vacation alone?

olive555

Anyone ever do this?  I have a week off at the end of May and want to do something, but all of my friends are married with children, so it looks like I'd be doing this solo.  I haven't been on a vacation since my honeymoon 5 years ago and could really use one, after this awful year and now that I'm officially divorced.

Any ideas/suggestions?  I'm a little intimidated by the idea, but also feel like it could be good for me.

RedRedWine2

I love vacationing alone!!! I haven't done a ton, but I'd be all about it. I've mostly done short weekend (a few days in Hawaii before meeting my family on another island, and a few short weekends in Europe when I lived there).

I had a friend look into a few yoga-type retreat centers in Santa Barbara/Palm Springs (she lives in California) but I think it would depends on A. where you live  B. how far you want to travel and C. How much you wanted to spend.

If I could, I'd maybe just go to one city in Europe for a week. Or maybe somewhere like a resort in Montana where I could ride horses, etc. and just get out in nature. I know there are alot of places that have packges, so I'd check into those?

 

+Black Kitty+

I haven't since I was in college, but if I was going to I'd try to take one of those singles trips.  This one looks good:

http://www.singlestravelintl.com/trip_packages/129-isle-of-crete-rendezvous

MintChocoChip

I was thinking of doing an organized vacation alone too.  

I'm actually leaving for Nashville for my first quasi-vacation alone.  I have a professional conference and I'm meeting up with Black Kitty and LookingUp.  It's a slow start to venturing on vacation alone and I'm so excited!

River Pestie

While I wasn't totally alone, I might as well have been alone when I went to Taiwan and Spain. I pretty much went to Taiwan and did everything by myself bc the friend I went there to see had to work, so I took day trips and another trip by myself.

When I went to Spain, I saw my niece a few times, but she couldn't hang out much because she was in school and had to study at night. I ended up flying to Barcelona and doing pretty much everything by myself. I met some cool people at the hostel I stayed at and I was able to do anything and everything I wanted on my own time, own schedule. 

kippersophie

go go go! I am going on my Thailand trip alone (actually, I'm dreading telling Dad that I'm going alone. But that's for another post.)

where are you thinking of going? Just in the US, or are you open to international travel? I would sooo recommend the latter. It's completely liberating.

I've stayed in hostels, so you meet people. Talk to strangers when you go out for meals, I've even met people to hang out with on public transportation while I'm traveling.

starburst604

I say go for it, I'm lucky to have friends that are frequently available to travel but if I didn't I'd have no problem traveling solo. I kind of like the thought of being in total control of my agenda and doing exactly what I want to do! I think back to when I was a teen and my parents had just divorced, my mom took a trip to Europe on her own. She had always wanted to travel and my dad wasn't into it so this was finally her shot. She's traveled a ton since then. Looking back it was really brave! Now I know where my wanderlust comes from.

moreace01

I'm in the same boat so to speak. I'm looking at a tour of Turkey/Greece right now. I have a feeling I will be the youngest one there (on the tour) and that is sort of holding me back, but I'm slowly getting over that.

A friend of mine had a great idea - visit a foreign destination and take a language class for a few days - or some sort of multi-day class. I think that would be a great way to meet people so you don't feel so all alone.