Solo Travel: Busting myths and top tips Love Life, Live Well

Episode Summary: In the tenth episode of our new season of Love Life, Live Well, the tables are turned on our host Emma Cartmell and she is the in the host seat talking about her top tips when preparing for and travelling alone.
Episode highlights:
How a self care trip after the pandemic resulted in a change of location full timeWhat Emma loves about travel Why she thinks solo travelling can be a form of self careHow being alone can give you time to self reflect and sometimes make big decisionsTaking the opportunity to travel when you can, irrespective of whether you have someone to go with youHow getting lost can lead to an amazing adventureSafety tips for travellingThe best countries for solo travelMaking friends and meeting people when travellingEmma’s top tips when travellingKey Takeaways:
I love it for a number of different reasons. One, you definitely get to discover things about yourself in terms of your resilience and your independence and what you love. - Emma

I guess being on your own schedule, you are not being dictated to by anybody else. - Emma

Sometimes I just go off to places because I fancy it and other times there's a reason behind it. - Emma

It worries me that people might almost kind of be laying on the deathbed and going, oh, I wish I'd gone to Peru or something. - Emma

So you definitely do your research around just the culture of the place and where's good and what to do and that kind of thing is my number one tip. - EmmaResources:
Gran TourismoLonely Planet