and honestly felt totally fine the whole time. It made me wonder how much of our expectations come from what we hear online vs what its actually like once youre there.
Has anywhere surprised you like that? Would love to hear where.
Hi all, looking for some experienced recommendations for the safest destinations to take a 3 day trip in Europe as a young woman travelling solo! I am choosing to ask specifically rather than just following vague online recommendations as I was pretty unsettled in my previous experience of doing this.
I took a trip to Iceland in December with my female friend, this was my first trip not with family so we wanted to choose a destination with the best safety record for women. We were unfortunately met with a lot of cat calling and harassment, along with being closely followed by a hooded man in which we had to sprint away from him as he chased closely behind. It was late at night walking back from an excursion, we were terrified. Eventually we lost him and he gave up, but it has made me even more wary about just following google recommendations. First hand experience would be great to hear and I would be curious to find out if anyone else has ever had a similar scary experience in Iceland as a woman?
I will be taking this trip as some form of first step towards the courage I need, I am in a relationship that is making me miserable and I do not have the courage to change anything about that. I'm just trying to find ways to build myself up and this may be one.
I just need to vent for a minute to get this out of my system, so sorry for rambling a bit:
I was on the first leg of an overnight intercontinental flight, flying alone. I sat in the aisle next to a man my age but with different cultural background. He was very chatty. In the beginning I was okay with exchanging some stories but I generally rather keep to myself on long flights (this one was six hours) and was also just not interested in getting to know this man better.
He did not get any social hints about me not wanting to talk anymore. He also talked about how I should visit him in his home town to with I just said "no thank you" with a polite smile. At one point I said I was going to watch a movie now and this man kept talking to while I was watching the movie. He also nudged me every time to get my attention.
After dinner I thought my best strategy would be to just pretend to sleep and listen to an audiobook. I told him I was tired and was going to sleep now. I put on a sleeping mask, put in earphones, and this guy has the audacity to still talk to me! After nudging me twice within a few minutes an trying to show me something on my screen, I outright told him: "I'm sorry but I've told you multiple times now that I want to sleep and I've asked you to stop. I am serious, stop it. I just want some privacy now." I said it neutral but clearly, so a few heads turned.
After that he left me alone but I was steaming inside and nearly cried because I couldn't stand the audacity of this man. He never tried to talk to his other seat neighbor who was a guy as well, mind you. I couldn't catch a minute of sleep because he also took up some of my seat space with his arm/elbow and I couldn't stand touching him.
Hi! I was wondering how you usually meet other travellers while travelling solo? I used to use Couchsurfing, but lately I mostly see men in the hangouts, and I don’t always feel comfortable meeting up with them alone or just with men. Sometimes people at hostels have already made their own plans or groups by the time I meet them. I’d love to hear how other solo female travellers meet people while travelling!
Besides the normal crossword, sudoku, & word find books. Obviously not the reading kind. I have tons of books to read but looking for something different for a couple of long haul flights.
I'm planning on traveling for a few months in Europe (I am based in the US). It seems like most annual travel insurance plans will cover multiple trips "up to 45 days"...I'm not taking multiple 45 day trips so much as one long trip in multiple countries, does anyone have an affordable travel insurance recommendation for this?
Planning to visit london again for the holiday to see the Christmas markets. Any nearby places that is accessible by train to go and see for 2-3nights + has great Christmas decors/markets. Other than Edinburgh?
I need some advice. During my solo travels I will visit a friend who lives abroad. She's keen on me visiting her and showing me all around in her city, and I will stay on her couch. However, during those dates she has already booked quite an expensive theatre show to go to with friends, one that doesn't interest me at all. She said it was sold out and I, being relieved, said "no problem at all, I love having a night by myself just going to the cinema". I didn't say I wasn't interested in the play anyway, as she was so enthusiastic about it - neither did I say however I would have really liked to go.
Now she looked up the website and found out there were still a few (very expensive and in bad locations) tickets left. She just sent it to me saying "yay, there are still some tickets, you can purchase one". I can't really say I don't have the money as she knows I'm traveling and booking Airbnb's and attending music festivals etc on my trip. However, I'm conscious with my money and feel really bad spending this amount on something that I really dread having to attend. What is good manners here? Should I join and buy the ticket as I'm their guest (I'm of course saving on sleeping arrangements)? Am I very wrong to be a bit surprised by her just sending the thing and expecting me to buy a ticket - when I hosted someone recently at home in my city I surprised them with tickets to a show, so as a host I found it my job to pay for them...Looking forward to your advice how to correctly handle this situation while offending no-one (neither myself...). Thanks!
tossing up between the two but more leaning to osaka… what are the must dos in each place?
I’m 25 years old girl and this is my fourth time traveling alone—I’ve learned plenty about courage, independence, and finding my way around, but not about socializing. I can ask someone a question if I need to, but I’ll never be the one to start a conversation. I always stay in hostels, where there are plenty of opportunities to meet people, but I always choose to stay in my room. After my first two solo trips, I dared to spend time in common areas during my third and fourth trips, but what good did it do? I’m an introvert—I’m definitely not talkative—but I always feel jealous and frustrated when I see guys striking up conversations with other girls at the same hostel, or when they just start talking to anyone, while I don’t. I rarely exchange a few words with anyone, but it never leads to, for example, exchanging contacts.
I feel hopeless. I’ve always heard that solo travel teaches you a lot—that’s true—but every time I go somewhere, I end up feeling sorry for myself because of my lack of social skills. And I have in mind 2 types of relationships – romantical ones and just friendships. I've heard how other people made friends from solo traveling – again, I'm being jealous about it, because it does not look possible for me even after traveling the world.
That fucking Instagram algorithm keeps showing me how many of these solo-traveling girls are in all kinds of situationships when I’ve never had anything like that and probably never will. I know, I know—social media is fake—but that really doesn’t help me at all, because I’m definitely insecure about it.
Am I the only one like this? What could I do differently? I know it would take a lot of courage either way, but... I honestly feel hopeless and it takes the majority of joy from just being able to travel alone.