How to find people to travel with when friends can't go
Finding reliable travel companions is difficult because friends often flake or relationships end, leaving solo travelers stranded. This forces people to either constantly search for new travel groups or give up traveling entirely to avoid going alone.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Traveling alone
- 2Joining organized group tours
- 3Staying in social hostels
- 4Going on free walking tours and day tours
- 5Finding digital nomad or travel groups on Facebook and WhatsApp
- 6Vetting the group dynamic informally through the inviting friend
- 7Asking about the itinerary, rooming arrangements, and specific activities beforehand
In their words
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“I love everything about the process and experience of traveling, but I’ve always had to do it alone. I’m 22m and planning a trip to Sydney, Australia in the summer but I can’t find anyone who wants to tag along, anyone know of any ways I can meet people interested in traveling together or organizations or what not?”source ↗
“I put off traveling for years because friends would flake our, or relationships would end, or whatnot.”source ↗
“If I had to always wait for someone to go with me, then I'd never go at all.”source ↗
“My main concern is that the other friends don't really want a stranger to join, and its just my friend who wants me to join him.”source ↗
“I was just wondering whether it was awkward and was the person lowkey left out of conversations or does travelling make it easier to become close friends”source ↗
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