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The cost goes up the closer to the time it is so I guess those people subsidise the people with £1 seats

I was very tempted to go on a trip on my own this summer, it's very hard to get my current friends to do anything, even getting them to leave North Yorkshire is incredibly difficult.

hiya, i've never travelled alone before (i'm only 18) but I'm planning of booking http://www.xtremegapyear.co.uk/trip/spanish-and-sun-2-week-crash-course-spain-video-367 let me know if you've done it so I can decide if I should bother! and then I'd like to do interrailing but I'd only be able to do about 10-12 days because I need to come back to start university and I don't have much money. I'm wondering if it's worth getting a interrail pass for this length of time because I won't be able to use it much? I'll be in Malaga until the 18th of August so do you think it would be better to just get a train from there and just stay in one place for a few days? If you think I should still interrail, where are the best places to get to near Malaga?
Thanks for any help!

Do you guys always book hostels in advance or can you just turn up and usually get a bed?

I just can't fathom planning every single day in advance - if i get an interail pass I have no idea how long I'll want to stay in each place?

Can someone briefly sum up what bits of a trip they plan and which bits they improvise?

Do you guys always book hostels in advance or can you just turn up and usually get a bed?

I just can't fathom planning every single day in advance - if i get an interail pass I have no idea how long I'll want to stay in each place?

Can someone briefly sum up what bits of a trip they plan and which bits they improvise?

I went to Paris alone last year, and it was brilliant! I saw an old friend while there who was studying abroad, and the freedom of being able to explore everything I wanted to was amazing, rather than most of my friends who go abroad for suntans and beach days. Travelling alone makes me wary, but if I want to see all the things in the world that I want to, it's gonna have to be alone because dragging friends out of the country is such a hard task! And even when they do go, it's to a beach rather than a place of cultural value (why I HATED Ibiza last year). Hopefully making a trip to Rome and Barcelona in October, but wanting to go to Athens and Budapest also, so many things to see!

Hi

When I travelled last year, I booked some hostels in advance just for peace of mind really. If you are arriving late at night you will obviously want to have some accom booked as you don't want to be traipsing around an unknown city late at night searching for a bed.

It also depends on when you go and what your budgets are. When I was away last July hostels were obv super busy so finding available/cheap rooms was harder. When I was away this Feb, pretty much all hostels were empty due to it obviously not being peak season so I could rock up and find a bed in no time.

If you're going during peak times like I did, I would suggest that you book a day or two in advance. For example when I was in Prague, I knew that I was due to arrive in Berlin in two days time, so I booked accom accordingly. And then when I decided to leave Berlin, I would then book accom for my next destination. This then gives you a rough plan but it also leaves you with flexibility to stay longer in places that you enjoy.

Thanks, can I ask how you found Prague?
Did you travel by train? If so, did you find it easy to get all your tickets not knowing the different languages?

I am living in Bangkok. Just moved here for work so if your in bangkok let me know I'll pm you

I've finished my degree, and am now making preperations to be an English Teacher in China for 6 months - a year. For me this is an opportunity to travel, as well as earn some money (because there's no way I can afford the kind of gap year that COSTS lots of money).
What does everyone think?

Ah that sounds amazing, I'd love to do something like that but I know I wouldn't have the confidence to go somewhere so far away without knowing the language. I would panic!

Are you going it alone or in a group?