i've some time off want to go away but no body free

jamesieb

I am off for a couple of weeks and i want to head to the us, boston, NY, NJ, Washington but none of my friends are free, anyine any suggestions on what i can do, is there any like singles holidays or groups i could hook up with??? your help wpuld be much appreciated...:)

Ruu_Old

You'll have a better time on your own to be honest, do what you want to do and not have people hanging off you all the time. Sure, you'll probably meet other people over there anyway.

jamesieb

i'm not sure about heading away on my own, has anybody ever done this? ive never done it before, would it not be kind boring on your own?

shepthedog

Really depends on what you want/intend to do and see.. I am sure if you google there are lots of specialist group and single holiday providers.. Try even posting up here in different sections of boards.. Would also depend on when you are planning to go..
If you do have to go on your own I would say you will have no problems.. I have travelled in the US on my own and its fine.. Use your common sense and you'll be fine.. I would say go and do it..
Best of luck..

Ruu_Old

jamesieb wrote:

i'm not sure about heading away on my own, has anybody ever done this? ive never done it before, would it not be kind boring on your own?

Not at all, make out an itinerary and keep yourself busy. It is what I preferred doing on my travels anyway.

jamesieb

jamesieb wrote:

i'm not sure about heading away on my own, has anybody ever done this? ive never done it before, would it not be kind boring on your own?

I've gone away on my own twice and totally enjoyed it.
It's not as scary as you'd think.
It depends on how social you are,you could meet a lot of interesting people.

Planning what you intend doing is the key.

jonny68

I spent a bit of time in Boston on my own (a day and a half) while i waited for someone to arrive and it was alright but did get a bit boring to be honest but everyone to themselves and all that.

odyssey06

You could hook up with a Travel Department type tour, but they probably skew to an older demographic (40+) than you are looking for.

If you go to Boston, say, there's quite a few things you could do - take the Freedom Trail walking tour, or a tourist Trolley Tour. You might bump into some fellow travellers and get talking you know?

You could also try a Red Sox baseball game - if you can get tickets; and a shopping trip to an outlet mall.

Plus, I'm sure if you go into an Irish bar you'll get talking to people!

jamesieb

thanks for the tips guys, i've never been anywhere without a group before so its a little scary! anyone been to boston before? can anyone name me a few decent bars where loads of irish people hang out?

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LegacyUser

Would you not think it would be boring on your own? I could never do it...not because i'm not able to...i just wouldn't want too. It would suck.

LegacyUser

Ruu wrote:

You'll have a better time on your own to be honest, do what you want to do and not have people hanging off you all the time

These are the words of a seriously anti-social person.

cailinoBAC

I've just come back from a trip to Lisbon with 5 friends. Due to work commitments I only arrived on Saturday and they'd been there since Friday. I decided to stay until Tuesday when they were flying back on Monday.
Maybe I'm seriously antisocial but I did prefer the time on Monday on my own. Basically, if I visit a new city, I want to see it. And nobody else was really interested in that. We were going to Irish pubs and spending half the day in the apartment. I've no problem with going to Irish Pubs and watching rugby and getting drunk, I just don't get why you have to leave the country for it.

On Monday I took the ferry across the river and back, headed out to the beach at cascais to sunbathe and swim, back in to lisbon to try out tram no.28, the funiculars, head up to the castle, go on the sta justa elevator etc. etc. Maybe I just have the wrong friends but I feel like I can't go somewhere new with them (previous weekends away were riga and budapest, I'd been to those cities before) because I get seriously frustrated at their lack of interest in discovering a city beyond the shopping districts.

It's great to have people to go away with, but if you always have to have someone to go away with you are limiting the places you can see. A friend of mine is about to go on a trip around the middle east on his own. I'd be into something like that, but the time doesn't suit. That's not stopping him. And it wouldn't stop me. When I wanted to go to Russia, it wasn't exactly on anybody else's to visit list. I could have gone for the package to Zakynthos, but I went ahead on my own. Lots of people head off backpacking on their own, I don't know why short breaks are seen differently.

Travelling by yourself doesn't necessarily mean being by yourself. If you're staying in hostels you might meet up with like minded people. On a bus, on a train (think before sunrise)...unless you are seriously anti social and want to keep to yourself. Or, especially if you want to meet people who live in the city (just to meet for a drink or to crash with) you could try something like hospitalityclub.org or couchsurfing.com. Between one thing and another, out of 24 nights in Russia, I'd say I spent about two of them on my own. My first time in Budapest I ended up spending the whole weekend with two Italian guys I bumped into at the castle. In Riga I got a pass to a music festival and hung out with the cameramen.

Having said all this, I've never gone away from Ireland on a short trip on my own. It usually ties in with something else, or I've done the travelling while I was living abroad anyway. I'll be going to Berlin on my own around New Years and for some reason that's raising some eyebrows. I don't have any 'excuse' of it being en route to anywhere else or staying longer on a holiday with others. Yes, I'm going away on my own at New Years. And I'm sure it will be a lot better than any of my New Years before.

jamesieb

fair play to ya, i dont think i could travel about like that on my own.

ANYBODY FREE TO TRAVEL TO BOSTON IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS????:D

neacy69

you paying?

moonsprinkler

HI - ( this is my first post!! )

Kind of related....

I've been thinking of heading off on my own too...maybe in January ..hopefully to asia for a few months !:cool:

Thing is I was wondering if anybody is thinking of doing the same and would maybe like to come with me? Wicked Craic!!:D

miselemeas

You could log on to virtualtourist.com and make contact with people who live at your destination. They will give u the best recommendations of places to stay, where to eat, what to see etc, and I have often seen posts where they will meet up with you and show you around.

Lots to see and do in Boston - while you are there you might consider taking a trip to Cape Cod and go right up to P-town.

For a good laugh one evening go to the Charles Theatre and see "Shear Madness" if its still on

Ruu_Old

cheesedude wrote: »

These are the words of a seriously anti-social person.

Nothing wrong with a bit of peace and quiet every once in a while or maybe you need to be surrounded by people to feel comfortable, to each their own.

Lambsbread

I went on holidays by myself for the first time this year and have to say it was the best holiday i ever had!! I think because i was on my own, i had to make an extra effort to meet people. Because of that effort i met so many different people it was ridiculous. I was in SA for 16 days and never spent a day alone or bored.

As well, being on your own gives you so much flexibility to do what you want to do. You won't dragged to do something pretty boring because some of your mates want to.

I wouldn't call it anti-social, because rather than just hanging around in the group of friends you've arrived with, you'll meet so many people!!

jamesieb

thanks a million for that suggestion, think i will go withthat, cheers