One of the most common questions that new solo female travelers have is about how to meet people while traveling. In fact, I see potential travel friends everywhere I look! Here are some of the ways that I meet people and make friends when traveling⦠give them a try on your next trip!
You can start to meet people while traveling as soon as your flight lands. This is the perfect time to approach someone new and spark up some conversation. Think your target is a local? Ask them to recommend a secret hot spot that only locals would know about. Got your eyes on another tourist? Sure, you could spend the entire trip staring at the TV show you downloaded onto your laptop. But Love Island will still be there when you get home at which time you seriously need to watch it!
I always meet people while traveling on the bus, on the train and on the airplane. For example, when I was in Belarus I noticed a guy who looked foreign on the bus from the airport to the city center. I introduced myself, and it turns out we both had reservations at the same hostel for the same number of nights. We spent the next four days exploring Minsk together!
My go-to strategy for breaking the ice in transit is to point out something interesting out the window. Have you ever seen something like that before? Do you know what it is? Follow Fearless Female Travels on Facebook for actually-useful tips on traveling as a solo female, saving money abroad and more! No annoying emails β I promise! When I first wrote this guide, I omitted this from my list of ways to meet people while traveling because it just seemed so obvious to me.
However, after traveling around Europe solo in , and , I can see how many travelers are choosing hotels or AirBnbs instead of traditional hostels. I can also see how that is affecting their ability to meet other people.
