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Vacationing by myself
Kyougu
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So for various reasons, I'm thinking of taking a vacation somewhere by myself. Not sure how fun that would be though. Mainly I'm worried I would just spend the entire vacation holed up in my hotel room.
I'm pretty social, but mainly when it groups. I rarely actually go out by myself (trying to go to a bar by myself this weekend), so I'm worried I wouldn't really enjoy the vacation.
So anyone done it? And any places you guys recomend. Just has to be within the U.S, and I wouldn't want to be there more that 4-5 days, if that.
I'm pretty social, but mainly when it groups. I rarely actually go out by myself (trying to go to a bar by myself this weekend), so I'm worried I wouldn't really enjoy the vacation.
So anyone done it? And any places you guys recomend. Just has to be within the U.S, and I wouldn't want to be there more that 4-5 days, if that.
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― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Though, I recommend if you can afford to, offer to take a friend with you. See the sights, hang out.
Where do you live? Are you looking to fly somewhere, or to drive somewhere?
If you're afraid of spending too much time in your hotel room, don't bring any books or a laptop or anything else that could occupy your time in a hotel room.
It can be very nice traveling alone. I never stress, because I can go my own pace and do my own thing. You never feel beholden to someone else's whims or timetable.
Atlanta has volunteer tourist-helpers that walk and bike around, you just flag one down and ask them where is good to eat or what's something to see.
Boston has the Freedom Trail, that takes you around to various Revolutionary War sites (Paul Revere's house, historic graves, USS Constitution, Bunker hill).
Maybe look for a convention about something you like and plan the trip around that.
Anyway, since you're in the US, consider a large city that's stranger-friendly and has a decent public transit system. NYC, SFO, Boston. That way, you don't need to rent a car or any of that shit. Toronto if you're willing to go to Canada.
From Plano, you can always drive down I-35 and hang out in Austin (Sixth Street, Lake Traviss) or San Antonio (River Walk). I don't suggest Houston... we're actually not that friendly to strangers and you gotta know where you're going to have any fun.
If the latter: consider doing volunteer work in a foreign country. It's a great way to experience a different culture first hand, you will get to meet lots of new people and you will get to help other people in ways your donations to charities could never do.
If you have any skills related to education, health, nutrition, economics, business or social work you could check out India Volunteer Care or the organisation I'm currently with Prime Trust. Both are owned by the same guy, but offer slightly different opportunities.
I'm absolutely certain there's many more NGOs that you can work with and I'm also absolutely sure many of them will be better than these two. I'm just suggesting this one because I'm personally familiar with them and can attest that the volunteers currently here are having a blast and are really helping people.
Yep, and this is a good point for any vacation -- go somewhere that has something that you want to do. That's true even if you're vacationing with someone else. Don't just go to Spain because "it's cool," go because you want to see things and do things.
So when you pick somewhere to vacation for yourself, figure out what it is you want to do. See cool things? Relax? Then pick a place that you think will satisfy that very well. And, since you're by yourself, you don't have to compromise. If you want to wake up and hit a museum first thing, and then spend all day looking at stuff, you can. And if you want to wake up late and relax, hitting up a cool place for just an hour or so, you can do that too.
Ah, Plano, home of the fightin' trust funds (I grew up there, so I get ridiculing rights). Anyway Austin is a blast. There's lots to do in that city, especially down south near UT/downtown-ish. Houston is pretty nice, and I wouldn't call it "not that friendly to strangers" at all, especially if you stay in the good parts like Montrose/Village/Midtown and stay the hell away from Uptown, but it's not really a vacation spot.
OP says in the US and 4-5 days.
Whoops, missed that line. Never mind me then.
This sounds pretty much perfect if you're at all interested.
Fuck I kind of want to do it.
Yeah, Thanathos wins the thread. Hadn't even thought of D.C, but getting a chance to sit in the Senate and watch it sounds right up my alley. I briefly considered PAX, but I remembered how drained I would be after a day of E3, so I doubt it would be a much relaxing vacation.
I went to London essentially by myself and this was exactly why it was awesome.
I say essentially because I was crashing with internet friends and went to drink at night when them a few nights, and there was a concert we all had tickets to at the end of the week, but mostly I went out by myself during the days and wandered or planned which museums I wanted to get to and how to get there, etc., and showed up at the flat sometime after dark to sleep.
Sure it might have been nice to have someone to talk to at times, but I also got to go wherever the hell I wanted without worrying about going where someone else wanted with my too-little time.
Check the White House and Capital Building websites for info, too. Also, plan on spending an entire day at the Air & Space Museum. I didn't, and just went in to kill an hour while I was waiting for the National Gallery to open; they ended up kicking me out at closing time, and I still hadn't seen everything. So awesome.
I didn't pay extra for any of the side-excursions and just went on long walks absorbing the scenery and taking pictures. There was lots of time to kill, but I never ever felt like I was wasting in by just sitting in the sun reading a book with a margarita surrounded by good looking women.
Just make sure you do you do your research and find a ship that's not all old people.
Was it just a standard cruise, or one for singles? I'd like to go on an Alaskan cruise but I'm afraid it would be me and a bunch of couples and or old people.
Singles cruises are just a section of a boat anyway. Whatever you do there's always going to be old people. Your best bet is to go during a holiday or Spring Break, but find a cheap cruise that younger people can actually afford. From what I heard Mediterranean cruises are mostly old people.
I'm really not good at meeting people so I had a hard time approaching all the girls that came in pairs without a wingman. I still managed to have a lot of fun though, especially after making some guy friends (you get assigned a large dinner table usually) and going to parties with them.
It would have been much much easier to meet women if I dance, but it was a good idea to take part in the nightlife every night anyway. It's such a relief to be able to get hammered every night and not worry about how you're going to get home.