38: When You're Planning Your Solo Travel + Wanting To Overcome Your Fears - Solo Episode

Nov 18, 2019

It’s HERE – the full recap of my #EATRACHLOVE journey through Paris, Switzerland and Italy. Inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat Pray Love”, this trip was born out of the desire to find myself again, face fears of loneliness and fill my cup after a breakup. Due to the amount of interest in solo travel, I’ve shared my top tips and things you must know before planning your solo travel trip, and of course, the many lessons that came out of this life-altering solo travel adventure.

In this episode we discuss:

• How #EATRACHLOVE was born 
• Why I chose the destinations for #EATRACHLOVE that I did
• My fears going into this solo travel journey
• Why I didn’t want to travel alone 
• Highlights of #EATRACHLOVE from each city
• Strategies to overcome loneliness while traveling
• How to make friends while traveling alone
• Preventing getting lost
• Tips and strategies for traveling safe a solo female
• Websites and resources to plan your solo travel trip
• 6 Steps to book your solo travel adventure
• How to pack strategically for 2 weeks
• Cost-saving strategies while traveling solo 
• Q&A with Rachel about solo travel 
• The value of solo traveling 

 

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RESOURCES:

• Blog Post: Solo Travel, Finding Yourself, Paris/Switzerland/Italy Recommendations
• Travel First Aid Kit 
• The Surrender Experiment by Michael Alan Singer 
• Releasing Worry “What If” Exercise
• Flight Hopper
• App: Duolingo (Language Education)
• “River Flows In You” by Yiruma

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