Get Your Tech Ready Before Travelling Solo To Avoid Homesickness

Get Your Tech Ready Before Travelling Solo To Avoid Homesickness

When travelling abroad alone, you typically want to stay connected for safety reasons. There’s another reason to make sure you can reach friends and family, though: Solo travel gets lonely.

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It’s a lot of fun travelling the world by yourself, but after a while, you get homesick, and that can put a damper on your trip. An easy way to remedy this? Make sure you’re connected before you leave. Inc.com suggests:

When travelling by yourself, having a reliable connection to work and home takes on a greater importance. So use tethering, buy a portable hotspot, buy a local phone chip or “burner” phone, and scope out internet cafes where you’ll be staying.

This is an obvious tip if you want to stay connected to work or update your family on your whereabouts. However, staying connected can help fight homesickness, too, making your trip enjoyable. For more tips on solo travel, head to their full post at the link below.

9 Small Tweaks That Will Make You Love Travelling Alone [Inc.com]


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