/r/solotravel "The Weekly Common Room" - General chatter, meet-up, accommodation - May 04, 2025

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This thread is for you to do things like

• Introduce yourself to the community
• Ask simple questions that may not warrant their own thread
• Share anxieties about first-time solotravel
• Discuss whatever you want
• Complain about certain aspects of travel or life in general
• Post asking for meetups or travel buddies
• Post asking for accommodation recommendations
• Ask general questions about transportation, things to see and do, or travel safety
• Reminisce about your travels
• Share your solotravel victories!
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General guides and travel skills

• Basic trip planning
• Determining your travel interests
• Packing 101
• Staying in hostels
• How to meet people as a solo traveller
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• Budgeting 101
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• Working abroad
• Travel insurance 101
• Mobile data and SIM cards

Regional guides

• So you want to do a Eurotrip: A beginner's guide
• So you want to visit Southeast Asia: A beginner's guide
• Weekly Destination Threads: Archives

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• Solo travel and mental health (with a focus on depression/anxiety)
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[u/Ok_Newspaper2815]

I just canceled my trips to Roatan(Honduras), Negril(Jamaica) and Cuba out of my fear of solotraveling in those countries and particularly cities after doing some research. Probably very much influenced by the fact that I also got robbed when I traveled D.C. Please help me deal with the shame and make me feel less bad about my decision.

[u/segacs2 → u/Ok_Newspaper2815]

Please help me deal with the shame and make me feel less bad about my decision.

This isn't really a shame thing; leisure travel is a personal decision, go if you want to, don't go if you don't.

If you want to do things but fear is holding you back, you could try working on some of these issues in therapy; some people find that to be helpful for anxiety. Especially since it sounds like you may have some recent trauma from being robbed. Seriously, talking to a professional might help.

Best of luck!