How to Travel Solo as a Senior

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Plan well before you go: make 2 copies of your important papers (passport

   Give one set to someone for safekeeping back home, and take the other with you.
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   Step 2: driver's license

   Read destination guides, surf the web, join a forum
   - find out what you need to know about your destination including weather, terrain, health facilities, vaccines. , Make sure you're well covered by health and travel insurance. , Also give them a bit of leeway.
   
   You don't want them to call out the army just because your bus is stuck in a traffic jam. , You'll be able to stay at people's homes for free, and get a peek into local life.
   
   And you'll have company, in case you don't feel like being on your own. , Don't try to hike up Everest if you haven't been around the block since
   1990.
   
   Choose your destination sensibly. , The lobby is always full of travelers exchanging travel tales
   - and looking for new friends. , On the road, no one really cares.
   
   People just want to know where you're going, and where you've been.
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   Step 3: credit cards).

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   Step 4: Do plenty of research.

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   Step 5: Go see your doctor and get your prescriptions renewed

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   Step 6: including eyeglasses.

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   Step 7: Agree 'check-in' times with friends and family - each day or each week.

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   Step 8: Consider couch-surfing or other hospitality schemes.

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   Step 9: Take it easy if you're in less than perfect health.

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    Step 10: If you're in the mood for company

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    Step 11: stay in a hostel - they're not just for 'youth' anymore.

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    Step 12: Leave your age behind.

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