How To Ease Into Solo Travel (if you’re feeling nervous to start)
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How To Ease Into Solo Travel (if you’re feeling nervous to start)

So you want to try solo travel but you feel a little nervous or unsure where to start? Luckily, you do not have to go full ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ right away. You can absolutely ease into the world of solo travel - starting small, starting local, and building out from there, all the way to your first solo international trip if that’s something that interests you. Many of these are methods I’ve tried myself over the past 10+ years as I’ve gotten more and more comfortable with solo travel. I’ve broken the recommendations down into three general phases starting right where you currently are and expanding out from there, with a bonus section at the end for my aspiring camping girlies.

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A Random Collection of Travel Recs: New Mexico Edition
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A Random Collection of Travel Recs: New Mexico Edition

Welcome to the next post in my 'Random Collection of Travel Recs' series! This post is a guide to exploring New Mexico.

For the past few years, my personal travel style has been pretty in the moment and primarily road trips around the United States. I'll usually do some general advance planning including a basic route with potential stops along the way and possible places to sleep (especially if I'm visiting a popular destination, such as a National Park or larger city). Beyond that, I'll do a lot of picking based on talking to locals, doing an internet search for 'best of' posts, or doing a map search of what's nearby or along my route and seeing what catches my eye.

I don't always create specific and detailed itineraries for myself, and so what I'm left with is something that looks a lot like what I'm sharing here. Though this guide might be most helpful as a resource on your own meandering road trip, I hope that anyone traveling in these areas can find a useful tip or two.

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