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You Should Travel Alone in Your 20s
Why Traveling Alone is a GREAT Idea
My first travel experience without adults was when I was 13 years old. But it wasn’t just some short flight, it was a 12-hour expedition across the Atlantic.
Luckily, I had my cousin of a similar age beside me — so with our combined brain power of a person in their mid-20s, we made it across the pond in one piece (technically two separate pieces).
Albeit, the only time during this trip I was without adult supervision was at the most security-heavy place a 13-year-old could possibly be at. Beyond the security doors at my destination in the rural airport in Poland, my grandparents were waiting for me and my two-month-long summer vacation.
This sounds crazy now that I reflect on it — I’m not sure why my parents trusted me that much considering how young and naive I was.
But I’m glad they did; I took so much knowledge out of travel.
Once I hit my twenties I began to travel much more, and it made me a much better person overall.
The confidence I’ve grown thanks to early travel not only lets me feel comfortable in foreign cultures, but also at home. There’s so much you can learn when observing social psychology on a global scale.
