Tips when traveling alone ( especially if you’re a girl and you’re pretty wow be very careful)
- Never tell strangers the day and time you’re leaving and the day you’re coming back.
- When you get to the airport don’t talk to anyone even if someone strike a conversation with you smile and pretend you don’t understand. Have you ever watched the movie taken? Strangers talk to you in the airport and find out where you’re staying only to come and kidnap you.
- There are a lot of human trafficking in Europe and all around the world
- Never share a taxi with a stranger because they will find out where you get off and you never want anyone to know the exact location you’re going to be
- Share you location with a family member or someone you trust
- Tell that person you trust that you will call them every night when you get back to the hotel and that if you don’t call them something happened to you and to contact the police in that area
- Take a martial art class or boxing to defend yourself if you ever need it before traveling if you can’t then take a pepper spray with you.
- If a stranger or someone you don’t trust keep asking where you’re going to be then lie never tell them the exact day you’re leaving or the day you’re coming back. You don’t want strangers to know where you’re going to be.
- Also make sure you understand the language of the place you’re going to be so that you can communicate with the people there.
- If you get kidnapped or taken have someone on speed dial call them and let them hear what’s going on so that they can report it to the police. Make sure you leave your DNA behind it can be your hair, blood, nails but leave something
- When you get in your hotel room take a video of the room and send it to someone (that same person you call every night) take pictures of the surrounding area around the hotel.
- Lock your hotel room at all times and use the extra lock never let anyone in even house keeping tell them to only come in when you leave the room ( they aren’t suppose to clean while you’re there anyway it’s awkward)
- Never come back to your hotel room at the same time when you go out; spread out the time sometimes come early and sometimes come late
- Never let strangers in your area know where you are staying even if they are cute, never let anyone take you out on a date alone or to a party.
- If they ask what are you doing in the country always say visiting family even if you know no one. Always pretend you have someone with you or coming.
- Don’t wear things that attract attention, wear a lot of black and always look around when you’re walking. Never be distracted you need to know if someone is following you or if someone is watching you. If you someone following you and you see a police station or a government building walk in there if not, walk In a restaurant and tell the waiter someone is following you. If the person is in front of the restaurant or in there discreetly tell the waiter who it is and tell them to call the police, then pretend nothing is happening. Make sure get a good look at the person following you want to have a clear description when you let the police come or if the person decides to leave before they get there
- Never be too paranoid, when you are alone in a different country you are a prey! And you need to be extremely careful.
- Know the country emergency contacts for the police or ambulance; save those numbers call them if you ever need to.
- Keep your passport on you at all times, never walk around with a big bad or something that hangs over your shoulder. I put my passport inside of my clothes and I’m the one who can take it out