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22 Solo Women Travelers Give Their Top Travel Tips

January 19, 2018

ONE OF THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTIONS about traveling is that it’s not safe for women to travel alone.

Since I didn’t want to produce a video of me mansplaining about solo women traveling, I asked the women in my YouTube audience to send in videos of them answering 5 questions about their personal experience of traveling alone.

I ended up with 22 different women from around the world sending in their stories.

The result is a 12-minute video packed full of tips and advice, covering a wide range of topics including pre-trip nerves, making friends while traveling, staying safe on the road, and fears of sexual assault.

I hope this video will inspire and encourage other women to go traveling by themselves.

 

THIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MATADOR NETWORK.

 

KARL WATSON

Karl Watson has a YouTube channel of travel documentaries from his backpacking adventures around the world. Breaking the mould of travel vlogs, Karl creates TV style documentaries for the online world, that aim to be fun, entertaining, honest and inspiring. Karl is based in London, UK where he works as a freelance video editor between his travels. Check out his channel here.

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