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Are you a woman travel bug who loves and desires to travel? And is avoiding traveling only because it can be unsafe for women? Or looking for tips for traveling alone as a woman? Or, searching for solo female travel safety tips? No matter what you are looking for, if it is concerned with ensuring women's safety during travels, you have stopped at the right stop.

Traveling for women is absolutely safe if they take some precautions. No matter which country you want to visit. Whether you speak its native language or it is a developing or developed nation. The top 10 tips mentioned in this article will help you ensure a safe trip to your dream destination.

Wanted to book direct flights to Germany from USA or anyplace else? But is hesitating because you want to travel solo? Well, after reading this article you can confidently book flight tickets to any place you want to travel to, no matter how far it resides.

Let’s know the top 10 travel safety tips with a safe travel resource guide for women

Do proper research about your destination

Suppose you want to visit Poland the first task should be researching about Poland. Instead of booking Direct flights to Barcelona from US or your resident country. Look for the places to visit and activities to do in Poland. And don’t forget the security and safety check while doing so, book a hotel only after checking the crime rate of the area in which the hotel resides.

Use a secure carry-on

Instead of using any carry-on to carry your essentials like laptop, mobile phone, cameras, and passport buy a super-secure one. Make sure it has a good locking system and is very durable and don’t hesitate to spend money on it. It will help you keep these essentials safe while traveling to different places. Also, to avoid losing this backpack never put it away from you. Like in the checked luggage for a plane ride or in the luggage hold of a bus.

Carry only the essentials

Instead of carrying all your assets with you while visiting a destination, keep the unnecessary ones locked back in your hotel room. Make a list of the things that you will be needed for a day and carry them only with you. If you will need $500, then leave the rest of the cash at your accommodation locked up inside your bag.

If you are staying at a hostel, you can find hostel lockers there. Use one of these lockers to keep your belongings safe while you are away exploring the world.

Don’t trust anyone too quickly

For a solo traveler, joining a tribe of travelers is always a tempting option. But trusting unknown people too quickly can lead you to difficult situations. Yes, joining an unknown tribe can be a mind-blowing experience and you may end up earning some new friends for life. But precaution is always better than cure and in this matter, this term works perfectly.

Many con artists befriend solo travelers pretending to be like other travelers. And as soon as you leave your belongings unattended with them they will take them and run away. Thus, be cautious and judge everything before joining another tribe.

Avoid too much drinking

Avoiding getting drunk while traveling solo is a necessary cautious step to take. Being drunken reduces your action and reaction timings and you become unable to protect yourself in difficult situations. Thus no matter where you are, your accommodation or abroad or a restaurant avoid drinking much should be your preferred choice.

Blend into the crowd

Looking like a local is the best way to protect yourself against pocket pickers and con artists. As they mainly fool the tourists and foreigners, and not with the locals. Want to get yourself pickpocketed in India? Show up at a local market wearing shorts and a crop top.

Instead of wearing clothes that attract attention or are entirely different from that of locals, try to dress up like locals. This way you can easily blend into the crowd and avoid catching attractions of thieves and con artists.

Don’t save money if it risks security

Booking a hotel/hostel/dorm room in a higher crime rate area just because it's cheap isn’t the right and safe way to travel alone. Never do things that will cost you safety in exchange for money. And be prepared to spend more on the things that ensure your safety.

Book flight tickets that will land your destination during the prime hours of the day. Hotel/dorm/hostel rooms that reside in the safest vicinities. Book a cab instead of walking alone on a road.

Keep a copy of your documents

No matter how many precautions you follow, there remains always a probability of getting theft. And losing your documents

Never leave for your destination without keeping several copies of your documents. Make Photocopies of all your essential documents and make some copies of them and pack them in different places. Download an e-copy of your passport and make an e-copy of all the documents. Store it on both your mobile phone and your laptop.

Save some secret cash

Being prepared for the worst always yields the best results while traveling. Many travelers lose money and credit cards due to theft while traveling and the same can happen to you. Thus, always keep some secret cash along with you.

Store pictures of your credit and debit cards, front and back in your device to use them according to the need. And carry extra cash except for your wallet money whenever you step out of your accommodation.

Buy a travel insurance

To reserve yourself against all the contingencies that can happen while traveling buying travel insurance is the safest option. Traveling alone without travel insurance is a risky move and you must avoid making it.

Extra tip: Stay connected

Provide one of your closest friends and family members a proper list of your travel itineraries before leaving. Add information like your number, your hotel/dorm address, and one of your bank account numbers. Plan a connecting schedule and how you are going to stay in touch with them.

It will not only help them to avoid their fears about your solo traveling. But also they will be able to help you in difficult situations like if you lose money, they can transfer it to your bank account.

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