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Woman traveling alone VS men

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I am planning a world travel trip and have been doing a lot of research. Recently I came across a topic about men traveling alone. Many solo travelers acknowledge the fact that there are a lot more solo woman traveler than men. It's interesting because it is obvious that woman are more prone to danger than men on foreign countries. I also thought that men are more adventurous than woman? Anyone here travel a lot? Id like to know what's your opinion on it.
 

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Analytic said:
Many solo travelers acknowledge the fact that there are a lot more solo woman traveler than men. . . . Anyone here travel a lot? Id like to know what's your opinion on it.

I do travel alone a lot (11 countries and counting). I'm surprised to hear that. Very surprised, since I've seen entire blogs devoted to ranting about how travel agents, hotels, cruise line, etc. are often flabbergasted by lone female travelers.

Yes, I've seen countless females staying at backpacker accomidations (usually german females:confused:), but the females are never solo. Never. Without guys, yes, but never alone.

Where did you read about this?
 

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American women are the ones who are wary about traveling alone.
 

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Phyzzle said:
I do travel alone a lot (11 countries and counting). I'm surprised to hear that. Very surprised, since I've seen entire blogs devoted to ranting about how travel agents, hotels, cruise line, etc. are often flabbergasted by lone female travelers.

Yes, I've seen countless females staying at backpacker accomidations (usually german females:confused:), but the females are never solo. Never. Without guys, yes, but never alone.

Where did you read about this?
Here are a couple of places am reading about it.

http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/m...hreadid=1432141&messid=12610647&iCountryId=84
http://www.frommers.com/cgi-bin/WebX?128@@.eec4199
 

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I would say women don't travel alone for a few reasons; one of those reasons being because they're insecure. For example, in their mind, they're afraid people might think they're a loser with no friends(which of course isn't true at all). Women care way to much what people think and are way too paranoid what people might be thinking about them. Women are followers not leaders. And the second reason I'd say is because of the dangers like Analytic said.
 

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edger said:
I would say women don't travel alone for a few reasons; one of those reasons being because they're insecure. For example, in their mind, they're afraid people might think they're a loser with no friends(which of course isn't true at all). Women care way to much what people think and are way too paranoid what people might be thinking about them. Women are followers not leaders. And the second reason I'd say is because of the dangers like Analytic said.
LOL so true. I've almost never seen a woman even go to the bar alone. They might go to the grocery store or 7-11 alone, but that's about it.

I believe there are more single women traveling than singlemen, but I don't believe they're traveling alone (without a friend or female friend for example)
 
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