Advice For Women Who Travel Alone

What follows is useful advice for women who choose to travel around the world alone or in company of friends. Women should be aware of potential dangers that lurk in all parts of the world.

Studies have shown that women often lose their money and documents or even get assaulted when they travel alone.

Hotel rooms with secured doors
Choose hotels that have an alarm on the door or a chain from the inside of the door so you can be sure that no one can enter the room while you are sleeping.

Never leave your drink at the bar
Rape drugs are a very common means utilized for taking advantage of women abroad. These drugs have a similar effect to alcohol, which lasts up to 8 hours. Attackers prey on young woman in bars and clubs, waiting for a moment of carelessness to insert drugs into their drinks. Never leave your glass at the bar or table, because the consequences can be fatal.

Carry mace in your bag
Mace (pepper spray) doesn’t take so much space in a bag and it is a good weapon against attackers. Learn how to use it and carry it with you when you travel.

Traveling in Islamic countries
When a woman travels alone in Islamic countries, she should be particularly cautious. In Islamic culture men are dominant. Thus, in Cairo in bars you will not see a female, and you may think that all women are abducted by aliens. The woman’s job is to cook and to take care of the family.

If you travel to Marocco prepare yourself because there will be a lot of men who will try to flirt with you. Moroccans quite normally come and invite a woman to go out with him without being asked her name. You may reject them ten times in a row, they will not give up and they will ask again.

Love of travel and different cultures can sometimes be dangerous. So always be careful, and try to travel in company!