As the cooler clime sets in, it’s festive time in many places across the world. And time to roll out your travelling plan for carnivals and celebrations. If you are planning to travel solo, you need to keep a few travel tips in mind.

Travelling during festive time is often packed with thrill and excitement. One gets to witness and experience different cultures and traditions and the joy of celebration in its entirety. But it can also get quite annoying and frustrating if you are travelling to crowded places where the holiday rush adds to the woes.

In India, crowded places get even more crowded and chaotic during festivals. Often there are reports of stampede at religious places. Even the roads get jammed with religious procession and street revelry and celebrations, causing quite an inconvenience to commuters and travellers.

Hence, one needs to be aware and take precautions or be mentally prepared to face all the troubles and inconveniences while travelling during festive time, especially if you are a woman and a solo traveller. Crowded places can cause quite an uncomfortable situation for women. So, it’s good to be well prepared if you are travelling solo. Keep in mind a few travelling tips and make the most of solo travelling.

10 Travel tips for woman solo travellers

1. Know what to expect: Know your travel places well. Plan the places to visit well in advance. Read about the place and the culture. Know what to expect. Learn few words that may save your skin in times of difficult situation.

2. Book a good stay: Your safety is important since you will be staying alone. Book a good accommodation. Try to stay in a safe hotel in a safe environment.

3. Carry a mobile phone: Store all important contacts and travel details you will need wherever you go.

4. Travel papers: Take care of your travel documents such as ID cards, passport, visa papers, etc. keep them in a safe and handy place. Always carry them with you as you step out to go anywhere.

5. Stay protected: Carry a self-defense tool. Know some self-defense tricks and carry a self-defense tool which you can use on your attacker in case you are attacked at any point of time.

6. Talk to people: Chat up with the hotel receptionist or workers in the hotel and the locals. Make enquiries and try to get information about the place and things around from the locals.

7. Don’t reveal: Don’t reveal too much about yourself to strangers in the place. Be cool and composed and travel easy.

8. Go easy on the clothes: Wear simple clothes. Don’t wear clothes that will attract unwanted attention.

9. Travel light: Carry few things and try to travel light. You don’t want to be carrying a heavy luggage. Travelling light makes journeying places easy. One can easily pack and hop on to places quickly without having to spend too much time gathering your stuff and packing them up.

10. Celebrate: Above all, celebrate the thrill of travelling solo as you visit festival places and savour the fervour and flavours of the season in different places.