To travel alone or not to travel at all? Travel!

While traveling alone can be daunting and lonely at times, exploring a new place opens up many opportunities to meet new people and reinvent yourself. There are plenty of resources available to the single or solo traveler

1. Traveling Alone – Hostels are great places to meet other like-minded solo travelers. A hostel is similar to a hotel stay, except lodging is usually dorm room style or shared space, with a kitchen to prepare and cook meals. The price for a hostel is generally less expensive than a hotel. Visit Hostelling International and Hostels.com for more information about locations throughout the world.
2. Couch Surfing – For an even more intimate experience into the places you will visit, consider meeting locals by sleep on their couches! As crazy as the concept sounds – e-mailing a complete stranger so that you can sleep on their couch for a night or two for free (or for very little money) – it is popular all over the world. Visit CouchSurfing online at http://www.couchsurfing.org/
3. Small Group Travel – Perhaps the best of both worlds – you meet other single travelers and get local experience at the same time – small group travel connects like-minded travelers with a tour guide’s local knowledge of the history, culture, and places you will be visiting. With a small group tour, people from all over the world travel together. It is much different than a big bus trip. With a small group tour, you travel with 12-20 other people along with a tour leader that is part of the group (not just a driver). The tour operator will make most of your arrangements for you, from transportation, lodging, and optional activities.

Our tour company, Florida Adventure Treks, caters to single travelers that want to experience Florida like a local. We are Florida’s ONLY small group tour company. To learn more about single and solo travel to Florida, visit us at www.FloridaAdventureTreks.com.