Comments on: Why It’s Never the Right Time to Travel

By: davi

davi — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:45:38 +0000

I agree what about Kristin write in this article, but traveling alone I think it takes a lot of courage, especially for women. it may be safer to travel with a friend. I can’t imagine if backpaker traveling alone in another country, it might be better if traveling in private tour. a situation we still don’t know about the new place. okey, technologically we can easily find the information about the place but whether you know the information is true or lie even a trivial problem will be in bigger magnitude that seemed to be very creepy.

By: Belinda Cook

Belinda Cook — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 22:14:00 +0000

Thankyou for writing this, you are speaking my language. I have recently turned 50 and made a life altering decision. I am single and working very hard to pay off my mortgage as being homeless has always been one of my greatest fears. And now?……
I can’t wait to become homeless!
I’ve made the decision to sell my home, become debt free, save and then travel for the rest of my life!!!!
Reading articles like yours inspire me daily to stay on this path and I am so determined to make it haopen. I’ve set the date for my 56th birthday but who knows? It may even happen sooner. I hope to be travelling the world until I’m well into my 90’s! Life’s too short and there’s a whole lotta world out there that I still haven’t seen yet.

By: Seda Mutlu

Seda Mutlu — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:17:25 +0000

Hi Kristin! First of all, I really loved this article! I have not been outside of the country which I lived in, but I know there are many opportunities for me to travel to other countries and cities in Europe. Because I am studying, and the easiest way to go abroad is Erasmus program for example. However, my family is really worried about this because of the reasons that you mentioned above. That’s way, rarely I am also thinking that they are right and I can not survive alone. However, in my opinion, there are milestones in our lives and sometimes we should encourage ourselves to get sense of achievement and freedom. In a nutshell, I really enjoyed reading your article and it makes me realize how many opportunities I want to make a reality. Traveling alone seems like a great experience that I would love to make happen in the near future.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 18:32:13 +0000

I totally get the no one to do it with bit, before my first 3 week solo trip to Europe I was so scared but I just had to I wanted to go and explore new places so I did that while all my friends went on a party holiday to Ibiza which we’d already done a couple years before and I went off on my own to Europe. I bet my 3 weeks cost less than their 1 week and I got to see and do so much more.
I then did the same going to America for 4 months to work and travel solo although I met some amazing people there the I did end up travelling with for a few weeks post the working part of the trip before I joined a great group of people on a tour trip for 3 weeks that was sponsored by intrepid
I’m so grateful that I now have a boyfriend that wants to travel right now for us that means weekend breaks due to money and jobs but it’s still great to say I want to go here and him be like yep lets go or vice versa. Currently got a trip to pickering in England where we’re from booked and Budapest just 4 days after that where i’ve already been but he’s not but I can’t wait to go back

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 20:30:36 +0000

Great article and absolutely right – go for it!
My 19 yr old daughter has been in Australia for 5 months and has no intentions of returning yet. She has ‘too much to do and see’.
There is a lifetime for her to continue with her education and she has gained more in the last 5 months in terms of confidence, self esteem and general life experience than she would ever have gained at college.
She set off with a plan and a budget but found that living simply her money went further than she expected. Her motto now is ‘work – travel – work’ and this keeps her funded and going.
She knows where we are and with modern day communication we can keep track of her (most of the time! ) so her safety doesn’t really worry us – despite some scary recent stories.
I was interested to see that parents can be a barrier. My only response is: I wish I was 30 years younger!
Go for it!!!

By: Christa

Christa — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 16:12:22 +0000

Loved this, how inspiring! 🙂

I know a lot of people, including myself, think this way about travel!

By: Jane Clements

Jane Clements — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 08:50:18 +0000

I agree with you Kristin. There is no right time to travel and you will always be asked when are you going to ‘settle back down’. I set off 4 years ago at the age of 50. I had done the settling down (mortgage, husband, kids, dog, 9-5 job), but people still ask when I am going to go back to it all.
Never! I am having too much fun the more people that I meet in hostels who are living and working this way, the more convinced that this is MY right way and MY version of settled

By: Sonu

Sonu — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 05:31:11 +0000

i totally agree here. There are several problems for solo travelers specially for women. Money is another main problem that prevent us to fulfill our travelling dreams. You have shared very useful information here.

By: Tarin

Tarin — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 17:01:03 +0000

Great work. Truly speaking I never seen a blog like that. Absolutely superb work. Good luck. Thanks for such an informative post.

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 19:09:26 +0000

In reply to Nicole. Exactly!