If you want to get a photo of yourself actually riding your bicycle, you’ll need to either to carry a tripod of some sort with you, or you will have to rely on strangers to help you with your photo opportunities – and strangers have a tendency to be really poor photographers. One of my biggest complains about traveling alone is that you don’t have anyone around to help you take photos. The emotional and psychological effects of solo travel can not only be difficult, but damaging as well. You’ll have to eat alone most days, see the sights by yourself, camp out alone, and return from your bicycle tour with no other individual on the planet truly understanding the magnitude of the experience you’ve just had. In much the same way that you won’t have anyone to talk to on your bicycle tour, you also won’t have anyone to share your overall bicycle touring experience with. You’ll surely meet people along the way to chat with, but having someone you can trust and have deep, meaningful conversations with is something you won’t benefit from if you choose to travel by yourself. It can get quite lonely (especially on longer bicycle tours) when you are traveling for days, weeks or months on end with no one to talk to. One of the most obvious disadvantages to traveling alone is that for much of your bicycle tour, you will have no one to talk to. And if you overpay for something that a travel partner could have prevented you from purchasing, it’ll be entirely your fault. If you eat something that you probably shouldn’t have, you’ll have no one to blame but yourself. If you decide to take the wrong road, you’ll have to live with the consequences of that action. If you don’t feel safe traveling by yourself, it’s probably best to find a travel partner or a small group of some kind that you could join for your intended bicycle tour.Īnother disadvantage to traveling alone is that because you are making all the decisions, there is no one to double-check your choices and correct you when you’re wrong. Women too should take special precautions when traveling alone in many parts of the world.
Personal safety when traveling alone is something even the most seasoned traveler should consider. In much the same way that traveling alone makes it easier for you to make friends and be approached by strangers who are interested in hearing about your travels, it also makes you a target for people who might wish to steal from you or do you harm. The most obvious disadvantage to traveling by yourself is your personal safety. As you will see in just a moment, there are many advantages to traveling with a partner or a group of people, but there are just as many disadvantages as well. In other words, it’s easier to meet people and make new friends when you’re traveling alone.įinally, traveling alone can be great because there is no one else around to annoy you, slow you down, or question your judgement. The decision making power of solo travel is surely a major benefit.Īnother great thing about traveling alone is that because you’re alone and not always attached at the hip with another individual, it’s much easier for strangers to approach you and introduce themselves. You get to choose the route you cycle each day, you get to decide what foods you will eat or what time you will wake up in the morning, and you get to ultimately determine how your bicycle tour plays out. One of the biggest advantages of bicycle touring by yourself is that you are in charge of your own destiny. Then I’ll give some tips that you can use to ensure you have a happy and successful bicycle tour – whether you decide to travel by yourself, with another individual, or with a group of any size. In this article I’d like to share with you some of the major benefits and disadvantages of traveling alone or with a partner/group. Choosing to travel alone or with a partner/group can make a major difference in the overall success or failure of any bicycle tour.
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