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I am meant to be leaving to go travelling alone to India in two weeks, but now that it's come down to it, I am freaking out and don't know if I can do it! Anybody been travelling here before? I have contacts over there but I am convinced I am going to get there then immediately want to come back, I've heard so many horror stories about tourists in India.

Advice?

I am meant to be leaving to go travelling alone to India in two weeks, but now that it's come down to it, I am freaking out and don't know if I can do it! Anybody been travelling here before? I have contacts over there but I am convinced I am going to get there then immediately want to come back, I've heard so many horror stories about tourists in India.

Advice?

Just wondering, what age do you think is okay to travel alone for a few months in a different country/ continent?
Obviously it's different for each individual, but just interested on what a specific age would be.
I want to go after college when I'm 18 and I want to be able to speak to other backpackers that are roughly my age, so will there be many?

I first went travelling when I was 18 and there are so many people, all of different ages, cultures. I'd definitely recommend going and just speaking to everyone you meet, most of the time the oldest folk have the best stories to tell but there are places that cater to younger crowds, different hostels in different areas attract different people, the choice is endless where are you thinking of heading to?

Thanks, well I've got at least a year before I go so I haven't made up my mind yet! I'm interested in Southern Asia though and Australia sounds great too.
Where have you traveled to?

Hi I've booked to go to China, Hong Kong, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Oz and nz starting in march and I'm so excited. I've been looking into the visas I need and I'm a bit confused mainly about one for Vietnam. Can anybody advise me where to apply for one/ when to apply and costs?

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Vietnam you need to go to the Vietnamese embassy in person or there are some companies online that you can use. You basically send all the documents and the paperwork they provide to them and they forward it to the embassy and send it back to you.

Hey! Just come out of a long term relationship, and don't really have any friends that I'd feel comfortable enough to go on holiday with/who don't already have their own plans etc so am thinking about going somewhere on my own for the first time. I was maybe thinking about a city break to Copenhagen for a few days as my Mum's got a cousin out there who I hope could at least point me in the right direction. Anyone been to Copenhagen and got any tips/advice to share? Much appreciated!

Actually looking into Denmark at present, myself. Flights are dirt cheap, can get a return flight from as little as £35; however, it is on a whole a very expensive place to live, food, drink, so on. Can be paying in excess of £8 a pint in places.

I've booked a gap year trip for Thailand but I'd really like to do Vietnam after, but I don't want to travel alone. I'm mostly worried about going out at night, and staying in hotels on my own. Will anyone else be going the end of February. I'm planning on going north to south in 3 weeks.


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Copenhagen is a really nice city architecturally and is super friendly, like others have already said dirt cheap to fly there, but can be pricey, fortunately I have Danish friends who live out there and they showed me the cheaper places to go. Food wise I ate from the supermarket or McDonalds if I never ate with them to save money, drinking wise I found it quite cheap pre drank from the supermarket and some places you can get beers bigger than steins for as little as £3 pound, as per usual tourist Irish bars are ridiculously expensive but was guaranteed the football, LA bar was good at night can't remember the prices due to drinking ha but great club and atmosphere with locals, I'd advise 2-3 days as not as much to see as say Paris/Berlin, check out christiania too

Thanks for this! Really helpful. Can I ask whether you stayed with your friends, or hostel/hotel etc? Yeah, was thinking 3 days would be about right. Enough to hopefully get a flavour of the place, but not to get bored! Thanks for your help!