How To Carve Out Me Time While Travelling

Even though I am not a fan of solo travelling, I always try to carve out some time while travelling, especially if I travel with more than one person. So here are my personal try and tested tips to get some me-time while travelling, which I need to be a part of the travel culture world.

Carry A Journal

The main reason I need me time while travelling is to process my thoughts on the road. And if I only sit alone without any “prop”, someone usually comes to give me company. Conversation topics are thrown around, and before I know it, the crazy voice in my head is ignored.

Carrying a reading book hasn’t been much help either, as it will invite questions around it. The safest bet is a notebook. When asked, I tell them I am journaling, even if I am only making a list of the things I want to eat during the trip.

Fit In A Private Itinerary

While travelling, I try to steal a moment to do something by myself.

I tell them I’m going for coffee in the morning before anyone wakes up. Or I am going for a massage. Or the library if it’s appropriate. The trick is to tell your friends that you are okay about doing it alone. You are not doing it to avoid them or, better yet, before the travel, explain to them that you need some me-time while travelling.

Order The Room Service Instead

I have volunteered to stay back in the hotel room or hostel when my friends buy food or are partying the night out—staying at the hotel alone, with all the bed space, room service, and TV remote being mine for a few hours. That’s the ultimate me-time while travelling for you!

My socializing mood will be elevated, and I will like them better when they return.

Talk about a win-win.

Adjust Your Traveling Dates

If all else fails, maybe your friends love you too much and refuse to leave you alone lovingly, come early or go back one day after.

I never thought of it until my first trip to Bali, when I had an accidental solo travel day waiting for my best friends who booked their flight tickets a day. Initially, I thought it would be boring, but it turned out well. I spent the day doing things I knew they wouldn’t want to do without guilt. When they reached the next day, I couldn’t wait to spend time with her.

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