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65 Inspiring & Uplifting Travel Alone Quotes for Solo Travel

When you’re on the road solo or planning to travel alone, quotes can help to inspire and uplift you. These 65 beautiful solo travel quotes from literature, pop culture and history make the perfect solo travel captions for social media.

You only need to search the internet to see there are millions of inspirational quotes about travelling out there. Solo travel quotes have a special ingredient – not only can they ignite wanderlust and stoke passion for the great unknown, they have the added benefit of giving strength and courage to a solo traveller who is facing the world alone.

Solo travel is a life-changing experience . As with all travel, it’s often difficult to find the right words to describe your trip, or to convey how travel has altered your life once you get back home.

To give your confidence and boost and help you share your solo travel experience with the world, I’ve curated this epic list of 65 meaningful and insightful travel alone quotes.

Copy and paste them for your next social media update, or send them to a friend who’s planning their solo trip. However you choose to use these solo travel quotes, they are guaranteed to inspire and delight!

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Short and sweet solo travel quotes

Short travel alone quotes are perfect for social media, including solo travel announcements (that exciting moment when you make your trip official!), or your first travel solo travel update from the road.

These popular and not-so-famous quotations beautifully capture what it’s like to travel alone, with only yourself for company.

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.”

– Freya Stark

“I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.”

– Storm Jameson

“Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.”

– Hannah Arendt

“A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.”

– Isabelle Eberhardt

“I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.”

– Mary Anne Radmacher

“The journey of life is amazingly beautiful if you take it as a fearless adventure.”

– Debasish Mridha

“When a thing beckons you to explore it without telling you why or how, this is not a red herring; it’s a map.”

– Gina Greenlee

“Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.”

– John Mayer

“Some journeys can be only travelled alone!”

– Ken Poirot

“If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.”

– Maxwell Maltz

“Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.”

– Paul Cezanne

“Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.”

“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.”

– Mandy Hale

“You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.”

– Diane Von Furstenberg

“Surely, of all the wonders of the world, the horizon is the greatest.”

“I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.”

– Daphne Du Maurier

“Always choose the window seat. We often forget there’s magic of flying. But what it brings to our lives is undeniably the stuff of dreams.”

– Timi Nadela

“Sometimes the best journeys are those, that start when we do not plan, continue how we do not expect and are taking us places we do not know.”

– Aisha Mirza

“Life is a journey with almost limitless detours.”

“The inner journey of travel is intensified by solitude.”

– Paul Theroux

“I used to be a pedestrian before, now I am the rider on the same road.”

– Piyush Paudyal

“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”

– Anaïs Nin

Motivational quotes for planning a solo trip

When you’re planning to visit a new country or a foreign city by yourself for the first time, the hardest part can be finding the inner courage to pack your backpack and make your solo travel dreams a reality.

These travel alone quotes speak to the very heart of solo travel – the push and pull between indecision , wanting to do the right thing while also finding freedom and empowering yourself to spread your wings.

You may feel nervous – that’s totally normal – but have faith that a well-planned solo journey is almost always a step in the right direction.

“Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.”

– Erol Ozan

“This is the journey of your life. Don’t try to explain it to others, because only you can see it.”

– Nitin Namdeo

“It is pointless to embark on any journey if you do not believe yourself worthy of the destination.”

– Anthon St. Maarten

“To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.”

– Elizabeth Gilbert

“Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.”

– Oprah Winfrey

“Adventure should be part of everyone’s life. It is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing.”

– Holly Morris

“A ship is safe in the harbour, but that’s not what ships are built for.”

– Gael Attal

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

– Mark Twain

Poetic quotes about solo travel

These longer solo travel quotes are nothing short of art.

“Everywhere you go, you shall find dramatic splendour and awe because your majestic soul is part of the vivid whole, and nothing about you is ignoble.”

– Kilroy J. Oldster

“The goal of my life is to tie adventure to my feet, stock memories in my pocket, hold imagination in my palms like fairy dust and sprinkle it on my tales.”

– Mitali Meelan

“It seemed an advantage to be travelling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others… “Being closely observed by a companion can also inhibit our observation of others; then, too, we may become caught up in adjusting ourselves to the companion’s questions and remarks, or feel the need to make ourselves seem more normal than is good for our curiosity.” 

– Alain de Botton

“I am of course lost in this journey I’m on, but I do remain confident, though I am lost it will be a great adventure, this adventure will surpass my wildest imagination. So call me a fool, but I’m happy to be lost.”

– Micheline Jean Louis

“It’s not getting from A to B. It’s not the beginning or the destination that counts. It’s the ride in between…This train is alive with things that should be seen and heard. It’s a living, breathing something – you just have to want to learn its rhythm.”

– David Baldacci

“To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure. You have no idea of what is in store for you, but you will, if you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown.”

Solo female travel quotes

Solo female travel is becoming more and more popular. I’ve done a few solo trips in recent years, and it never ceases to amaze me how different my travel experience is when I’m alone rather than with my partner or friends.

These quotations capture the independent spirit of solo female travellers.

“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.”

“When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.”

“Looking in the mirror, I saw a joyful face. And this happy girl was just about to go on a trip, with a one way ticket in her bag. Life was a never ending journey.”

– Nico J. Genes

“She remembered who she was and the game changed.”

– Lalah Delia

Quotes that prove solo travel makes you stronger

Solo travel often starts with taking a leap of faith. If it’s your first solo trip, you must actively work on believing in yourself and trusting your instincts.

Sometimes in travel (and in life), the only certainty is uncertainty. Things won’t always be easy, things wont’ always go to plan. Barriers and hurdles are almost guaranteed – but these experiences are likely to make you stronger and more resilient.

These travel alone quotes are all about testing your limits.

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”

– Neale Donald Walsch

“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s OK. The journey changes you; it should change you.

“It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”

– Anthony Bourdain

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion with one’s courage.”

“It is in all of us to defy expectations, to go into the world and to be brave, and to want, to need, to hunger for adventures. To embrace the chance and risk so that we may breathe and know what it is to be free.”

– Mae Chevrette

“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively, unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt

“On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes.”

– Matshona Dhliwayo

“Life is a journey with big rocks to climb, little ones to trip over, and milestones to mark where we have been.”

– David Cuschieri

Quotations that prove solo travel changes your perspective

I’ve never met anyone who decided to solo travel and came back the same person. Travel changes you – that’s undeniable – and often travel alone can shape you in ways you never could have anticipated.

One of the greatest lessons travel can teach you is to be humble. Travel helps you find your place in the world. A solo trip can give you the tools you need to tackle all of life’s adventures – and misadventures, too.

These solo travel quotes refer to self-discovery, breaking through your comfort zone, and seeing travel as a motif for the journey of life.

“A person susceptible to ‘Wanderlust’ is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.”

– Pico Iyer

“Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient.”

– Grace Lichtenstein

“I have traveled many roads in my life. Some were imbued with pain and I needed to avert my gaze. Others were so beautiful that I would have remained there forever. But always, at some point in these routes, I reached a place where I encountered myself.”

– Pablo Holmberg

“Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind.”

– Marty Rubin

“Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.”

– David McCullough Jr.

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”

– Gustav Flaubert

“The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.”

– Angela Vallely

“Mapmaking: You’re on the path and have already begun to morph – so has the road. The journey has chosen you. The only way out is forward and through.”

– Helen S. Rosenau

Remember, your trip might start out as a solo adventure but it might not end that way! It’s the bonds you form along the way that often make travel truly memorable.

For more inspiration, check out these beautiful quotes about travelling with friends .

“Traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvellous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.”

– Jacqueline Boone

Coming home: Solo travel quotes to mark the end of a journey

All good journeys must come to an end! It feels like just yesterday friends and family were wishing you a safe journey , and now it’s time to go back to the people you love.

These quotes sum up the bittersweet feeling of coming home after a solo trip.

“It’s a long ride home with nothing but me for company. I bore myself sometimes. Not often. Just now and again.”

– A.J. Hartley & David Hewson

“It’s amazing how many different roads we can take, but they all lead home.”

– Jewel E. Ann

“Some journeys take you farther from where you come from, but closer to where you belong.”

– Ron Franscell

“The real work of an expedition begins when you return.”

– Louise Arner Boyd

“This life is an enduring and complex journey, but finally I have reached the point in my story where I am appreciative of where I’ve been, proud of where I am, and excited about where I have yet to go.”

– Becca Lee

“I, too, once journeyed beyond the stars.”

– Elizabeth Lim

“Maybe happy endings were real, as long as you understood that they weren’t endings, but steps on the road.”

– Katharine McGee

“When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

When it is over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened, or full of argument.

I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.”

– Mary Oliver

That’s a wrap! I hope these 65 travel alone quotes have made you see solo travel in a new light, or perhaps motivated you to take the leap into solo travel.

Do you have any more inspiring quotes to share? I’d love to hear them in the comments below!

“Challenges are opportunities for growth and learning. Embrace them and see how far you can go.”

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Wonderful quotes for solo travellers. The solo female traveller quotes are also interesting.

This quotes make people strong to take decision and travel alone. Thanks for sharing such types of motivating quotes.

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Beautiful quotes. I love them all. Thanks for sharing.

These quotes will definitely encourage anyone to go for solo travelling. Everyone will be inspired by these. Thank you.

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52 Solo Travel Quotes to Inspire Traveling Alone

By: Author Susan Moore

Posted on Last updated: September 2, 2022

Before I took my first trip alone I didn’t really think about traveling by myself. I thought I needed to travel with other people. But after my solo backpacking trip to Southeast Asia my world opened up to the rich experiences of traveling solo.

Solo travel is rewarding. We experience personal growth from trying new things and getting away from our usual habits. And there’s no better way to step outside of your comfort zone than a solo trip to someplace new.

In this post I’m sharing 52 of the best solo travel quotes to invigorate your wanderlust.

52 Solo Travel Quotes

In the following solo travel quotes I hope you find inspiration – and may you enjoy many adventures while traveling alone.

“You must go on adventures to find out where you belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice

“Anything we fully do is an alone journey.” — Natalie Goldberg

“My spirit gets nourished in faraway places. Sometimes I wonder if it’s a biological need, perhaps a biological flaw, that compels me to seek the excitement and challenge that comes of being in a place where nobody knows me.” – Rita Golden Gelman

“Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.” – John Mayer

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver

“Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind.” – Marty Rubin

Solo travel adventure quote

“Solo travel builds confidence.”

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

“Go where you feel most alive.”

“I’m never happier than when I’m alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.” – Storm Jameson

“Live your life by a compass, not a clock” – Erica Jong

“Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.” – Walt Whitman

Inspiring solo travel quote

“Don’t keep waiting for someone to travel with you because you may never travel anywhere!”

“I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” –  Helen Keller

“Traveling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life-changing experience of your life. Try it at least once.”

“The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch

“You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” – Diane von Furstenberg

Solo travel quote – stop waiting for others to travel with you!

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.” – Marcus Aurelius

“How will you know, if you never go and explore?”

“If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – Angelina Jolie

“Then one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.” – Ewan McGregor

“I discovered that I prefer to collect experiences rather than things.” – Susan Moore

“Half the fun of travel is the aesthetic of lostness.” – Ray Bradbury

Travel quote inspiring you try solo traveling

“You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place.” – Miriam Adeney

“Traveling solo means getting to know the real you!”

“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” – Jack Kerouac

“Only one who wanders finds new paths.”

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust

“My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.” – Rumi

Quote about traveling solo and getting to know yourself

“A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark

“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard

“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.” – Cesare Pavese

“You have exactly one life in which to do everything you’ll ever do. Act accordingly” – Colin Wright

“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin

Traveling alone is about personal growth

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius

“This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.” – Diana Nyad

“This life is an enduring and complex journey, but finally I have reached the point in my story where I am appreciative of where I’ve been, proud of where I am, and excited about where I have yet to go.” – Becca Lee

”A ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for.” – Gael Attal

“The past is in your head. The future is in your hands.”

“Traveling alone doesn’t always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” – Jacqueline Boone

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Solo travel pushes you out of your comfort zone AND others’ expectations

“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius

“As you travel solo, being totally responsible for yourself, it’s inevitable that you will discover just how capable you are!”

“There’s no right way or wrong way to travel solo…everyone should give solo travel a try at least once in their life.” – Susan Moore

“A person susceptible to “wanderlust” is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.” – Pico Iyer

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert

“Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.” – Suzy Strutner

“Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Francis Burton

“You are never too old to start traveling solo.” – Susan Moore

“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain

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50 Best Travel Alone Quotes to Embrace Your Adventure Solo

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These travel alone quotes express all the joys and advantages of solo travel. While taking a trip with your friends or family can be fun, traveling alone offers its own perks: planning your own schedule, visiting all of the places you’re interested in, and, most importantly, getting to know yourself better.

Whether you’re looking for travel inspiration or a way to sum up your trip, this collection of traveling alone quotes has something for every solo traveler, including short solo travel quotes, solo female travel quotes , and solo travel funny quotes.

Short quotes on traveling alone

Solo travel funny quotes, inspirational solo travelling quotes, solo female travel quotes.

Take the time to read through all these lone traveller quotes so you can find your favorites and save them for the next time you’re planning a solo trip or reminiscing about your last adventure .

These short and sweet solo trip quotes are just what you need for a quick burst of inspiration.

1. “When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted by himself.” – Liberty Hyde Bailey

This solo journey quote sums up one of the biggest advantages of traveling alone: getting to know yourself better!

2. “I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.” – Daphne du Maurier

While traveling with others can be quite enjoyable, solo travel can allow you to really appreciate the places you visit and the experiences you have, as this love to travel alone quote reminds us.

3. “Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient.” – Grace Lichtenstein

As this vacation alone quote suggests, finding out more about yourself is one of the most important parts of going on an adventure. That’s why traveling alone can be so rewarding.

4. “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” – Anonymous

As this solo trip quote points out, it can be hard to find a compatible travel partner. It’s better to plan an amazing trip and travel alone than to be stuck with someone you don’t mesh well with.

5. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller

This traveling solo quote reminds us to live life to the fullest and make every day an adventure if we can.

6. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark

I love how this quote about traveling alone puts a positive spin on being alone in an unfamiliar place, something many people might find scary or intimidating.

7. “Traveling alone makes it easier to be yourself.” – Charles Bukowski

When you’re a solo traveler, there’s no one you have to show off to or change your personality for. Being alone means you can just be yourself.

8. “A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.” – Isabelle Eberhardt

This lonely traveller quote is a poetic way of expressing a lifetime commitment to travel and adventure. The nomadic lifestyle isn’t for everyone, but those who love it embrace it wholeheartedly.

9. “Half the fun of travel is the aesthetic of lostness.” – Ray Bradbury

If you’re a solo traveler who gets lost often, this traveling by yourself quote is the one for you! Getting lost doesn’t have to be a bad thing; it can lead to even more fun and exciting adventures.

10. “If you are waiting for someone to travel with you, you may end up waiting a lifetime.” – Unknown

This short solo travel quote sums up one of the most basic reasons for traveling alone: there’s no need to navigate scheduling conflicts! Traveling solo means you can start your trip tomorrow if you want to.

11. “To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

This solo adventure quote works for just about any person who loves traveling. If you love to travel as much as we do, then you’ll probably agree that traveling is an absolutely priceless experience.

12. “The inner journey of travel is intensified by solitude.” – Paul Theroux

This solo journey quote shows that any trip involves an internal journey as much as a physical one. Being a solo traveler will, of course, make that internal journey more intense.

13. “I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.” – Thomas Jefferson

I love this vacation alone quote because I think it’s so accurate: traveling alone does give you, by necessity, the chance to be more introspective and think about your trip.

14. “You must go on adventures alone to find out where you belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice

As this solo travel quote suggests, self-discovery is a significant part of traveling alone.

15. “Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.” – John Mayer

This lonely traveler quote shows that solo travel may be intimidating, but it could also turn out to be one of the best things you ever do. Why not give it a chance and see how you like it?

As these funny solo travel quotes show, there’s humor to be found in just about every situation, including traveling alone.

16. “I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” – Caskie Stinnett

This witty solo female travel quote is perfect for all the solo travelers just trying to satisfy their wanderlust.

17. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

This famous quote about traveling alone captures the excitement and anticipation of planning where to go next.

18. “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” – David Mitchell

No matter how far you travel, you’ll always end up encountering yourself. Hopefully, you’re happy with the self you meet!

19. “I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.” – Bob Hope

As this funny quote about traveling alone points out, your luggage ends up traveling to quite a few places with you. If you check your bags, they’ll even go to places you haven’t been!

20. “A hotel room all to myself is my idea of a good time.” – Chelsea Handler

There’s nothing quite like cozying up in a luxurious hotel room bed with some room service, and this quote about solo travel sums up that feeling pretty nicely .

The best solo travel quotes will help you develop an appreciation for traveling alone and maybe even inspire you to start planning your next adventure. Check out these inspirational quotes about traveling alone for even more trip-planning motivation.

21. “Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.” – Walt Whitman

This traveling alone quote is a good reminder that there are some journeys we just have to take by ourselves. Whether you take this quote literally and plan a solo trip, or as a metaphor about living life, these are undeniably words of wisdom.

22. “Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” – Wendell Berry

This solo traveller quote points out that our journey of discovering the world is a personal one. Fortunately, the more we discover about the world, the less we feel alone.

23. “The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait until that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off.” – Henry David Thoreau

One huge benefit of traveling alone is that the only person whose schedule you have to worry about is yours! Take advantage of this freedom so you can go on your trip sooner rather than later.

24. “I’m never happier than when I’m alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.” – Storm Jameson

As this vacation alone quote suggests, if you enjoy getting lost in the crowd, then traveling alone is a great option.

25. “There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” – Mandy Hale

This solo trip quote reminds us that sometimes solitude is a necessity. Make the most of your time alone and try to appreciate the advantages of solo travel.

26. “I have traveled many roads in my life. Some were imbued with pain and I needed to avert my gaze. Others were so beautiful that I would have remained there forever. But always, at some point in these routes, I reached a place where I encountered myself.” – Pablo Holmberg

This traveling alone quote offers a beautiful metaphor for thinking about life. Every road we travel, whether literal or symbolic, offers some way of finding out more about ourselves.

27. “When you’re traveling with someone else, you share each discovery, but when you are alone, you have to carry each experience with you like a secret, something you have to write on your heart, because there’s no other way to preserve it.” – Shauna Niequist

This solo adventure quote provides a lovely way of looking at the memories you make when you travel alone.

28. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

This famous quote about traveling alone is a fantastic reminder that we should try to live life with no regrets. Trying to fulfill as many of our dreams as possible can help ensure that we don’t end up disappointed by what we haven’t done.

29. “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s OK. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain

I love this quote for traveling alone by the legendary Anthony Bourdain. It sums up the beauty and power of travel so perfectly.

30. “Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” – Henry Rollins

As this travel solo quote points out, traveling alone means you’re not distracted by other people, so you can focus on and truly enjoy the beauty around you.

31. “It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially molded by whom we are with, we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others.” – Alain de Botton

As this traveling by yourself quote shows, when we travel with other people, we can be influenced by their opinions and impressions of the places we go. On the other hand, when we travel alone, we have the chance to see a place on our own terms.

32. “The goal of my life is to tie adventure to my feet, stock memories in my pocket, hold imagination in my palms like fairy dust and sprinkle it on my tales.” – Mitali Meelan

What’s the use of going on an adventure if you don’t have any good memories and stories to bring back with you? As this traveling alone quote reminds us, adventures can live on forever in our memories.

33. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine

This very famous quote about traveling alone is so popular because a book is such an apt metaphor for explaining why traveling is so important.

34. “Some journeys can only be traveled alone!” – Ken Poirot

This traveling solo quote cuts right to the chase: sometimes traveling alone really is best!

35. “The treasured vistas of our solo journeys are not always about the landscape.” – Gina Greenlee

Sometimes, your favorite part of a trip might not have anything to do with what you see. Instead, you might appreciate something totally intangible and personal .

Solo female travelers often have more to deal with and think about than other travelers, which can make traveling alone seem scary and even dangerous. If you’ve been thinking about traveling alone as a woman, these strong woman travel alone quotes will definitely inspire you to live out your dreams.

36. “Traveling alone doesn’t always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” – Jacqueline Boone

This solo traveling quote makes a great point that traveling alone can actually be a good way to make new friends. Being by yourself means you’ll seek out new connections and get to meet people from all over the world.

37. “Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.” – Roman Payne

This traveling alone as a woman quote points out that history’s most famous women have never been the ones who stayed at home and dreamed without putting those dreams into action.

38. “Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone; it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.” – Suzy Strutner

As this solo travel quote suggests, traveling alone allows you to find freedom from others’ expectations and, instead, live life on your own terms.

39. “Good girls go to heaven; bad girls go everywhere.” – Mae West

This witty quote about solo female travel makes the perfect caption for photos of a trip around the world.

40. “My spirit gets nourished in faraway places. Sometimes I wonder if it’s a biological need, perhaps a biological flaw, that compels me to seek the excitement and challenge that comes of being in a place where nobody knows me.” – Rita Golden Gelman

This quote for traveling alone will probably speak to all of the solo travelers out there who are full of wanderlust, especially since it expresses the spiritual fulfillment that can come from exploring far and wide.

41. “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” – Diane von Furstenberg

I love this strong woman travel alone quote because it emphasizes how responsible you are for your own happiness. Ultimately, you’re the one who knows yourself best, so why not take yourself where you’re happiest?

42. “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.” – Albert Einstein

This solo female traveler quote points out that going off the beaten path can be a good thing. Take a risk and dare to go where no one else has ever gone.

43. “As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.” – Virginia Woolf

This female solo travel quote is a lovely way of saying that solo female travelers can find a home just about anywhere in the world.

44. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

Travel involves a lot of beautiful, magical experiences, some of which are so profound that they change our lives forever. These experiences could include everything from seeing the moon or watching the sun rise to looking out over a spectacular landscape.

45. “Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.” – Hannah Arendt

As this solo adventure quote suggests, being alone in a foreign country allows you to escape every part of your everyday life and make the most out of living.

46. “I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” – Mary Louise Alcott

It can be tempting to panic when something goes wrong while you’re traveling. However, as this vacation alone quote shows, mistakes and mishaps can be the best way to learn and become even more confident.

47. “I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” – Rosalia de Castro

The unknown can often be frightening, but this solo journey quote expresses the excitement and anticipation that can also come with not knowing what will happen next. In other words, sit back and enjoy the ride!

48. “One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.” – Edith Wharton

This travelling alone quote really speaks to me because, like Edith Wharton, I think there are so many amazing people you can meet all over the world. Fortunately, solo travel is the perfect opportunity to meet at least a few of them.

49. “I am of course lost in this journey I’m on, but I do remain confident, though I am lost it will be a great adventure, this adventure will surpass my wildest imagination. So call me a fool, but I’m happy to be lost.” – Micheline Jean Louis

As this lonely traveler quote points out, there can be beauty and excitement in getting lost. It’s all part of the adventure!

50. “The more I travelled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine

This lovely quote about traveling alone has a great message: that we have so much in common with our fellow humans around the world. Even if we come from different backgrounds or countries, there will always be something we can share.

I hope these solo trip quotes sparked your wanderlust and inspired you to embark on a solo adventure! They’re also a great way to reflect on any past trips you’ve had.

Let me know in the comments which quote is your favorite (or maybe you have more than one!). If you need even more inspiration, check out these top 100 travel quotes .

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74 Inspiring Solo Travel Quotes 2024

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A quick search of the internet and you’ll find thousands of travel quotes. They exist to inspire you to delve into the unknown and learn about the world .

However, solo travel quotes have an extra special ingredient – not only do they ignite wanderlust and passion for the great unknown , but they have the added benefit of giving strength and courage to solo travellers who are facing the world alone.

Why Travel Solo?

In recent years, solo travel has been on the rise, and more and more people are discovering just how empowering and exciting it can be to venture into the unknown alone.

It is one of the most life changing experiences you can undertake, and will ultimately mould you into a stronger, more capable individual.

There are plenty of challenges when travelling alone, but solo travel is the ultimate chance for you to learn about yourself and see the world from a whole new perspective.

You’ll grow as a person exponentially, and be better equipped to deal with what life throws at you.

Since 2012, I have travelled alone through Europe , Asia , Central and South America , and the freedom it brings is incomparable to traveling with others.

My solo trips have been filled with highs and lows, but they are the kinds of experiences I wouldn’t change for the world, as they have made me who I am today.

Whether in a foreign city or strange town, a solo journey is your very own adventure.

So whether you’re single, in a relationship, introverted or extroverted, try travelling alone at least once in your life.

74 of the Best Travel Solo Quotes

Whether you’re currently on the road solo or at home planning to travel alone for the first time, you’ll find that quotes about traveling alone will help to inspire you and push you ahead.

So I’ve curated and categorised the best solo travel quotes (that also make the perfect travel captions for Instagram), in the hopes that they will motivate and nudge you into booking a solo trip abroad.

These quotes for solo travel have been hand picked from authors, poets, historians, actresses, scientists and even Buddha!

Best Solo Trip Quotes

1. “Traveling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life changing experience of your life. Try it at least once.”  – Unknown

2. “Go solo, go far.”  – Unknown

3. “Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.” —  John Mayer

4. “Some journeys can be only traveled alone.”  – Kein Poirot

5. “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” —  Buddha

6. “If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.” –  Maxwell Maltz

7. “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” – David Mitchell

8. “There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” –  Mandy Hale

Self Discovery Quotes About Travelling Alone

Solo travel is all about relying on yourself and trusting your instincts.

You’ll learn more about yourself and find out just how capable you are.

The following quotes about traveling alone, are all about self discovery:

9. “I learned my strengths and my weaknesses. I experienced the exhilaration of the ups and the despairs of the lows and most of the feelings in between… I learned courage and I learned it myself” – Ann Stirk

10. “As you travel solo, being totally responsible for yourself, it’s inevitable that you will discover just how capable you are!”

Solo Ride Quotes

11. “Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient.” –  Grace Lichtenstein

12. “Traveling solo means getting to know the real you.”  – Unknown

13. “The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.” –  Angela Vallely

14. “I have traveled many roads in my life. Some were imbued with pain and I needed to avert my gaze. Others were so beautiful that I would have remained there forever. But always, at some point in these routes, I reached a place where I encountered myself.” –  Pablo Holmberg

15. “You have to get lost before you can be found” – Jeff Rasley

Riding Solo Quotes About How Much Travel Can Change You

We all know travel changes you, but travelling alone is even more transformative, and will shape you in ways you could never have imagined.

This is because solo travel is designed to push you out of your comfort zone, and make you realise the only limits you have are the ones you set yourself.

The below travel alone quotes are all about how solo travel can change you and test your boundaries:

16. “Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you” – Caroline Myss

17. “Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind” – Marty Rubin

18. “One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do” – Henry Ford

Quotes on Travelling Alone

19. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone” – Neale Donald Walsch

20. “Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of other’s expectations.”  – Suzy Strutner

21. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” –  Gustav Flaubert

22. “A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.” –  Isabelle Eberhardt

Quotes About Traveling Alone That Will Make You Embrace It

When you’re planning to visit a foreign country by yourself for the first time, it can be hard to find the inner courage to make your solo travel dreams a reality.

The following solo travelling quotes are designed to take away your fears and get you packing your backpack:

23. “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” –  Diane Von Furstenberg

24. “Traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.”  – Jacqueline Boone

Travelling Alone Quotes

25. “When you’re traveling with someone else, you share each discovery, but when you are alone, you have to carry each experience with you like a secret, something you have to write on your heart, because there’s no other way to preserve it.” – Shauna Niequist

26. “Half the fun of travel is the aesthetic of lostness.” – Ray Bradbury

27. “You will never be alone if you like the person you are with!”

28. “Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.” – Walt Whitman

29. “You never really travel alone. The world is full of friends waiting to get to know you!”

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30. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” –  Mark Twain

31. “If you are waiting for someone to travel with you, you may end up waiting a lifetime.”  – Unknown

Alone Travel Quotes

32. “If you never go, you’ll never know.”  – Unknown

33. “Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?” – Caroline Myss

34. “The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” –  Henry David Thoreau

35. “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – Angelina Jolie

Solo Female Travel Quotes

If the fear of the unknown has caused you to procrastinate or postpone your solo female adventure then I hope these inspirational quotes about traveling alone as a woman will give you a push in the right direction.

36. “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.”  – Albert Einstein

37. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

Solo Travel Instagram Captions

38. “When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.” –  Diane Von Furstenberg

39. “Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.” –  Mae West

40. “I was amazed that what I needed to survive could be carried on my back. And, most surprising of all, that I could carry it.”  – Cheryl Strayed

41. “To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure. You have no idea of what is in store for you, but you will, if you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown.” –  Freya Stark

42. “Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.” – Suzy Strutner

Quotes for Travelling Alone

43. “If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.” –  Anthony Bourdain

44. “I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.” –  Storm Jameson

45. “This is the journey of your life. Don’t try to explain it to others, because only you can see it.” – Nitin Namdeo

46. “A person susceptible to ‘Wanderlust’ is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.” –  Pico Iyer

47. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion with one’s courage.” – Anaïs Nin

Quotes on Solo Travel

48. “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s OK. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain

49. “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan

50. “Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.” – Margaret Shepard

51. “Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.” – Roman Payne

52. “Adventure should be part of everyone’s life. It is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing.” –  Holly Morris

Solo Travelling Quotes

53. “As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.” – Virginia Woolf

54. “Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” –  Henry Rollins

55. “The journey of life is amazingly beautiful if you take it as a fearless adventure.” –  Debasish Mridha

56. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” –  Helen Keller

57. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller

58. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

59. “To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.” –  Elizabeth Gilbert

60. “The inner journey of travel is intensified by solitude.” –  Paul Theroux

Solo Trip Captions for Instagram

61. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. – Freya Stark

62. “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver

63. “I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.” – Thomas Jefferson

64. “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions”. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

65. “Traveling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life-changing experience of your life. Try it at least once!”

66. “It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially molded by whom we are with, we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others.” – Alain de Botton

Solo Journey Quotes

• “The impulse of travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life.” – Agnes Repplier
• “It is pointless to embark on any journey if you do not believe yourself worthy of the destination.” – Anthon St. Maarten
• “The goal of my life is to tie adventure to my feet, stock memories in my pocket, hold imagination in my palms like fairy dust and sprinkle it on my tales.” – Mitali Meelan
• “A ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for.” – Gael Attal

Solo Traveling Quotes

• “You must go on adventures alone to find out where you belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice
• “Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jaime Lyn Beatty
• “The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” – Anna Quindlen
• “Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” — Wendell Berry

The Best Travel Alone Quotes

That’s a wrap!

I hope these quotes on travelling alone have made you see solo travel in a new way, and perhaps motivated you to get past the hardest part, taking the leap!

Copy and paste them for your next social media update, or send them to a friend who’s planning their solo trip.

However you choose to use these solo ride quotes, I hope they inspire you to take on your next solo adventure trip.

Did I miss any good quotes for solo travelers?

If so, let me know in the comments below, and if you are looking for even more travel inspiration check out some of the other travel quotes I’ve collated.

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150 Inspirational Solo Travel Quotes for Traveling Alone

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Embarking on a solo travel journey is a profound and transformative experience that opens the door to self-discovery, adventure, and personal growth. Whether you’re contemplating your first solo trip, questioning the allure of solo travel, or consider yourself a seasoned explorer, this collection of 150 inspirational solo travel quotes is crafted just for you.

I love the inspiration and encouragement I get from reading these inspirational quotes all about traveling alone. I’ve traveled most of the world as a solo female traveler and have had incredible experiences in many new places, but was very timid at the start. My solo journey has blossomed over the years and I hope by sharing solo travel resources like,  the ultimate guide to planning your first solo travel adventure  and  how to overcome common solo travel fears , will help other aspiring solo female travelers gain the confidence they need to set out on their own fearless adventure. 

These are some of the best solo travel quotes I have come across and hope they will inspire other solo travelers the way they inspire me! Each quote encapsulates the essence of the solo travel spirit, encouraging you to embrace the unknown, step out of your comfort zone, and savor the beauty of self-reliance. Let these words of wisdom guide you through the uncharted territories of solo travel and help instill the confidence you need to set forth on your next great adventure.

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Quotes About Traveling Alone

Traveling alone doesn’t mean you’re lonely; it means you’re brave enough to embrace the unknown on your own terms. Anonymous

Traveling solo forces you to confront the reality of who you are, to get comfortable with your own company, and to trust your instincts. Brenna Smith

Solo travel is the ultimate form of self-care — an opportunity to reconnect with yourself, your values, and your passions. Niki Brantmark

A solo adventure is not a path walked alone; it’s a canvas where you paint your dreams with the colors of independence. Anonymous

A solo journey is not a solitary endeavor; it’s an affirmation of your ability to thrive independently, to explore fearlessly, and to cherish your own company. Amy E. Smith

I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. Robert Louis Stevenson

I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. Mark Twain

I am a woman who seeks adventure, finds strength, and discovers her true self in every destination. Anonymous

In the solitude of solo travel, the mind expands, and the spirit dances to the rhythm of the open road . Jack Kerouac

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. Andre Gorde

The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before. Albert Einstein

• Traveling alone is an act of independence, a declaration that you are strong enough to chart your own path and find beauty in your own company. – Niki Nakayama
• Traveling alone is a celebration of the self, a pilgrimage into the unknown, and a dance with the beauty of solitude. – Inspired by Jack Kerouac
• Traveling alone as a woman is not a challenge; it’s an affirmation of your ability to conquer the unknown.
• Adventure awaits the woman who dares to travel solo, a journey where she becomes the storyteller of her own extraordinary tales. – Ellevate
• Solo travel teaches you that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
• Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light – Yogi Bhajan
• Traveling alone allows you to become the author of your own story, the architect of your own experiences, and the heroine of your own journey.
• Walking alone, we find our own way, forging paths through the unknown and proving that independence is the greatest strength. – Inspired by Helen Keller
• Venture into the world alone, and you’ll find that the universe unfolds its secrets to those bold enough to listen.
• Traveling is not just about reaching a destination; it’s a relentless pursuit of experiences, a raw confrontation with the unknown, and an unapologetic embrace of the journey.” – Inspired by Henry Rollins

Traveling solo doesn’t mean you’re alone; it means you’re free to create your own adventure, chart your own course, and embrace the unknown. Janice Holly Booth

A woman alone on the road is a canvas, painting her story with every step, every smile, and every challenge overcome. Anonymous

Traveling solo means discovering the immense power within yourself, as you navigate the world on your terms. Lorraine Zago Rosenthal

Traveling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life-changing experience of your life. Try it at least once! Anonymous

In solitude, the individual discovers the depth of their own existence, finding a unique freedom in the uncharted territories of solo travel. Inspired by Hannah Arendt

In the realm of solo exploration, a woman discovers not just the world but the incredible depth within herself. Anonymous

If we were meant to stay in one place, we would have roots instead of feet. Rachel Wolchin

She finds her strength in the solace of solo travel, where every step is a triumph over fear. Anonymous

Solo travel isn’t about being alone; it’s about being free to be yourself. Anonymous

Solo travel isn’t about the destination; it’s about the unpredictable journey and the freedom to roam, wander, and wonder. Jack Kerouac

Short Traveling Solo Quotes

• Traveling solo means getting to know the real you.
• Your wings already exist; all you have to do is fly.
• Traveling alone is a journey within yourself, where the destination is self-discovery.
• Travel: the best way to be lost and found at the same time. –Brenna Smith
• What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly? -Erin Hanson
• Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. -Neale Donald Walsch
• The journey itself is my home. –Matsuo Basho
• What good are wings without the courage to fly? -Harper Lee
• Some journeys can be only traveled alone.” –Ken Poirot
• Not all who wander are lost. – J.R.R. Tolkien
• Adventure awaits where plans don’t reach.
• I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. – Susan Sontag
• Feel the fear and do it anyway. – Susan Jeffers
• Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you.
• A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. – Tim Cahill
• Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. – John D. Rockefeller
• Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it. – John Mayer
• I am a woman who chooses freedom over fear.
• If you never go, you will never know!
• A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. – John A. Shedd
• I travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape me.
• To travel is to live. – Hans Christian Andersen
• Walk your own path and be yourself. – Joanne Nussbaum
• Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Henry David Thoreau
• I am not looking for a knight in shining armor; I am looking for a world to conquer.

Life Is About The Journey

• If you were born with the weakness to fall, you were born with the strength to rise. – Erin Hanson
• A woman with a passion for adventure is an unstoppable force, especially when she travels solo.
• Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gorde
• The most liberating thing about fashion is that it allows you to be whoever you want to be. The same applies to life; shape it the way you envision. – Inspired by Diane von Fürstenberg
• Live the life you have imagined. Travel alone and embrace the freedom to forge your unique path. – Inspired by Henry David Thoreau
• Fill your life with experiences, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show.
• I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on earth. Then I ask myself the same question. – Harun Yahya
• Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one thing that is going to require the most from you. -Caroline Myss
• Sometimes the best journeys are those that start when we do not plan, continue how we do not expect, and are taking us places we do not know. – Aisha Mirza
• The secret to happiness is freedom. And the secret to freedom is courage. – Pericles
• Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret. – Oscar Wilde
• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu
• The world is too big to stay in one place, and life is too short to do just one thing.
• Travel far and wide, but don’t forget to explore within.
• Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have traveled. – Mohammed
• The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready. – Henry David Thoreau
• Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. – Ibn Battuta
• O traveler, embark on the journey alone, for in solitude, you shall find the universe within yourself. – Walt Whitman
• The most important relationship you have is with yourself. Nurture it, cherish it, and travel the journey within. – Diane von Fürstenberg
• The road is life, and to travel solo is to live authentically, immersed in the unfolding stories of the open highway. – Jack Kerouac
• A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
• Traveling is a journey into the unknown, where every step unveils the magic of the world and the mysteries within ourselves. – Inspired by Paulo Coelho
• Traveling is not just about reaching a destination; it’s a relentless pursuit of experiences, a raw confrontation with the unknown, and an unapologetic embrace of the journey. – Inspired by Henry Rollins
• Never let your memories be greater than your dreams. – Douglas Ivester
• Wherever you go, go with all your heart. – Confucius

Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. Gustave Flaubert

Female Travel Quotes Written By Females

• “Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.” — Barbara De Angelis
• “Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” – Amelia Earhart
• “As a woman, I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.”- Virginia Woolf
• “Be the woman who takes risks, makes mistakes, and still rises with grace. Your journey is defined by your resilience.” – Inspired by Diane von Fürstenberg
• “Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.” – Amelia Earhart
• “Travel solo, not because you are running away, but because you are running towards the person you’ve always wanted to become.” – April Mae Monterrosa
• “When a woman becomes her own best friend, life is easier.” — Diane Von Furstenberg
• “Life is a daring adventure, and the greatest adventure is found in the solitary journey where the spirit is set free.” – Inspired by Helen Keller
• “Strength comes from within; as a woman, embrace your power, take the lead, and define your path.” – Inspired by Diane von Fürstenberg
• “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey

Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you. Anthony Bourdain

• “Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you’ve never been to.” – Judith Thurman
• “An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other.” — Norma Shearer
• “Fear is not an option; it’s a challenge waiting to be conquered. Face it, embrace it, and let it propel you forward.” – Inspired by Diane von Fürstenberg
• “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
• “Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much. Yet in solo travel, we discover the vast capabilities within ourselves.” – Inspired by Helen Keller
• “In the solitude of solo exploration, the individual asserts their freedom, defining their own narrative amidst the vastness of the world.” – Inspired by Hannah Arendt
• “She was afraid of heights, but she was much more afraid of never flying.” Erin Hanson
• “Solo travel becomes a canvas where the individual paints the portrait of their own identity, far from the constraints of societal expectations.” – Inspired by Hannah Arendt
• “Solo travel is the window to the world, where the soul, unaided and unaccompanied, seeks the richness of experience.” – Inspired by Helen Keller
• “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched but are felt in the heart. Solo travel allows the heart to feel the pulse of the world.” – Inspired by Helen Keller

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain

Travel Quotes for Solo Travelers

• Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone. – Wendell Berry
• Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag. -Alexander Solzhenitsyn
• The best dreams happen when you’re awake. – Cherie Gilderbloom
• So much of who we are is where we have been. – William Langewiesche
• Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling. -Roman Payne, The Wanderess
• The most important relationship you have is with yourself. Nurture it, cherish it, and travel the journey within. – Inspired by Diane von Fürstenberg
• Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost. – Erol Ozan
• As I travel alone, I encounter the essential facts of life and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. – Henry David Thoreau
• The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. – Augustine of Hippo
• Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.
• To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. – Aldous Huxley
• Life is short, and the world is wide. – Simon Raven
• Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living. – Miriam Beard
• Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by. – Robert Frost
• Traveling is not something you’re good at. It’s something you do. Like breathing. – Gayle Foreman
• Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. – Anatole France
• Don’t count the days. Make the days count. – Muhammad Ali
• Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. – Anita Desai
• Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot
• Travel is not reward for working, it’s education for living.

These Solo Travel Quotes Will Inspire The Journey of Your Life.

• A new experience has the power to change you.
• Sometimes the best journeys are the ones you take solo .
• One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. – Henry Miller
• Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow. – Mary Anne Radmacher
• Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing your lawn. Climb that damn mountain. – Jack Kerouac
• Adventure is worthwhile in itself. – Amelia Earhart
• Your soul knows the geography of your destiny.’ Solo travel, then, becomes the pilgrimage of the soul. – John O’Donohue
• Travel is like love, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. – Pico Iyer
• The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. – Eleanor Roosevelt
• I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. – Maya Angelou

I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it. Rosalia De Castro

• Don’t let the expectations of others influence the beauty of your solo journey.
• Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. – Harriet Van Horne
• Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better. – Thomas Jefferson
• Oh the places you’ll go. –   Dr. Seus
• If happiness is the goal – and it should be, then adventure should be top priority. – Richard Branson
• All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it. -Samuel Johnson
• He who would travel happily must travel light. -Antoine De Saint-Exupery
• Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind. -Marty Rubin
• Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.
• Travel not to find yourself but to remember who you’ve been all along.

One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are. Edith Wharton

Half the fun of travel is the esthetic of lostness. Ray Bradbury

Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going. Theroux

Travel far, travel wide, travel boldly. Embrace the unknown and let your journey unfold. Anonymous

The more I traveled, the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends. Shirley MacLaine

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125 Solo Travel Quotes To Inspire You to Travel Alone Without Fear!

Looking for some inspirational solo travel quotes or travel alone quotes? You are in the right place because this blog is all about solo travel.

So, in this post, you will find those travelling alone quotes of wisdom that will inspire you to step out alone.

If you have never traveled alone or been hesitant about traveling by yourself, these words will kindle your desire to explore the world alone.

Why check these solo travel captions?

As a solo female traveler, some of these solo travel quotes push me to pack my bags when I have cold feet before going off on an adventure.

I hope these quotes about traveling alone will do the same to you. Go ahead and check what some of the world’s best authors, travelers, and explorers have got to say about solo travel.

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BEST SOLO TRAVEL QUOTES

Let’s start this epic list with the best solo travel quotes.

These quotes about traveling alone will surely uplift your morale, especially if you are contemplating planning your first solo trip.

Whether you are looking for some motivational words to inspire you to take the leap of faith, or encouragement to go do it, these travel alone quotes will boost your morale to a great degree.

‘I was forced to wander, having no one, forced by my nature to keep wandering because wandering was the only thing that I believed in, and the only thing that believed in me.’ – Roman Payne

“Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.” – Roman Payne

These words ring true and are more relevant today than ever. I know solo traveling can be intimidating because I have been there.

But it just lasts until you take that first step. Once you do, nobody can stop you from making you the queen of your life.

Whenever you start feeling butterflies in your stomach, return to these quotes for travelling alone to beat your fears and doubts.

‘Anything we fully do is an alone journey.’  —  Natalie Goldberg

‘Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.’ – The Dhammapada

‘My alone feels so good — I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude .’ – Warsan Shire

‘Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.’ – John Mayer

One of my favorite solo travel quotes is this one above by John Mayer that runs so deep, and it isn’t about travel alone. It is important to cultivate self-love, something we forget or take for granted.

When we start spending time with ourselves more, traveling becomes an extension of that.

And this is one of the best solo travel quotes that describe it best.

You will never know if traveling alone is for you not until you give a try, right?

These solo travel quotes give that push or nudge with their powerful descriptions of all the emotions associated with being alone on the road.

‘Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.’ -Walt Whitman

‘The man who goes alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.’ – Henry David Thoreau

‘Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.’ – Hannah Arendt

‘The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before.’  –  Alan Ashley-Pitt 

‘When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.’ – Diane Von Furstenberg

‘ I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone because they reflect more.’  —  Thomas Jefferson

‘Some journeys in life can only be traveled alone.’ – Ken Poirot

‘I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.’ -Storm Jameson

‘There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.’ – Mandy Hale 

‘Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.’ – Wendell Berry

‘Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.’ – Henry Rollins

Traveling alone is not just exploring places.

It is an opportunity to discover yourself, and these words best describe what solo travel is.

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‘To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.’ – Unknown

‘Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient.’ – Grace Lichtenstein

This is probably one of the deepest solo travel quotes out there.

‘When you’re traveling with someone else, you share each discovery, but when you are alone, you have to carry each experience with you like a secret, something you have to write on your heart because there’s no other way to preserve it.’ — Shauna Niequist 

One of the things about solo travel is that you don’t have others to share your experiences. And these words about traveling alone poetically explains how it is best.

BEST TRAVEL ALONE QUOTES

This list of solo travel quotes are the best ones, some of my favorites that I keep coming back to.

If you are having second thoughts due to the fear of being by yourself or encountering dangers, don’t let these things stop you.

Check out these amazing quotes for travelling alone that will boost your confidence for sure.

“Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you” – Caroline Myss

“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do” –  Henry Ford

“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.”  – Albert Einstein

“Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you’re afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that — that’s what life is. You might be really good.” —Amy Poehler

“The journey of life is amazingly beautiful if you take it as a fearless adventure.” – Debasish Mridha

“If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” –  Angelina Jolie

“Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?” – Caroline Myss

“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you are always in the same place.” – Nora Roberts

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for a newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

FAMOUS SOLO TRAVEL QUOTES

Below is the list of solo travel quotes that are well-known.

These beautiful quotes about travelling alone have become synonymous with going solo, and I am sure these words are a kind of anthem for those solo travelers out there.

‘Traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.’ – Jacqueline Boone

‘I am willing to put myself through anything. Temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level. I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers, an often painful process.’ – Diana Nyad

Sometimes, the unknown roads can be daunting.

Traveling by yourself can be a scary feeling as the fear of unknown places envelopes. But this quote about traveling alone positively inspires.

‘I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.’ – Rosalia de Castro

Solo travel is about getting over your comfort zone. Most of us are probably afraid to step out of this zone, but these solo travel quotes below are encouraging.

‘As you move outside of your comfort zone, what was once the unknown and frightening becomes your new normal.’ – Robin S. Sharma

‘You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.’ – Ella Maillart

Travel changes us in ways that we hardly expect.

It widens our horizons, opens our mind to new perspectives and enriches us. And this is one of the best solo travel quotes that explain this.

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‘I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.’ – Mary Anne Radmacher

‘You must go on adventures alone to find out where you belong.’ – Sue Fitzmaurice

“Through travel, I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my introspective way into becoming a part of it.” – Eudora Welty  

To awaken, quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.  –  Freya Stark

One of the solo travel quotes that speak of the enriching journey is this one below.

‘I learned my strengths and weaknesses. I experienced the exhilaration of the ups and the despairs of the lows and most of the feelings in between. I gained courage, and I learned it myself ‘ – Ann Stirk

“It’s a long ride home with nothing but me for company. I bore myself sometimes. Not often. Just now and again.” – David Hewson

‘I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.’ — Daphne du Maurier

‘It is in all of us to defy expectations, to go into the world and to be brave, and to want, to need, to hunger for adventures. To embrace the chance and risk so that we may breathe and know what it is to be free.’ – Mae Chevrette

“It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially molded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others. Being closely observed by a companion can also inhibit our observation of others; then, too, we may become caught up in adjusting ourselves to the companion’s questions and remarks, or feel the need to make ourselves seem more normal than is good for our curiosity.” – Alain de Botton

“The more I travelled, the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine

‘Adventure should be part of everyone’s life. It is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing.’ – Holly Morris

‘Travel brings power and love back into your life.’ – Rumi

‘I am never alone when I am in a foreign city. It is as if I had become invisible.’ – Storm Jameson

‘There is a kind of magic about going far away and then coming back all changed.’ – Kate Douglas Wiggin

More travel alone quotes for your inspiration.

‘There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.’ – Jack Kerouac

‘Then one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.’ – Ewan Mcgregor

‘The inner journey of travel is intensified by solitude.’ – Paul Theroux

‘Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.’ – Mary Ritter Beard

‘When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.’ – Liberty Hyde Bailey

‘For my part, I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.’ – Robert Louis Stevenson

‘There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.’ – Robert Louis Stevenson

‘Good girls go to heaven; bad girls go everywhere.’ – Mae West

‘Travel opens your mind as few other things do. It is its own form of hypnotism, and I am forever under its spell.’- Libba bray

‘Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures.’ – Lovelle Drachman

‘The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.’ – Diane Von Furstenberg

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SOLO FEMALE TRAVEL QUOTES

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 “I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say ‘yes, women can.’” – Dilma Rousseff

“Everywhere you go, you shall find dramatic splendor and awe because your majestic soul is part of the vivid whole, and nothing about you is ignoble.” – Kilroy J. Oldster

“An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other” – Norma Shearer

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

“You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” – Diane Von Furstenberg

“My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.” — Rumi

“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” – Mary Louise Alcott

QUOTES ON TRAVEL LING ALONE

Below is the list of go solo quotes that are poetic and at the same time inspire us to looking within.

“How do the geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans, know when it is time to move on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within, if only we would listen to it, that tells us so certainly when to go forth into the unknown.” – Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

“If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse gift will find a fitting place.” – Margaret Mead

“It’s not getting from A to B. It’s not the beginning of the destination that counts. It’s the ride in between. This train is alive with things that should be seen and heard. It’s a living, breathing something – you just have to want to learn its rhythm.” – David Baldacci

“For if every true love affair can feel like a journey to a foreign country, where you can’t quite speak the language, and you don’t know where you’re going, and you’re pulled ever deeper into the inviting darkness, every trip to a foreign country can be a love affair, where you’re left puzzling over who you are and whom you’ve fallen in love with.” — Pico Iyer

“I am of course lost in this journey I’m on, but I do remain confident, though I am lost it will be a great adventure, this adventure will surpass my wildest imagination. So call me a fool, but I’m happy to be lost.” – Micheline Jean Louis

“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” – Helen Keller

“Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.” —Margaret Shepard

“There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.” —C.S. Lewis

“A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.” – Isabelle Eberhardt

MORE INSPIRING SOLO TRAVEL QUOTES

Whether you are looking for fly solo quotes to feel free like a bird, or inspirational quotes for travelling alone, these solo travel quotes will do the job for you.

‘We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.’ – Anais Nin

‘Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by.’ – Robert Frost

‘As a woman, I have no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.’ – Virginia Woolf

‘It is not down in any map; true places never are.’ – Herman Melville

‘And if I’d be left alone in the woods again, I smiled to think how I’d find new gifts and thrive. At the end of a long trail and the beginning of the rest of my life, I was committed to always loving myself. I would put myself in that win-win situation.’ ―  Aspen Matis

‘If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.’ – Anthony Bourdain

‘He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him.’ – Flemish proverb

‘I had chosen to leave and live alone in a foreign country. And in fleeing thousands of miles across the Pacific, I chose myself, and a chance at a different future.’ – Alison Singh Gee

‘No matter how you travel, it’s still you going.’  –  Jeff Goldblum

‘Travel -The Best Way To Be Lost And Found At The Same Time.’ – Brenna Smith

‘Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.’ –  John Muir

‘If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.’  – Cesare Pavese

“The goal of my life is to tie adventure to my feet, stock memories in my pocket, hold imagination in my palms like fairy dust, and sprinkle it on my tales.” – Mitali Meelan

‘Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comforts of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things. -air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky. -all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.’ – Cesare Pavese

‘Travel Doesn’t Become Adventure Until You Leave Yourself Behind.’ – Marty Rubin

‘Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.’ – Andre Gorde

‘What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do — especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.’ – William Least Heat Moon

‘You never really travel alone. The world is full of friends waiting to know you.’ – Unknown

‘Traveling’s not something you’re good at. It’s something you do. Like breathing.’ –  Gayle Foreman

‘Traveling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life changing experience of your life. Try it at least once.’ –  Unknown

‘Traveling alone was like laundry for my thoughts.’ – Mark Foster

‘I didn’t know where I was going until I got there.’ –  Cheryl Strayed

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Cheryl Strayed , the author of the best-selling book ‘Wild’ is one of those women with whom I can resonate with. Her journey has been similar to mine, and she beautifully transitions the stages of grief after a loss. Her words are one of the best solo travel quotes for women who are afraid of what lies beyond.

If you are a solo female traveler or someone having second thoughts about traveling alone, you should look up for more about her journey to inspire you.

Here are words about going home:

“The beautiful thing about going alone is that every triumph is yours, every consequence of every mistake is yours, everything that you have to figure out is on you. That’s a really powerful experience. And sometimes it is beautiful and positive and exciting, and sometimes it’s negative and hard and lonely. I wanted that. I welcomed that.” —Cheryl Strayed

‘If companionship is a mandate for all of our experiences, then we will miss out on many of life’s blessings.’ – Gina Greenlee

‘Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.’ – Alan Keightley

‘Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.’ – Barbara De Angelis

‘As you travel solo, being totally responsible for yourself, it’s inevitable that you will discover just how capable you are!’ –  Unknown

‘Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.’ – Roy M. Goodman

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

SHORT TRAVEL ALONE QUOTES

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“Life is a journey with almost limitless detours.” – Ken Poirot

“She remembered who she was and the game changed.” – Lalah Delia

“Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.” – Paul Cezanne

“Go solo, go far.”

“The real work of an expedition begins when you return.” – Louise Arner Boyd

“Half the fun of travel is the aesthetic of lostness.” – Ray Bradbury

“Walk your own path and be yourself.” – Joanne Nussbaum

“You have to get lost before you can be found” – Jeff Rasley

“Traveling solo means getting to know the real you.”

“The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.” – Angela Vallely

“If you never go, you’ll never know.”

“Just because my path is different, doesn’t mean I am lost.”

“Traveling solo took away my irrational fears.”

“I, too, once journeyed beyond the stars.” – Elizabeth Lim

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion with one’s courage.” – Anaïs Nin

“Explore, Experience, Then Push Beyond.” – Aaron Lauritsen

I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.” – Mary Oliver

“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – Anthony Robbins

“Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan

“Some journeys can be only traveled alone.”

“Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” – David Mitchell

AWESOME QUOTES ABOUT TRAVEL ALONE

‘Anybody can be an explorer if they want to be. You can be an astronaut if you want. Figure out what you want to do, and then go do it.’ – Helen Thayer

‘Life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better.’ – Simon Raven

‘Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.’ – Suzy Strutner

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‘A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.’ – Oliver Wendell Holmes

‘Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.’- Helen Keller

‘Sometimes, the journey has to be traveled alone to appreciate the strengths that lie deep inside of you.’ – Steven Aitchison

‘The gladdest moment in human life, methinks, is a departure into unknown lands.’ – Sir Richard Burton

‘The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life.’ – Agnes Repplier

‘Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.’ – Neale Donald Walsch

‘Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere will always haunt me.’ – Isabelle Eberhard

‘Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.’ – Gustave Flaubert

‘Investment in travel is an investment in yourself.’ – Matthew Karsten

‘Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.’ – Andre Gide

‘The best education I have ever received was through travel.’ – Lisa Ling

SOLO TRIP QUOTES

“A person susceptible to ‘Wanderlust’ is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.” – Pico Iyer

“I have traveled many roads in my life. Some were imbued with pain and I needed to avert my gaze. Others were so beautiful that I would have remained there forever. But always, at some point in these routes, I reached a place where I encountered myself.” – Pablo Holmberg

“My spirit gets nourished in faraway places. Sometimes I wonder if it’s a biological need, perhaps a biological flaw, that compels me to seek the excitement and challenge that comes of being in a place where nobody knows me.” – Rita Golden Gelman

“The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” – Christopher McCandless

“Looking in the mirror, I saw a joyful face. And this happy girl was just about to go on a trip, with a one-way ticket in her bag. Life was a never-ending journey.” – Nico J. Genes

“Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand-and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.” — Marie Beynon Ray

“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s OK. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain

“If I would have waited for someone else to join me on my travels, I would still be waiting.”

It is better to see something once than to hear about hundred times. – Russian Proverb

 “It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially molded by whom we are with, we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others. ” Alain de Botton

“This life is an enduring and complex journey, but finally I have reached the point in my story where I am appreciative of where I’ve been, proud of where I am, and excited about where I have yet to go.” – Becca Lee

“It’s amazing how many different roads we can take, but they all lead home.” – Jewel E. Ann

“You have exactly one life in which to do everything you’ll ever do. Act accordingly.” —Colin Wright

“Sometimes the best journeys are those, that start when we do not plan, continue how we do not expect and are taking us places we do not know.” – Aisha Mirza

“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” —Paulo Coelho

SOLO RIDE QUOTES 

“Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” – David McCullough Jr

“Life is a journey with big rocks to climb, little ones to trip over, and milestones to mark where we have been.” – David Cuschieri

 “Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain, And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again.” – John Masefield

“Mapmaking: You’re on the path and have already begun to morph – so has the road. The journey has chosen you. The only way out is forward and through.” – Helen S. Rosenau

“The wish to travel seems to me characteristically human: the desire to move, to satisfy your curiosity or ease your fears, to change the circumstances of your life, to be a stranger, to make a friend, to experience an exotic landscape, to risk the unknown.” – Paul Theroux

“On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes.” – Matshona Dhliwayo

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.” —Roald Dahl

 “I had chosen to leave, and live alone in a foreign country. And in fleeing thousands of miles across the Pacific, I chose myself, and a chance at a different future.” – Alison Singh Gee

“This journey has always been about reaching your own another shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.” – Diana Nyad

“Solo Travel is all about exploring the world and one’s own-self.”

TRAVEL ALONE CAPTIONS FOR INSTAGRAM

The below list of Instagram captions are the best solo travel quotes that you can check out.

“When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.” – Diane Von Furstenberg

“When a thing beckons you to explore it without telling you why or how this is not a red herring; it’s a map.” – Gina Greenlee

“A girl who travels has relationships that are based not on security, but on sincerity.” – Lauren Kleefeld

“This is the journey of your life. Don’t try to explain it to others, because only you can see it.” – Nitin Namdeo

 “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai

“Any country where I am not bored is a country that teaches me nothing.” – Albert Camus

“Waiting for the perfect moment to travel? It is here right now!”

“It is pointless to embark on any journey if you do not believe yourself worthy of the destination.” – Anthon St. Maarten

“If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.” – Maxwell Maltz

“One of the reasons I travel solo: I do not have to share all the delicious food!”

“A traveler should be happy, not perfect!”

“Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.” – Oprah Winfrey

“There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.” – Alphonse De Lamartine

“Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” — Buddha

“A ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for.” – Gael Attal

“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively, unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustav Flaubert

“I guess I’m too selfish to travel well with other people.” – Alice Steinbach

“Maybe happy endings were real, as long as you understood that they weren’t endings, but steps on the road.” – Katharine McGee

“Some journeys take you farther from where you come from, but closer to where you belong.” – Ron Franscell

“It is confidence in our bodies, minds, and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn, which is what life is all about.” — Oprah Winfrey

“Always choose the window seat. We often forget there’s the magic of flying. But what it brings to our lives is undeniably the stuff of dreams.” – Timi Nadela

“Being a solo traveler made me an adult.”

UNUSUAL QUOTES ABOUT TRAVELING ALONE

There are some solo travel quotes that might have been missed out in getting their limelight because these are some of the most meaningful thoughts that crossed the minds of people whose passion to explore the horizons of the earth superseded everything.

Here are a few more of these quotes about solo travel.

‘You don’t have to be rich to travel well.’ – Eugene Fodor

‘Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.’ – Mandy Hale

‘If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.’ – James Michener

‘The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving. I didn’t want to destroy anything or anybody. I just wanted to slip quietly out the back door, without causing any fuss or consequences, and then not stop running until I reached Greenland.’ ― Elizabeth Gilbert

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Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.’ – Paul Theroux

‘He travels the fastest who travels alone.’ – Rudyard Kipling

‘People don’t take trips, trips take people.’ – John Steinbeck

‘When overseas you learn more about your own country than you do the place you’re visiting.’ – Clint Borgen

‘Loneliness, tenderness, high society, notoriety, you fight for the throne and you travel alone.’ – Bob Dylan

Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.’ – Paulo Coelho

‘The first rule of travel is that you should always go with someone you love, which is why I travel alone.’ – Andrew O’ Hagan

The words above must probably one of the most meaningful solo travel quotes ever said.

‘A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.’ – George A. Moore

‘The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.’ – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

‘Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.’ – Dalai Lama

‘The journey is the reward.’ — Chinese proverb

‘Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.’ – Pat Conroy.

‘After midnight, the moon set, and I was alone with the stars. I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, and I need no other flight to convince me that the reason flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the aesthetic appeal of flying.’ – Amelia Earhart

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BEST CAPTIONS ABOUT TRAVEL LING ALONE

Bill Bryson is one of the authors that I enjoy reading, and most of the times, he travels solo, which makes his works interesting. In one of the solo travel quotes, he describes what it is like to travel alone

‘To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.’ – Bill Bryson

‘Wanna feel the warm breeze. Sleep under a palm tree. Feel the rush of the ocean. Get onboard a fast train. Travel on a jet plane, far away.’ – Kelly Clarkson 110. ‘To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.’ – Jeanne Moreau

‘We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.’ – Ray Bradbury

‘Travel is as much a passion as ambition or love.’ – Letitia Elizabeth Landon

‘Adventure is a path. Real adventure, self-determined, self-motivated, often risky, forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world.’ – Mark Jenkin

‘To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.’ –  Elizabeth Gilbert

‘Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.’ – Joe Abercrombie

‘All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware.’ – Martin Buber

‘Someday, somewhere, anywhere, unfailingly, you’ll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.’ –   Pablo Neruda

‘In the depth of winter I final learned that there was in me an invincible summer.’ –  Albert Camus

‘We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.’ – John Hope Franklin

‘Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.’ – Miriam Beard

‘Travel empties everything you have into the box called your life, all the things you accumulate to tell you who you are.’ – Claire Fontaine

‘I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.’ – Maya Angelou

‘Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.’ – Maya Angelou

‘Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.’ – Frank Borman

‘With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding.’ – Sandra Lake

‘One of the great things about travel is you find out how many goods, kind people there are.’ – Edith Wharton

‘It is better to travel well than to arrive.’ – Buddha

‘We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.’ – Gloria Gaither

This exhaustive list of solo travel quotes should inspire you to take that first step. Solo travel can be scary, but it doesn’t have it to be that way. Hope this solo adventure quotes will guide you to tons of happiness.

It’s all in your mind, and once you travel you will realize that traveling by yourself isn’t as scary as you thought it would be. Happy solo travels!

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78 Travel Alone Quotes | Inspiration for a Solo Journey

Are you an adventurer looking for the top solo travel alone quotes? If so, you’re going to love this list.

Traveling by yourself is the best way to truly discover who you really are. It’s empowering, exciting, and liberating all at once. Whether you’re planning a big backpacking adventure or a weekend trip to a new city, these quotes about traveling alone sum up the joys of departing on a solo mission.

They’ll cast away any negative feelings you may have about being by yourself and help you realize the freeing feeling of wandering alone.

The Best Solo Travel Quotes

Are you hesitant to venture into the unknown alone? If so, these quotes will inspire your next adventure and push you to book that ticket for one.

1) “I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.” – Daphne du Maurier

2) “to awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. you are surrounded by adventure.” – freya stark, 3) “it’s not getting from a to b. it’s not the beginning or the destination that counts. it’s the ride in between…this train is alive with things that should be seen and heard. it’s a living, breathing something – you just have to want to learn its rhythm.” – david baldacci, 4) “the man who goes alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – henry david thoreau.

5) “Sometimes the best journeys are those that start when we do not plan, continue how we do not expect and are taking us places we do not know.” – Aisha Mirza

6) “i think one travels more usefully when they travel alone because they reflect more.” – thomas jefferson, 7) “loving life is easy when you are abroad. where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.” – hannah arendt, 8) “travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” –  buddha, 9) “the man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. the man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before.” – alan ashley-pitt, 10) “some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – erol ozan, 11) “it seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. our responses to the world are crucially molded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others…being closely observed by a companion can also inhibit our observation of others; then, too, we may become caught up in adjusting ourselves to the companion’s questions and remarks, or feel the need to make ourselves seem more normal than is good for our curiosity.”  – alain de botton.

Solo Trip Quotes That Lone Travelers Will Understand

Solo travel changes you. It pushes you out of your comfort zone and helps you realize you’re capable of so much more than you thought. If you’ve ever set off on an adventure by yourself, these quotes on traveling alone will definitely resonate with you.

12) “I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.” – Storm Jameson

13) “only those who do not climb mountains ask why people climb them. for those who climb, the answer is both obvious and impossible to explain. the everyday concerns of livelihood, of social standing, overdue bills, and futureless romance all fall away before the vast and overwhelming absolute of the mountain. ” – paul watkins, 14) “when the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted by himself.” – liberty hyde bailey, 15) “a nomad i will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.” – isabelle eberhardt, 16) “traveling solo made me a stronger person” – unknown.

17) “Traveling the world on my own made me more confident. I am me now!” – Unknown

18) “i am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – mary anne radmacher, 19) “adventure can be an end in itself. self-discovery is the secret ingredient.” – grace lichtenstein, 20) “you never really travel alone, the world is full of friends waiting to get to know you.” – unknown, 21) “traveling solo took away my irrational fears” – unknown, 22) “everywhere you go, you shall find dramatic splendor and awe because your majestic soul is part of the vivid whole, and nothing about you is ignoble.” – kilroy j. oldster, 23) “my alone feels so good — i’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.” – warsan shire.

24) “There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” – Mandy Hale

25) “loneliness adds beauty to life. it puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” – henry rollins, 26) “solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.” – suzy strutner, 27) “there was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” – jack kerouac, 28) “travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind.” – marty rubin, 29) “when a thing beckons you to explore it without telling you why or how, this is not a red herring; it’s a map.” – gina greenlee, 30) “the goal of my life is to tie adventure to my feet, stock memories in my pocket, hold imagination in my palms like fairy dust, and sprinkle it on my tales.” – mitali meelan, 31) “a mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – oliver wendell holmes, jr., 32) “traveling alone doesn’t always mean you’re alone. most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” – jacqueline boone.

33) “I am of course lost in this journey I’m on, but I do remain confident, though I am lost it will be a great adventure, this adventure will surpass my wildest imagination. So call me a fool, but I’m happy to be lost.” – Micheline Jean Louis

34) “we travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – anaïs nin, 35) ​​“it is pointless to embark on any journey if you do not believe yourself worthy of the destination.” – anthon st. maarten, 36) “travel isn’t always pretty. it isn’t always comfortable. sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. but that’s ok. the journey changes you; it should change you. it leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. you take something with you. hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – anthony bourdain, 37) “when you’re traveling with someone else, you share each discovery, but when you are alone, you have to carry each experience with you like a secret, something you have to write on your heart because there’s no other way to preserve it.” – shauna niequist, 38) “the inner journey of travel is intensified by solitude.” – paul theroux.

Solo Travel Quotes That Will Motivate You to Travel Alone

There’s nothing better than having the freedom to plan your own itinerary in a new and exciting destination. If you’re a bit hesitant to set off on an adventure by yourself, these solo journey quotes might just encourage you to start making plans.

39) “Traveling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life-changing experience of your life. Try it at least once!” – Unknown

40) “open your heart to the world. it’ll dazzle you in ways you never thought possible.” – unknown, 41) “this is the journey of your life. don’t try to explain it to others, because only you can see it.” – nitin namdeo.

42) “Courage is not the absence of fear, its inspiring others to move beyond it.” – Nelson Mandela

43) “not i, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. you must travel it for yourself.” – walt whitman, 44) “the journey of life is amazingly beautiful if you take it as a fearless adventure.” – debasish mridha, 45) “you don’t need magic to disappear, all you need is a destination and a great hostel” – unknown, 46) ” a ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for.” – gael attal, 47) “never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.” – amin maalouf, 48) “fill your life with experiences, not things. have stories to tell, not stuff to show” – unknown.

49) “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” – Diane Von Furstenberg

50) “adventure should be part of everyone’s life. it is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing.” – holly morris, 51) “tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life” – mary oliver, 52)  “as you travel solo, being totally responsible for yourself, it’s inevitable that you will discover just how capable you are” – unknown, 53) “twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. so throw off the bowlines. sail away from the safe harbor. catch the trade winds in your sails. explore. dream. discover.” – unknown.

54) “Waiting for the perfect moment to travel? It is here right now!” – Unknown

55) “if you have to wait for someone to travel with you, you may end up waiting a lifetime” – unknown, 56) “you have exactly one life in which to do everything you’ll ever do. act accordingly” – colin wright, 57) “if you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – angelina jolie, 58) “not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” – henry david thoreau, 59) “i see my path, but i don’t know where it leads. not knowing where i’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” – rosalia de castro, 60) “nobody can discover the world for somebody else. only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” –  wendell berry, 61) “never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.” – roman payne.

Instagram Captions About Traveling Solo

Sometimes short and sweet says it best. If you’re in need of a good social media caption, these travel alone quotes sum of the joys of solo excursions in very few words.

62) “If you never go, you will never know!” – Unknown

63) “travel far enough to meet yourself” – unknown, 64) “life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – neale donald walsch, 65) “live your life by a compass, not a clock” – erica jong, 66) “travel is an investment in yourself.” – unknown.

67) “Don’t look back. You’re not going that way.” – Unknown

68) “table for one, food for two, please.” – unknown, 69) “walk your own path and be yourself.” – joanne nussbaum, 70) “traveling solo means getting to know the real you.” – unknown, 71) “don’t be scared to walk alone. don’t be scared to like it.” – john mayer, 72) “some journeys can be only traveled alone” – ken poirot, 73) “if you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.” – maxwell maltz, 74) “you must go on adventures to find out where you belong.” – sue fitzmaurice, 75) “the question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.” – ayn rand, 76) “what good are wings without the courage to fly” –  harper lee, 77) “blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures” – lovelle drachman, 78) “travel…the best way to be lost and found at the same time.” – brenna smith..

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100+ Wisest Solo Travel Quotes

We all love a good solo travel quote. They ignite a curiosity inside us, inspire us to get up off the couch, and sometimes, give us that push of courage to go!

There are plenty of solo travel quotes floating around the web, from the classics you see on every Instagram feed (“ Not all those who wander are lost” ), to the motivational, philosophical, and super poetic.

But what about the wisest? The travel solo quotes which are thought provoking, which change your mindset, and actually impart wisdom?

Here you’ll find 100+ of our favorites – copy and paste them to social media, share the images to Pinterest, or send them to a friend who’s planning their solo trip. Share this post to inspire others to also travel alone !

After you get some inspiration from these wise solo travel quotes, go to our funny travel quotes article to laugh out loud!

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Solo Travel Quotes to Give You Courage

#1 “don’t be scared to walk alone. don’t be scared to like it.” — john mayer.

We love this solo travel quote, as taking the first step is most often the scariest part of solo travel. And many people will let fear convince them that it’s OK not to even try, because once they get out into the world, they probably won’t even like it.

Nothing could be further from the truth!

For most solo travelers, that first trip is a liberating experience, though you have to be open to actually enjoying the experience. So we encourage you to not let fear get in the way of actually booking, but also to fully embrace the experience, and not be scared to like it!

#2 “I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question” – Harun Yahya

I think all we can say to this is:

#3 “Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you’re afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that — that’s what life is. You might be really good.” – Amy Poehler

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#4 “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” – Rosa Parks

It’s true – once you’ve made up your mind that you’re going to travel solo, your subconscious accepts that it’s going to happen. You might still experience certain levels of nervousness, excitement, fear, and anxiety in the lead up, but acceptance overwhelmingly diminishes fear.

#5 “One day you’ll wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now”. – Paulo Coelho

We love this solo trip quote, because it encourages everyone to live life to the fullest, and reminds us that none of us are guaranteed ‘someday’.

Don’t plan for ‘someday’.

Plan to live your life now.

#6 “There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis

#7 “Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?” – Caroline Myss

Well, do you?

#8 “If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.” – Maxwell Maltz

One of the most common questions we’re asked as solo travelers is ‘don’t you get lonely’?

Because this is a big fear many people have of traveling alone (the fear of being alone is a legitimate anxiety disorder called Autophobia /  Monophobia ).

But there’s a certain beauty to being confident, comfortable, and happy in your own company, and if you have a good relationship with yourself, you’ll find that you’re never lonely on the road. For those times when you are, it’s easy enough to meet new people when traveling on your own , which is why this is such a relevant solo travel quote.

#9 “To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

It is expected that someone like Elizabeth Gilbert, author of word famous Eat, Pray, Love, thinks this way, and we also agree that a generous dose of conviction in the powers of solo travel is required to take the first step in trip planning .

#10 “Don’t ever accept anyone else’s preconceived limitations. If there’s something you want to do, there isn’t any reason you can’t do it.” – Amy Dodson

Women are often told “don’t do this”, “you can’t travel alone without a man”, “you can’t go to this country because you will not be safe”, etc. Don’t live someone else’s life – live your own.

Research a destination that has what you like and want, prepare and plan for anything that can happen, get travel insurance , follow all the safety precautions and get ready to have a great trip. This quote could not be more applicable to a solo trip!

#11 “Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” – Helen Keller

Helen Keller was spot on with this quote. Many people are afraid to travel solo because they fear it’s unsafe. However most destinations around the world are just as safe as the place you live in, and  you’re just as likely, if not even more likely, to be caught out in a dangerous situation when you’re at home. 

For instance, did you know that falling out of bed claims 450 American lives yearly? Ladders, lawn mowers, and even vending machines are among the mundane, every day objects which can be dangerous – but you don’t avoid buying a chocolate bar because a between two and four people die each year due to vending machine accidents.

While traveling comes with its own risks, it is the fear of the unknown , or xenophobia, that makes us more scared of a solo trip rather than the actual risk of visiting a place which may carry the same dangers as going about our daily life.

If that’s the case, you may as well travel solo. Remember this solo travel quote next time you are considering to go on a trip on your own.

#12 “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

Word. A wise quote perfectly suitable for a solo trip.

#13 “Life shrinks or expands in proportion with one’s courage.” – Anaïs Nin

It’s true – the more courageous you are to try new things in life, the richer and more fulfilling your life becomes. You have far more possibilities in life when you are open to them, and travel opens the mind like nothing else.

Remember this saying next time you are afraid of doing something, anything, and specifically when booking your next solo trip .

#14 “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver

We plan to travel, and explore every inch of this beautiful, fascinating, chaotic, and culturally diverse world! 

#15 “Just go” – Every Solo Traveler Ever

Yep, this may not sound like the most complex of our solo travel quotes, but it sure is the one holding the most truth. 

Solo Travel Quotes for Inspiration

#16 “dare to live the life you always wanted” – unknown.

One of the most inspiring of the traveling solo quote (though it applies to many situations in life), be daring, and be brave, build the life of your dreams and make sure that it includes traveling on your own.

#17 “Reality is negotiable” – Unknown

#18 “life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body. but rather, to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming …. wow what a ride.” – mark frost.

Going on an adventure can truly feel like this travel quote, and is there a greater adventure than a solo trip? 

#19 “It is in all of us to defy expectations, to go into the world and to be brave, and to want, to need, to hunger for adventures. To embrace the chance and risk so that we may breathe and know what it is to be free.” – Mae Chevrette

It’s true – we’re all capable of embracing adventure, facing our fears, and living our best life. Freedom, flexibility and the ability to do what we want is one of the main reasons we travel solo.

While everybody who lives, will die, not everybody who dies, has lived.

Ponder that for a moment!

#20 “Sometimes, one day in a different place will give you more than 10 years of life at home.” – Anatole France 

This solo travel quote is another of our favorites, because even if you only muster the courage to take a weekend trip alone, just having spent 48 hours outside of your comfort zone can teach you more about both yourself, and the world, than you ever would have otherwise known.

#21 “Travel is as much a passion as ambition or love” – Letitia Elizabeth Landon

If you asked a die hard traveler to choose between travel, ambition, or love, well…It’d be a tough choice!

As any solo traveler will tell you, their love to traveling independently is as deep as any addiction, which is why we appreciate this solo travel quote so much.

#22 “Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.” – Isabelle Eberhardt

Or in other words, once you’ve seen the sun shine on the other side of the world, once you’ve raised a glass with locals, laughed in a foreign tongue, tasted exotic food, and been exposed to the wonders of the world outside your bubble, you’ll never be content with life as it once was.

When it comes to travel solo quotes we can all relate to, this one explains the feeling of wander and wonder more than any other.

#23 “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey.” – Fitzhugh Mullan

After-all, if you’re so consumed with making sure you don’t run into any hiccups, you’ll probably never end up taking that trip, and that would be a shame.

The very beauty of travel, and very thing which encourages the most personal growth, are the bumps, hiccups, and ‘potholes’ in the road. You learn to find solutions, you prove to yourself that you can overcome any challenges and you grow as a person.

These are also the stories you remember and retell for decades to come.

I mean, which epic tale of adventure has ever started with ‘Everything went smoothly’?! Remember this fun solo traveling quote next time you are going through a truly bumpy road.

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#24 “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – Tony Robbins

It’s true – and to pull a quote from Nelson Mandela, to explain this epic solo travel quote;

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

Once you take the first step towards that trip on your own, you will suddenly realize the world of opportunities ahead of you. If you need a confidence boost, join some of the best Facebook travel groups to get inspired!

#25 “The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” – Anna Quindlen

It’s tough to move forward when you feel as though your present is trapped by your past.

But it doesn’t have to be.

Your future can be whatever you want it to be. Go on, save for that trip and just go.

#26 “Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.” – Margaret Shepard

Traveling on your own certainly feels like a massive leap of faith, especially that first time.

#27 “Traveling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life changing experience of your life. Try it at least once!” – Unknown

It’s true – travel is scary, and traveling alone even more so. But of all the travel alone quotes, this one is particularly wise and poignant, because after-all, the scariest and toughest paths to follow are often the most rewarding.

Plus, of all the testimonials we have on our website, this is perhaps the feeling that most resonates with those going on their first trip.

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Wise Advice (Packaged as a Solo Trip Quote)

#28 “don’t call it a dream…call it a plan” – unknown.

It’s very simple, but very powerful psychology – if you call it a plan instead of a dream, you’re affirming to yourself that it WILL happen.

#29 “Traveling is not something you’re good at, it’s something you do, like breathing.” – Gayle Foreman

One of the rare solo traveling quotes that sums up how almost every solo traveler feels – travel is simply not something you can do without once you’ve tried it.

It’s just as important to life as oxygen.

#30 “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley

How true is that solo travel quote?

First hand experience will always  trump second hand knowledge, and so often people’s tales and experiences with a destination are influenced based on their own personal interests, style, and bias. In today’s social media and connected world, this saying is even more true.

When you visit a place for the first time you almost always realize that most of what you’ve been told about the place is completely wrong – but the only way to find out is to plan a trip and visit.

So pack that suitcase , and go see for yourself so your opinions are based on your own first hand experience.

#31 “If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.” – Anthony Bourdain

Throughout his life, Anthony Bourdain had many classic quotes with thoughts on life and culture and pretty much any other topic, and he inspired many travelers to get out and explore the world solo.

These specific words are truly timeless when it comes to the impact of traveling solo .

#32 “The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau

At some point, there’s only so long you can wait for your friends to be willing and ready to join you until you realize that you’re going to have to travel alone. Sometimes waiting for people to join you means you’ll never travel at all.

If you are scared, research a destination and plan our trip in detail ; If you are afraid to feel lonely, find ways to meet people or find a travel buddy ; If you want to have great pictures of your trip, learn how to take photos of yourself alone .

Whatever you need to do, but don’t wait up on others.

#33 “You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.” – William Hazlitt

Nothing, and we mean  nothing  will  ever  beat seeing something for yourself.

It just won’t.

That’s why we love this honest solo trip quote.

#34 “Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.” – Suzy Strutner.

Beat those stereotypes and don’t stick to meeting what others expect of you, only what you want to get for yourself.

#35 “It is pointless to embark on any journey if you do not believe yourself worthy of the destination.” – Anthon St. Maarten

Solo travel means spending more time with yourself than ever before, without the interruptions of day to day life, without work or friends. You deserve it.

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#36 “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.” – J. K. Rowling

We sometimes hear our members say that they tried to go on their first solo trip and did not enjoy it. They took a risk, and it did not work out. And that’s ok, life is about taking risks, failing and learning.

#37 “Adventure should be part of everyone’s life. It is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing.” – Holly Morris

We agree. Adventure  should  be part of everybody’s life. 

Ultimately, do you want to simply exist? Or do you want to  live ?!

And there is no greater adventure than a solo trip and that’s why we included this deep quote in our list.

#38 “You don’t choose the day you enter the world and you don’t chose the day you leave. It’s what you do in between that makes all the difference.” – Anita Septimus

Write your own chapters in-between and make sure solo travel is included in some.

#39 “A person needs at intervals to separate themselves from family and companions and go to new places. You must go without familiars in order to be open to influences, to change.” – Katharine Butler Hathaway

Of all the wise solo travel quotes on this list, this one is perhaps the one which most simply states the truth about traveling solo. No matter what great friends or family you have, spending time away and with yourself is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself.

#40 “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

One of the most commonly mustered solo travel quotes , Mark Twain’s paragraph is the perfect encouragement to catch that first flight .

Solo Travel & Personal Growth Quotes

#41 “a mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions”. – oliver wendell holmes, jr..

Both physically and metaphorically true, this quote is so true when it comes to travel.

Once you’ve been exposed to new ways of seeing the world, new perspectives, new ways of doing things, and new ways of thinking, your mind will have been stretched and will never fit back within the box it first came in.

Reverse culture shock is how those whose minds have been “overstretched” feel when they return to their old life.

#42 “The inner journey of travel is intensified by solitude.” – Paul Theroux

This perfectly sums up traveling alone and explains why we all feel much more introspective and like we can finally send time with ourselves when we go on a solo trip.

#43 “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware”. – Martin Buber 

This is one of the classic solo travelling quotes, and speaks to the hidden personal growth people often discover from traveling – lessons they didn’t sign up for and were least expecting.

#44 “I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.” – Thomas Jefferson

We could not agree more with Thomas Jefferson and this simple yet powerful quote about solo travel.

#45 “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch

It surely does, and a solo trip is the best way to get over the fence of your comfort zone.

#46 “Without new experiences something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.” – Frank Herbert

Every time we try something new we fire new neural connections and that’s why it is so great for general mental wellbeing. Traveling solo, by definition, will activate a lot of those connections and it’s why it has such a rewarding effect on our own confidence. 

#47 “A person susceptible to ‘Wanderlust’ is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.” – Pico Iyer

You could argue that we are all susceptible to wanderlust, or at least, we have never met anyone who is not addicted to travel, but it is true that what is actually addictive is the change, the learning, the growth, the building of your self confidence, the excitement that comes with new things.

#48 “The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.” – Angela Vallely

As solo travel quotes goes this one is a favorite one among our members because it is a realisation you may not have before going on a solo trip but which is certainly something you get back home after that first trip on your own.

Besides traveling somewhere new, it is the journey inside your brain and your own mind that is probably the most addictive part of a solo tip.

#49 “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – Angelina Jolie

Being exposed to the world is the greatest gift you can give yourself. 

#50 “Some journeys take you farther from where you come from, but closer to where you belong.” – Ron Franscell

Have you ever felt like you need to get away from your familiar environment to find out how much you love it? Perspective is golden.

This quote about traveling alone is a great reminder of just that.

#51 “As you travel solo, being totally responsible for yourself, it’s inevitable that you will discover just how capable you are!” – Unknown

This is the most spot on of all the alone travel quotes on this list; When you travel solo you learn to rely on yourself, and with this independence comes a great sense of confidence in your abilities, and greater sense of self worth. This is perhaps the greatest benefit of traveling alone .

You quickly realize you  are  capable of catching connecting international flights, navigating your way around a foreign city, and ordering food in a restaurant where you don’t speak the language.

After you’ve spent some time traveling solo, and learned to trust your decision making and trust in yourself, anything will seem possible.

#52 “Some journeys can be only travelled alone!” – Ken Poirot

Whether you read this travel alone quote in the metaphorical sense, for a journey of personal growth, or in the literal sense, where all of your friends have bailed and you’ve been left to travel alone, it rings true on many different levels!

Thanks Ken!

#53 “I learned my strengths and my weaknesses. I experienced the exhilaration of the ups and the despairs of the lows and most of the feelings in between… I learned courage and I learned it myself” – Ann Stirk

There’s no-where to hide when you’re traveling alone, and you certainly can’t hide from yourself. Solo travel will shine a very strong spotlight on your strengths and your weaknesses, and in doing so you’ll learn a lot about yourself. This is often impossible when you can retreat to the comfort of your home and it’s what makes this quote on solo travel so raw and honest to the reality of traveling on your own.

#54 “This is the journey of your life. Don’t try to explain it to others, because only you can see it.” – Nitin Namdeo

You’ll Laugh at These Travel Alone Quotes

#55 “if you have to wait for someone to travel with you, you may end up waiting a lifetime” – unknown.

We touched on this in solo travel quote #32, but it’s such wise advice that it’s been repackaged and re-worded so many times!

It’s always true!

#56 “Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?” – Erma Bombeck

#57 “watching sunsets around the world is boring – said no one ever” – unknown.

Literally – we doubt you’ll find  anyone  who’s  ever  said this!

#58 “I travel a lot. I hate having my life disrupted by routine”. – Caskie Stinnett 

It’s true. There’s quite a classic solo travel quote which goes hand in hand with this one quite nicely: “Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you”.

Whether or not this is true (that monotony can prove deadly), we’re not willing to risk our lives to find out!

#59 “I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.” – Daphne Du Maurier

Did you ever notice that you pay more attention to the places, the sounds, the flavors and the smells on a trip you take with yourself? This solo travel quote explains just what most of us who love to travel solo have realised; you are just more in the moment and more immersed in the destination when you don’t have company to distract you.

#60 “Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There’s no looking at a building here after seeing Italy” – Fanny Burney

Solo Female Travel Quotes

#61 “good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.” – mae west.

We know which girl we prefer to be! 

#62 “An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other” – Norma Shearer

We don’t mind getting a bit dirty!

#63 “Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.” – Roman Payne

Be the queen of your own world and follow in the footsteps of this quote on traveling solo by exploring and discovering.

#64 “As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.”  – Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf was one of the most important modernist writers of the 20th-century, and while she was more than just a women’s writer , her quotes and writings still have particular relevance to females to this day, almost 80 years after her death.

We particularly love the application of this quote into the solo travel context; it truly sums up the feeling of those of us who identify as ‘citizens of the world’.

#65 “We still live in a world in which a significant fraction of people, including women, believe that a woman belongs and wants to belong exclusively in the home.” –  Rosalyn Sussman

We’re working to disprove this and hope that travel can help open doors and minds.

#66 “The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine

Don’t let fear hold you back from making genuine connections with people abroad, they may turn into a lifetime friendship.

#67 “When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.” – Diane Von Furstenberg

You will always have yourself and a solo trip will show you just how capable and strong you can be.

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#68 “I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say ‘yes, women can.” – Dilma Rousseff

And we hope that this spirit extends to solo travel.

#69 “Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.” – Barbara De Angelis

Traveling on your own as a woman is one of the most empowering adventures you can go on and it is also a great reminder to devote some time to yourself, so don’t forget about this quote when on your next solo trip.

#70 “If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can’t they fly in Space?” – Valentina Tereshkova

Seriously. Why can’t they.

#71 “Just watch, all of you men. I’ll show you what a woman can do…I’ll go across the country, I’ll race to the Moon… I’ll never look back.”  – Edna Gardner Whyte

Despite living in a modern, progressive age, where gender equality is widely championed and accepted, we still live in a society where women are underestimated, and their capabilities often undervalued.

“Women are not interested in traveling alone”

This was the answer a member of our community got from her university’s panel when she pitched her final year project: A planning app for women traveling solo. It seems the panel was out of touch with the reality:

– 2016-19 Google searches for “Solo Female Travel” have increased 400% – 65% of US women in a relationship also vacation solo – 80% of the travel decisions are made by women

So, to quote Edna Gardner Whyte , a pilot for over 60 years, and a pioneer aviator, – “Just watch, all of you men. I’ll show you what a woman can do”!

#72 “She remembered who she was and the game changed.” – Lalah Delia

#73 “i’ve never found my sex a hinderment; never faced a difficulty, which a woman, as well as a man, could not surmount; never felt a fear of danger; never lacked courage to protect myself. i’ve been in tight places and have seen harrowing things.” – harriet chalmers adams.

Be like Harriet: fearless!

Quotes About the Solo Travel Experience

#74 “to awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. you are surrounded by adventure. you have no idea of what is in store for you, but you will, if you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown.” – freya stark.

Freya Stark is perhaps one of the most commonly quoted writers of the 20th century; and explorer and travel writer who lived for 100 years between 1893 – 1993, she wrote more than 25 books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan – countries that are still considered off the beaten path for travelers almost 100 years later.

A true pioneer in solo female travel, Freya was one of the first non-Arabs to travel through the southern Arabian Desert so this is one of our favorite solo travel quotes on this list.

#75 “One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are.” – Edith Wharton

There is so much truth to this – people around the world are overwhelmingly kind, and we truly believe that once people travel, and realize this – form connections with locals, and realize the warmth of their hearts and hospitality, it would bridge many cultural divides.

#76 “Traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” — Jacqueline Boone

Meeting new interesting people is one of the greatest benefits of traveling alone . After-all, the motto of every solo traveler is that strangers are simply friends you haven’t met yet!

#77 “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.” – Michael Palin

#78 “Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no-one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.” – Hannah Arendt

This solo travel quote speaks to the liberating nature of traveling alone. You’re free from any limitations you feel you may face at home – nobody abroad knows you so you can embrace your ‘true self’, or the self you most wish to be.

You can step outside of the limitations of your reputation, of your friends and family’s expectations, and be truly free.

#79 “London on your own actually seems more exotic than Egypt on a tour.” – Laura Fraser

It’s absolutely true! You don’t have to go far or wide to seek adventure – don’t think you have to throw yourself straight in the deep end on a solo tour to an exotic land or culture – start small, and even an adventure in your own backyard can offer the same type of adventure and exhilaration if you’re doing it on your own. Never forget this quote on solo travel next time you explore our backyard.

#80 “I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.” – Storm Jameson

Also playing into our above note on the liberating nature of solo travel; you’re not judged as harshly as you are at home, and you can freely live, explore, and enjoy the world, on your own terms, without being unduly noticed.

#81 “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s OK. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain

We truly do love the wisdom of Anthony Bourdain and this quote that best explains what happens on a solo trip is one of his best.

Solo Travelling Quotes You Haven’t Heard Before

#82 “live your life by a compass, not a clock.” – stephen covey.

Though do learn how to read one first!

#83 “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” ― Jack Kerouac

Seriously – when was mowing the lawn  ever  memorable?! Go climb Kilimanjaro instead!

#84 “Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.” – Alan Keightley

If you are told traveling solo is not for you, remember not to let anyone question your choices or make you fit in their mould, remember this wise solo travel quote and go on with your own view of the world.

#85 “I fear regret more than I fear failure” – Unknown

It’s true that we get to the end of our lives, and regret the things we  didn’t  do, far more than the things we did.

Live a life without regrets. Go travel solo!

#86 “Travel opens your mind as few other things do. It is its own form of hypnotism, and I am forever under its spell.” – Libba Bray

Whether you call it the travel bug, itchy feet, restlessness, or a serious case of wanderlust, there is a certain magic to travel which will hypnotize, and forever change you.

And travel is an addiction from which there is no known cure, and most will never recover!

But we don’t say this lightheartedly – travel addition is very real . Psychiatrists have historically named extreme cases of the travel bug as “dromomania”: a diagnoseable condition where the primary symptom is an uncontrollable urge to walk or wander.

The term was officially added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders  as an “impulse-control disorder” and “psychiatric problem” in 2000. The definition states: “sufferers have an abnormal impulse to travel; they are prepared to spend beyond their means, sacrifice jobs, lovers, and security in their lust for new experiences.”

#87 “Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you’ve never been to – perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground.” – Judith Thurman

You’ll find you stop missing home the moment you leave. This is a travel quote we love, even if it sounds contradictory.

#88 “To me, travel is more valuable than any stupid piece of bling money can buy.” – Raquel Cepeda

Ever heard people say experiences make you richer than material bling?

There’s truth to this!

#89 “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharial Nehru

You don’t have to go too far to have adventures, sometimes, all it takes is for us to open our eyes to what’s around us with renewed curiosity.

#90 “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” — Buddha

Even the Buddha had a solo travel quote to share and he for sure was on to something. Don’t wait up on others, set forth.

#91 “Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” – David McCullough Jr.

Forget about the showing off and the social media likes and instead focus on what good you can bring others. Live by this solo trip quote, always.

Classic Travel Alone Quotes

#92 “i am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – mary anne radmacher.

One of our favorite classic solo travel quotes from Mary Anne Radmacher, who is a writer, artist and public speaker often covering topics on living a full, creative, and balanced life.

Many of her quotes are worthy for this list – another we love perhaps belongs in our section above on solo travel quotes to give you courage:

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”

#93 “Where-ever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius

This is true of every aspect of life, but we particularly love it when applied to the context of solo travel.

#94 “To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give; to roam the roads of lands remote, to travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen

The Danish author captured this so perfectly, beautiful and succinctly – to travel truly is to live!

#95 “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller

Another of Helen’s amazing pieces of wisdom, this is also one of the most repeated solo female travel quotes of all times because it so simply spells the “carpe diem” mentality.

#96 “Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

The great explorer Ibn Battuta was one of the first and most epic world adventurer and he sure understood the power of setting off on an epic trip. This famous travel quote is another of the most repeated ones.

#97 “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anaïs Nin

#98 “the impulse of travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life.” – agnes repplier .

#99 “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustav Flaubert

Travel will very quickly shatter any pre-conceived notions of your own self importance, or that the world revolves around you. The world is populated by 7.8 billion  people  and this realization is a very humbling experience.

Travel will keep you modest, and keep you grounded.

#100 “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine

And the world, if we may say so, is a pretty compelling page turner!

Trust us, you don’t want to put it down having only read one page!!

#101 “A ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for.” – Gael Attal

It’s true – that’s literally not what they’re built for. We’ll let you draw the metaphor to solo travel.

#102 “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – Dalai Lama

Solid, wise advice to live by concentrated in this travel quote.

#103 “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

We will finish this list of wise solo travel quotes with what is most likely the most well known of all by Susan Sontag.

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75 Motivational Solo Travel Quotes (With Photos) – Best Travel Alone Quotes!

By: Author Sophie Pearce

Posted on Last updated: January 7, 2022

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I think there’s something so inspiring about reading travel quotes to spark some wanderlust into our lives.

I know, more than most, how terrifying it can be to travel solo if you’ve never done it before.

But, once I took that leap, I’ve never looked back. I’ve been happily travelling around the world by myself ever since! 

Now, six years later, I run my own business as a solo female travel blogger.

Looking back, I remember flicking through about a million solo travel quotes to remind me why I wanted to go and how I had the power in myself to do it.

I really did find courage in these powerful words of wisdom and I continue to use these travelling alone quotes on my own social media all the time.

That’s why I wanted to share them with you!

I’ve hand-picked these 75 empowering solo travel quotes which should (hopefully) motivate you to book that solo trip! 

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The 75 best solo travel quotes

Here is the very best collection of uplifting quotes on solo travel that I absolutely love!

I have used many of these myself on my own social media channels over the years.

Feel free to save these by copying and pasting them on your own social media accounts. 

Or follow along with my solo adventures @thirdeyetraveller on Instagram! 

Short & sweet solo travel quotes

• “Some journeys can be only traveled alone!” – Ken Poirot

• “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” – David Mitchell
• “Go solo, go far!” – Unknown

4.  “Travel is an investment in yourself” – Anonymous

5.  “To travel is to take a journey into yourself.” – Danny Kaye

6. “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” – Buddha

7. “The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.” – Angela Vallely

8. “Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind” – Marty Rubin

9. “Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures.” – Lovelle Drachman

10. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch

11.  “Wherever you go, go with all your heart!” – Confucius

12. “Surely, of all the wonders of the world, the horizon is the greatest.” Freya Stark

13.  “Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.” – John Mayer

14. “You must go on adventures to find out where you belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice

15. “I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.” – Daphne Du Maurier

16. “Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient.” – Grace Lichtenstein

17. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

18. “You have to get lost before you can be found” – Jeff Rasley

19. “Dare to live the life you always wanted” – Unknown

20. “The inner journey of travel is intensified by solitude.” – Paul Theroux

21. “I can and I will, watch me” Carrie Green

22. “Not all those who wander are lost” – J.R.R Tolkien 

23. “If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.” – Maxwell Maltz

Exciting solo travel quotes

24. “Without new experiences something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.”  – Frank Herbert

25.  “Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.” – Suzy Strutner.

26.“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.” —Freya Stark

27. “Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

28. “Who goes alone can start today; but who travels with another must wait till that other is ready” – Henry David Thoreau

29. “I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it. – Rosalia De Castro

30. “Traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvellous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” – Jacqueline Boone

31. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

32. “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.”  – Michael Palin

33. “I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.” – Storm Jameson

34. “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.”  – Dalai Lama

Inspiring travel alone quotes for conquering fear

35. “Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” – Helen Keller

36. “You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.” – Ella Maillart

37. “I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.” —Thomas Jefferson

38.“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself.” —Walt Whitman

39. “Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” – David McCullough Jr.

40. “In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” – Lewis Carroll

41. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller

42. “A ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for.” – Gael Attal

43. “I learned my strengths and my weaknesses. I experienced the exhileration of the ups and the despairs of the lows and most of the feelings in between… I learned courage and I learned it myself” – Ann Stirk

44. “I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” – Mary Louise Alcott

45. “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” – Rosa Parks

46. “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place” – Nora Roberts

Life changing & motivational solo travel quotes

47. “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” ― Jack Kerouac

48.“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” –   Mark Twain

49.  “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”  – Saint Augustine

50.  “Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live in?” – Caroline Myss

51. “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.” – Albert Einstein

52. “To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

53. “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver

54. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

Riding solo quotes

55. “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” – Diane Von Furstenberg

56. “The more I travelled the more I realised that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends” – Shirley MacLaine

57. “Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” – Wendell Berry

58. “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.” – J. K. Rowling

59. “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is” – Angelina Jolie

60. “There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed” – Kate Douglas Wiggin

61. “I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question”  – Harun Yahya

62. “If you have to wait for someone to travel with you, you may end up waiting a lifetime!”  – Unknown

Solo female travel quotes

63. “As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.” – Virginia Woolf

64.  “When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.” – Diane Von Furstenberg

65. “Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.” – Roman Payne

66. “I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say ‘yes, women can.”  – Dilma Rousseff

67. “She remembered who she was and the game changed.” – Lalah Delia

68. “Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.” – Mae West

69. “Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.” – Barbara De Angelis

70. “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan

Funny solo travel quotes 

71. “I’m sorry for what I said when I wasn’t travelling” – Unknown

72. “I need a six month vacation, twice a year” – Anonymous

73. “The only aisle I want to be walking down is on a plane” – Unknown

74. “You can’t buy happiness but you can buy a plane ticket and that’s kind of the same thing” – Uknown

75. “I was amazed that what I needed to survive could be carried on my back. And, most surprising of all, that I could carry it.”  – Cheryl Strayed

I hope you enjoyed this list of the best solo travel quotes!

So, that’s all folks. Those are the 75 most inspiring travelling alone quotes.

I hope you found them useful and feel free to use any of them on your own social media accounts! 

If you do need any more motivation or reasons why you should travel solo. Feel free to contact me or write a comment below. I’ll be happy to provide some advice. 

At the end of the day, you’ll never regret taking yourself on an exciting adventure. So, have faith and go for it!

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Friday 28th of January 2022

Loved it! I enjoyed reading your quotes. Stepping out into the unknown with no one else to rely on, you come to learn to learn so much about yourself. Often these solo trips are life-changing adventures. Fav one “Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations”, well said. Sometimes I write about the quotes too.

Sophie Pearce

Saturday 29th of January 2022

Hi Dragana, thanks so much for sharing! I totally agree! Sophie x

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75 Best Solo Travel Quotes (+ Others)

• by Jonny Duncan
• July 4, 2023 July 4, 2023

Travelling alone can be a life-changing experience and one of the best things you do. These solo travel quotes for travelling alone from famed explorers/writers/ and more will inspire you to get out and go travelling alone.

They are also very useful if you want some great solo travel quotes for Instagram or other social media channels, etc.

There are 25 specific “solo travel quotes”, some of which are very famous travel quotes and the other 50 are general travel quotes but they can be used as solo travel quotes as well.

Just a quick note before we start. I had travelled alone for 20 or so years from 1997 onwards, but I have now been with my partner and wife for 5 years and love travelling together as a couple.

Still, some solo travel quotes are good to know!

Enjoy these inspiring solo travelling quotes and other travel quotes.

25 Best Solo Travel Quotes

I’ll start with one of my favourite travel writers with one of his solo travel quotes.

• “The inner journey of travel is intensified by solitude.” – Paul Theroux

2. “There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” — Mandy Hale

3. “Traveling alone makes it easier to be yourself.” – Charles Bukowski

4. “The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before.”- Alan Ashley-Pitt

5. “The man who goes alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” — Henry David Thoreau

6. “I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.” – Daphne Du Maurier

The next one is a very true one out of all these solo travel quotes:

7. “Some journeys in life can only be travelled alone.” – Ken Poirot

8. “I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone because they reflect more.” – Thomas Jefferson

9. “When the traveller goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.” — Liberty Hyde Bailey

10. “Solo travel is an opportunity to discover parts of yourself that you never knew existed.” – Stephanie Lee

11. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark

12. “The solo traveller is not looking for an escape from life, but rather a way to experience it more fully.” -Shane Dallas

13. “There’s no right or wrong way to travel solo…everyone should try it at least once in their life.” — Susan Moore

14. “The treasured vistas of our solo journeys are not always about the landscape.” — Gina Greenlee

15. “When the traveller goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.” — Liberty Hyde Bailey

16. “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.” — Albert Einstein  

17. “If companionship is a mandate for all of our experiences, then we will miss out on many of life’s blessings.” — Gina Greenlee

18. “You must go on adventures alone to find out where you belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice

Another one of the best solo travel quotes:

19. “Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.” — John Mayer

20. “Traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvellous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” — Jacqueline Boone

21. “You never really travel alone. The world is full of friends waiting to know you.” — Unknown

22. “In solo travel, you are forced to face your fears, discover your strengths, and learn to trust yourself.” – Unknown

23. “Travelling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life-changing experience of your life. Try it at least once.” – Unknown

24. “Solo travel will push you out of your comfort zone and give you a confidence boost like nothing else can.” – Unknown

25. “Traveling alone is an opportunity to discover yourself and find your own way.” – Unknown

30 Famous Travel Quotes

Many of these can also apply to solo travel quotes.

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Lao Tzu

2. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” — Mark Twain

3. “A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” — Lao Tzu

4. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” — Andre Gorde

5. “There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.” — C.S. Lewis

6. One of the most famous travel quotes out there:

“Not all those who wander are lost.” J.R.R. Tolkien

7. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

8. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine

9. “A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” — John A. Shedd

10. “Adventure should be part of everyone’s life. It is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing.” — Holly Morris

11. “Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

12. “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan

13. “One thing that I love about travelling is feeling disoriented and removed from my comfort zone.” — Sarah Glidden

14. “Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.” — Walt Whitman

15. “One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.” – Edith Wharton

16. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

17. “People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” — Paulo Coelho

That applies to solo travel quotes as well.

BTW If you haven’t read Paulo Coelho’s book The Alchemist I highly recommend you do:

18. Another of my favourite travel writers is Bill Bryson and this is one the best Bill Bryson travel quotes:

“There is something about the momentum of travel that makes you want to just keep moving, to never stop.” Bill Bryson

19. “I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” – Rosalia de Castro

20. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” — Gustav Flaubert

21. “Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” — Wendell Berry

22. “Travelling’s not something you’re good at. It’s something you do. Like breathing.” – Gayle Foreman

23. “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s OK. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” — Anthony Bourdain

24. “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – Angelina Jolie

25. “Take the risk, or lose the chance” – Unknown 

26. “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson

27. Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time. – Hannah Arendt

28. “Adventure should be part of everyone’s life. It is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing.” — Holly Morris

29. “I am of course lost in this journey I’m on, but I do remain confident, though I am lost it will be a great adventure, this adventure will surpass my wildest imagination. So call me a fool, but I’m happy to be lost.” — Micheline Jean Louis

30. “People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” — Paulo Coelho

31. “It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.” – Ernest Hemingway

32. “Ships are my arrows, the sea my bow, the world my target.” – Robert Thier

33. “So I find words I never thought to speak. In streets, I never thought I should revisit. When I left my body on a distant shore.” – T.S. Eliot

34. “There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed.” – Kate Douglas Wiggin

35. “What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. When you’re travelling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least Heat Moon

36. “No one realises how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang

37. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey.” – Fitzhugh Mullan

38. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley

39. “Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.” – Anatole France

40. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai

41. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill

42. “Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard

43. “Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” – Benjamin Disraeli

44. “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharlal Nehru

45. “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” – Jack Kerouac

46. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust

47. “Travel and change of place impart new vigour to the mind.” – Seneca

48. “The journey itself is my home.” – Matsuo Basho

49. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle

50. “He who would travel happily must travel light.” – Antoine de St. Exupery

I’ll add one of my own quotes here at the end. It’s not just about travel, but life in general.

“The less you have, the less you have to worry about.” Jonny Duncan (me!)

That is to say, travel light and live free. Travel with as little things as possible and you will feel a freedom so strong. I normally travelled in the past with just a 30 litres carry-on backpack and lived a minimal life.

These days I do have a bigger bag but that’s because I’m married and help carry some of my wife’s things.

Solo Travelling Advice

Solo travelling is one of the most rewarding life experiences for you to have. I travelled alone (that is to say left home alone) for 20 or so years.

But you’re never really alone. You will always meet new people, whether they are fellow travellers or locals you meet, and have new experiences in new places together, with lots of memories.

The biggest advice for solo travelling, and what some of these solo travel quotes have said, is simply:

“Don’t be afraid, step out your door, and just go!” Me!

I love solo travel quotes, they just give inspiration for those planning to travel solo and see the world.

Enjoy your solo travelling adventure±

Solo Traveller Quotes

Those are the best solo travel quotes and travel quotes overall. I have used many of these over the past 25 years of travelling, and love them all.

For travel guides and advice for helping you out with your journey take a look at my destinations page.

As I mentioned in the beginning Paul Theroux and Bill Bryson are two of my favourite travel writers, with great solo travel quotes, and have books spanning all over the world, so if you want some great travel reading take a look at some of their books.

The Great Railway Bazaar is old now but a brilliant read and In a Sunburned Country is hilarious. I recommend Bookshop.org as they help support local bookstores.

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Powerful Quotes for Travelling Alone

March 21, 2021

Solo travel can be exhilarating, exhausting and emotional. But I’ve always found it worth it. Sometimes, though, you can use a helping hand. So I’ve gathered together some of my favourite quotes for travelling alone, as well as some more practical info to help you on your next solo trip.

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The Best Quotes for Travelling Alone

Through work and a passion for exploration, I’ve travelled alone through the desert sands of the Sahara, the ice of the Arctic Circle and the sweaty tropics of southern India. Some things have made life much easier, like having the right kit. So before you travel anywhere, check out the international travel checklist and ultimate travel packing list here.

Also, while many of these solo travel quotes wax lyrical about self-sufficiency, remember there’s nothing wrong with booking onto a tour or a cruise if that’s what you’d prefer. Suffering doesn’t make something more meaningful. 

There’s a whole world of travel experiences that cater for solo travellers these days, from luxury cruises in the Amazon rainforest like this to the ultimate in rest and relaxation in a Greek villa,  like this .

Right, that said, let’s get on to the inspirational stuff. Whether it’s your first trip or your forty-first, here are some of the best quotes for travelling alone.

Self Sufficiency Quotes

“I learned my strengths and my weaknesses. I experienced the exhilaration of the ups and the despairs of the lows and most of the feelings in between… I learned courage and I learned it myself” – Ann Stirk

“When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.” – Diane Von Furstenberg

“I was amazed that what I needed to survive could be carried on my back. And, most surprising of all, that I could carry it.” –  Cheryl Strayed

“As you travel solo, being totally responsible for yourself, it’s inevitable that you will discover just how capable you are!” Unknown.

“Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.” – Walt Whitman

“Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of other’s expectations.” –   Suzy Strutner

“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do” – Henry Ford

Meaning of Life Solo Travel Quotes

“You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” – Diane Von Furstenberg

“When you’re traveling with someone else, you share each discovery, but when you are alone, you have to carry each experience with you like a secret, something you have to write on your heart, because there’s no other way to preserve it.” – Shauna Niequist

“I have traveled many roads in my life. Some were imbued with pain and I needed to avert my gaze. Others were so beautiful that I would have remained there forever. But always, at some point in these routes, I reached a place where I encountered myself.” –  Pablo Holmberg

“You have to get lost before you can be found” –  Jeff Rasley

“Half the fun of travel is the aesthetic of lostness.” – Ray Bradbury

“You will never be alone if you like the person you are with!” Unknown.

“There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” – Mandy Hale

“Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient.” –  Grace Lichtenstein

“Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind” – Marty Rubin

“Traveling solo means getting to know the real you.”  – Unknown

“The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.” –  Angela Vallely

More Quotes About Travelling Alone

When it comes to finding quotes about travelling alone, you’ll notice they’re not all solo female travel quotes. As a woman, I think it’s great to see the explosion in articles and confidence encouraging women to hit the road. And while men and women face different challenges when it comes to their first time or forty-first trip, some things remain the same: buy travel insurance , take a deep breath and enjoy your trip!

Making Friends While Travelling Alone

 “Traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvellous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” –  Jacqueline Boone

“You never really travel alone. The world is full of friends waiting to get to know you!” Unknown.

More Solo Traveller Quotes

Having Fun & Falling in Love

“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.” – Mae West

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone” – Neale Donald Walsch

“A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.” – Isabelle Eberhardt

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.” Freya Stark.

More Travel Solo Quotes

Not letting life pass you by.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

“So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” –  Mark Twain

“Traveling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life changing experience of your life. Try it at least once.”  – Unknown

“Go solo, go far.”  – Unknown

“Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.” —  John Mayer

“Some journeys can be only traveled alone.”  – Kein Poirot

“Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” —  Buddha

“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.”  – Albert Einstein

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” –  Ayn Rand

“Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?” – Caroline Myss

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Quotes about travelling alone that reveal the truth.

One day, you will look back and learn about all these adventures and new experiences through the fading grandeur of your own memories. And that’s the best way to look at things!

“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau

In other words, when you travel alone, you get to do what you want!

Quotes That Need Some Caveats (!)

“Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you” –  Caroline Myss

I mean. I kinda see what she’s getting at here but also… When you’re travelling alone, sometimes the best thing you can do is listen to that fear and get yourself out of a dangerous situation. So, go with the poetry but don’t forget the practical.

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustav Flaubert

I think for this to make sense, you have to have a pretty big idea about yourself before you start ;-) 

“If you are waiting for someone to travel with you, you may end up waiting a lifetime.” – Unknown

And perhaps my all time favourite…

 “If you never go, you’ll never know.” –  Unknown

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100 Most Inspiring Solo Travel Quotes

Thinking of travelling alone and searching for some travel solo quotes to inspire you? You’re in the right place. I know how scary solo travel can feel, I took my first solo trip to Australia when I was 18.

I’d just finished university and had a job starting a few months later, so I had some free time with no plans. My friends were taking gap years and were saving up to travel the following year, so it was either go alone, or don’t go at all. Although it felt really overwhelming at first, that trip changed me, and made me realise I can do anything I set my mind to. 

Since then, I’ve travelled to multiple countries on my own, and I’m pretty good at giving myself a pep talk if I’m ever feeling scared. But sometimes, there’s nothing like an inspirational quote to reassure you that even though it might feel scary, it’s SO worth it in the end. 

In this article, I’ve put together 100 of my favourite quotes to inspire your solo travel adventure. I’ve also added some pictures you can pin to your board on Pinterest, in case you want to come back to them later. Hopefully, after reading it, you’ll feel ready to take on the world. Ready for the 100 most inspiring travel solo quotes ? Let’s go. 

My FAVOURITE quote for solo travel

• “Feel the fear and do it anyway” – Susan Jeffers

This quote gets its own section because it’s my favourite quote ever, and not just for solo travel but for everyday life. I’m a big believer in acknowledging your fear and pushing through it, and not letting it hold you back.

Whenever I’m feeling overwhelmed, this is the quote I whisper to myself. And I’ve used it a LOT. Most recently, was last summer, when my boyfriend and I visited Montserrat, a mountain range near Barcelona. We decided to walk up rather than take the cable car, and there’s different walking routes you can take depending on your experience level. I’d asked him multiple times to check which one we were taking because I know how easy it is to end up basically mountaineering, and I have a crippling fear of heights.

About 45 minutes later we were on a very narrow path, on the side of a mountain, after definitely taking the wrong route. I was completely overwhelmed and sat down on the floor crying like a toddler. It might sound like an overreaction, but for me, looking down the side of a mountain at a sheer drop is TERRIFYING. 

He immediately said “let’s go back and find a different way” but I’m extremely stubborn. So that wasn’t an option that even entered my head. 

I reminded myself of this quote, and it helped push me to keep going. That and the fact I gripped my boyfriend’s hand and refused to look over the edge. 

It’s the perfect travel solo quote – sure, there’s going to be times you’re scared, and that’s fine, just don’t let it stop you experiencing things.

Ok, now I’ve shared my favourite quote for solo travel, here’s the other 99. I’m just going to list the rest, no more long-winded stories!

Travel solo quotes to encourage you to take the leap

One of the hardest parts about planning to travel solo, is having the confidence to take the first step and book the trip. So these are my favourite travel solo quotes to remind yourself of if you’re debating whether to go for it. 

• “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” — John A. Shedd
• “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
• Do not fear failure, but please, be terrified of regret. – Deshauna Barber
• “You have exactly one life in which to do everything you’ll ever do. Act accordingly.” Colin Wright
• “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” — Neale Donald Walsch
• “I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” — Rosalia De Castro
• Traveling’s not something you’re good at. It’s something you do. Like breathing. – Gayle Foreman
• If you find yourself drawn to an event against all logic, go. The universe is telling you something. – Gloria Steinem
• “Take the risk, or lose the chance” – Unknown 
• Don’t ever accept anyone else’s preconceived limitations. If there’s something you want to do, there isn’t any reason you can’t do it. – Amy Dodson
• The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me? – Ayn Ran
• “There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.” — C.S. Lewis
• “Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.” — Walt Whitman
• “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” — Andre Gorde
• “Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.” — John Mayer
• “Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.” — Margaret Shepard
• “The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” — Anna Quindlen
• “People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” — Paulo Coelho
•  “Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” — Wendell Berry
• “You can’t control the past, but you can control where you go next.” — Kirsten Hubbard
• “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand
• “Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.” —Brene Brown
• “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” —Amelia Earhart
• “Solo travel will push you out of your comfort zone and give you a confidence boost like nothing else can.” – Anonymous
• “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – Angelina Jolie
• “Adventure awaits those who dare to leave their comfort zone.” – Unknown
• “I travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape me.” – Unknown
• “I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” ~ Rosalia de Castro
• “Adventure awaits for those who wander.” – Anonymous
• “Solo travel is not a break from life, but a chance to live life to the fullest.” – Unknown
•  “You must go on adventures alone to find out where you belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice
• “Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jaime Lyn Beatty

Travel solo quotes if you feel overwhelmed 

As much as I love solo travelling, sometimes, it can feel overwhelming. You might be lost, and the only person you have to find the way is yourself. You might be in a hostel, trying to pluck up the courage to start a conversation with someone, or, you might just be feeling homesick. These solo trip quotes are perfect for reminding yourself why you’re doing it, and helping you to look for the positives. 

I find it reassuring to know that other people have done this before, and have felt the exact same way I have. You’re not the only one that finds solo travel scary, and there’s comfort in that.

• “Travelling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life changing experience of your life. Try it at least once.” – Unknown
• “Traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” — Jacqueline Boone
• “I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” – Mary Louise Alcott
• “One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.” – Edith Wharton
• “Travel experiences are emotionally loaded. Often there is excitement and stimulation. The tingle-factor though comes partly from the fact that we’re stressed, just a little.” – Jane Wilson-Howarth
• “You never really travel alone. The world is full of friends waiting to know you.” — Unknown
• “I am of course lost in this journey I’m on, but I do remain confident, though I am lost it will be a great adventure, this adventure will surpass my wildest imagination. So call me a fool, but I’m happy to be lost.” — Micheline Jean Louis
• “One thing that I love about traveling is feeling disoriented and removed from my comfort zone.” — Sarah Glidden
• “If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.” — Maxwell Maltz
• “It’s ok to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.” — Mandy Hale
• “Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.” —Arianna Huffington
• “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan
• “In solo travel, you are forced to face your fears, discover your strengths, and learn to trust yourself.” – Unknown
• “The more I travelled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine

Inspiring travel solo quotes

These quotes are my favourite if you ever need to be reminded about how awe-inspiring this world is, and how much is waiting to be discovered. 

• “It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn.” — Anthony Bourdain
• There is a kind of magic-ness about going far away, and then coming back all changed. – Kate Douglas Wiggin“There is freedom waiting for you, on the breezes of the sky. And you ask, “What if I fall?” Oh, but my darling, “What if you fly?” – Erin Hanson
• “Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
• “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
• “It is better to see something once than to hear about hundred times.” — Russian proverb
• The treasured vistas of our solo journeys are not always about the landscape. – Gina Greenlee
• “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” — Mark Twain
• “Adventure should be part of everyone’s life. It is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing.” — Holly Morris
• “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” — Gustav Flaubert
•   “Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand. – Banksy
• “The treasured vistas of our solo journeys are not always about the landscape.” — Gina Greenlee
• “Fill your life with experiences, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show”
• “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine
• “The solo traveller is not looking for an escape from life, but rather a way to experience it more fully.” -Shane Dallas
• “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
• Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time. – Hannah Arendt
• “Travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer.” – Anonymous
• “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
• “The greatest gift you can give yourself is the gift of solo travel – to explore, to dream, to discover.” – Anonymous

Short travel solo quotes

• “Not all those who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
• “I don’t know where I am going, but I’m on my way.” — Carl Sagan
• “A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” — Lao Tzu
• “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark
• “Some journeys in life can only be travelled alone.” – Ken Poirot
• “My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.” — Rumi
• “There’s no right or wrong way to travel solo…everyone should try it at least once in their life.” — Susan Moore

Travel solo quotes about the benefits of going alone

If you’re ever feeling down about the fact you’re travelling alone, it can be helpful to remind yourself of all the benefits that come with it.

• “I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.” – Thomas Jefferson
• I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone. – Daphne Du Maurier
• “The man who goes alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” — Henry David Thoreau
• “The beauty of solo travel is that you have the freedom to follow your heart and let your spirit soar.” – Unknown
•  “Solo travel… it forces you to trust yourself, question yourself, and in turn, trust yourself even more.” — Brooke Saward
• “When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.” — Liberty Hyde Bailey
• “If companionship is a mandate for all of our experiences, then we will miss out on many of life’s blessings.” — Gina Greenlee
• “There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” — Mandy Hale
• “Solo travel is an opportunity to step out of your routine and embrace new adventures, experiences, and perspectives.” – Unknown
• “Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.”–  Henry Rollins
• “The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before.”- Alan Ashley-Pitt
• “Solo travel is the perfect way to reconnect with nature, with yourself, and with the world around you.” – Unknown
• “Traveling alone makes it easier to be yourself.” – Charles Bukowski
• “The inner journey of travel is intensified by solitude.” – Paul Theroux
• “Traveling alone is an opportunity to discover yourself and find your own way.” – Unknown
• “Solo travel is about finding the beauty in loneliness and learning to enjoy your own company.” – Unknown
• “Solo travel is an opportunity to discover parts of yourself that you never knew existed.” – Stephanie Lee

Long travel solo quotes

• “If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.” —  Anthony Bourdain
• “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson
• “It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially molded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others. Being closely observed by a companion can also inhibit our observation of others; then, too, we may become caught up in adjusting ourselves to the companion’s questions and remarks, or feel the need to make ourselves seem more normal than is good for our curiosity.” — Alain de Botton
• “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s OK. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” — Anthony Bourdain
• Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you’re afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that — that’s what life is. You might be really good. —Amy Poehler

Travel solo quotes for women

• “Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without travelling.” – Roman Payne, The Wanderess
• “I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”
• “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.” — Albert Einstein  

The benefits of travelling solo

There’s SO many benefits of travelling alone, here’s a few of my favourites:

• You can do things on your schedule – this is my favourite thing about travelling alone. You want to get up really early and explore when there’s no around? No worries. Feeling really tired and you’d prefer to lie in? No worries. Not interested in heading to a bar and you’d prefer to read a book? All good. You can do whatever you want without having to consider another person’s interests.
• There’s no risk of falling out with someone – Travelling with another person, even just for a week, can be tricky. You’re spending all your time together, so you’re bound to get on each other’s nerves at one point. But there’s no worrying about that when you’re on your own.
• You learn so much about yourself – After travelling alone plenty of times, I truly feel that I can do anything. Something that once felt like such a big deal, feels like nothing to me now. You realise that you can do anything you put your mind to. Spending time truly alone is such a good way to understand what you like and dislike, without outside influence.
• You meet new people you might not usually cross paths with – Travelling solo is a great way to have interactions with different people. If you want to make friends, you’ll need to push yourself out of your comfort zone to talk to new people. And in turn you’ll learn more about a new culture, lifestyle, or way of doing things. It’s this interactions that broaden our horizons and change the way we view the world.

How to plan the perfect solo trip

FLIGHTS:  Find the cheapest flights using the  Skyscanner website. CAR HIRE:  I use Discover Cars whenever I’m hiring a car abroad. They compare lots of different providers and find you the best price. ACCOMMODATION:  Find the most affordable (+ beautiful) hotels on Booking.com . ACTIVITIES & DAY TRIPS: Book skip-the-line tickets to the best activities with Viator

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70 Inspiring Solo Travel Quotes that will inspire you to go on the adventure of your life!

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Looking for some inspiring solo travel quotes for your Instagram captions? 

Or maybe you are thinking about taking the leap and going on an adventure on your own and are looking for an extra bit of motivation?

Getting started is the most difficult part of solo travel. And then enjoying your own company is another part. You may sometimes get a bit demotivated and feel lonely but remember, you are travelling alone, not lonely!

Whatever is the reason that makes you want to discover these incredible quotes about solo travelling, it works for us!

Travelling solo is such an exciting experience! You will never forget your first solo trip. 

It’s a great way to learn more about yourself and the world that surrounds us all.

So, let’s get started now and discover the most beautiful quotes about solo travel.

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Inspiring Solo Trip Quotes: 35 quotes about travelling solo

Here we have compiled a list of inspiring Solo Travel Quotes that will motivate you to travel alone and thrive on the journey of being a solo wanderer.

“Traveling solo means getting to know the real you!” – Unknown

“Fill your life with experiences, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show” – Unknown

“Embrace those parts of yourself that you’ve skillfully avoided until now. That’s your true adventure.” – Gina Greenlee , Postcards and Pearls

“Live your life by a compass, not a clock” – Erica Jong

“Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.” – Suzy Strutner

“To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“You have exactly one life in which to do everything you’ll ever do. Act accordingly” – Colin Wright

“Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. ” – Ibn Battuta

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustav Flaubert

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius

“Life lessons are not journeys traveled in straight lines but are crossroads formed years and miles apart.”- Gina Greenlee , Postcards and Pearls

“To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen

“The goal of my life is to tie adventure to my feet, stock memories in my pocket, hold imagination in my palms like fairy dust and sprinkle it on my tales.” – Mitali Meelan

“One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are.” – Edith Wharton

“You must go on adventures to find out where you belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice

“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anaïs Nin

“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” – Henry Rollins

“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life- and travel- leaves marks on you.” – Anthony Bourdain

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone” – Neale Donald Walsch

“Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” – David McCullough Jr.

“Without new experiences, something inside us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.” – Frank Herbert

“Travel -The Best Way To Be Lost And Found At The Same Time.” – Brenna Smith

“Surely, of all the wonders of the world, the horizon is the greatest.” – Freya Stark

“This is the journey of your life. Don’t try to explain it to others, because only you can see it.” – Nitin Namdeo

“Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.” – Oprah Winfrey

“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” – Rosalia de Castro

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion with one’s courage.” – Anaïs Nin

“No matter how you travel, it’s still you going.” – Jeff Goldblum

“The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.” – Angela Vallely

“Some journeys take you farther from where you come from, but closer to where you belong.” – Ron Franscell

“Maybe happy endings were real, as long as you understood that they weren’t endings, but steps on the road.” – Katharine McGee

“Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.” – Walt Whitman

“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do” – Henry Ford

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for a newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“The more I traveled, the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine

Best Quotes about traveling alone

In this section you’ll discover the best travel alone quotes.

Being alone doesn’t mean you will be lonely. On the contrary actually! As a solo traveller, we often end up being always around people!

It makes us more sociable and incline to discover more about others and the local culture.

“Anything we fully do is an alone journey.” – Natalie Goldberg

“Some journeys can be only traveled alone!” – Ken Poirot

“If you have to travel along, travel in style” – Hugh Grant / Daniel Cleaver, Bridget Jones’s Diary

“The steward just asked me if I was not afraid to travel alone, and I said, “Why, it is life.” – Emily Hahn , Congo Solo; Misadventures Two Degrees North

“Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” – Wendell Berry

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark

“Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.” – John Mayer

“When you’re (traveling) with someone else, you share each discovery, but when you are alone, you have to carry each experience with you like a secret, something you have to write on your heart, because there’s no other way to preserve it.” – Shauna Niequist , Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life

“Traveling alone doesn’t always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” – Jacqueline Boone

“When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted by himself.” – Liberty Hyde Bailey

“I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone because they reflect more.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” – Buddha

• “- Eady: You travel a lot?
• Neil McCauley: Yeah.
• Eady: Traveling makes you lonely?
• Neil McCauley: I’m alone, I am not lonely.” – Eady (Amy Brenneman) and Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) in Heat

“Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.” – Hannah Arendt

“My alone feels so good — I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.” – Warsan Shire

“There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” – Mandy Hale

” When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.” – Diane Von Furstenberg

Solo Female Travel Quotes

Are you a woman planning a solo trip? These solo female travel quotes will be perfect for you! They were all said by wonderful women.

” As a woman, I have no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.” – Virginia Woolf

This is one of the most famous solo female travel quotes out there and we hope it will motivate all the ladies out there to travel!

Virginia Woolf was an English writer who is known as one of the most innovative writers of the 20th century.

“I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.” – Amelia Earhart

“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.” – Mae West

“Don’t ever accept anyone else’s preconceived limitations. If there’s something you want to do, there isn’t any reason you can’t do it.” – Amy Dodson

“I wondered why it was places are so much lovelier when one is alone.” – Daphne Du Maurier

“The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life.” – Agnes Repplier

“Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.” – Isabelle Eberhardt

“I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

Solo Adventure Quotes

Travelling solo is an amazing experience but it’s also very much of an adventure. There will be ups and downs but no matter, you can be sure of one thing: it will be the trip of a lifetime!

Here are some amazing and inspiring solo adventure quotes.

“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively, unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind.” – Marty Rubin

“The journey of life is amazingly beautiful if you take it as a fearless adventure.” – Debasish Mridha

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all” – Helen Keller

“Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient.” – Grace Lichtenstein

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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver

“To shut your eyes is to travel.” – Emily Dickinson

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

“I didn’t know where I was going until I got there.” – Cheryl Strayed

There is nothing quite like travelling solo. It’s a great way to discover your true self and improve your self-confidence.

The more you travel solo, the more you realise that you don’t need anyone to do what you want and dream of. You can do it all yourself!

We hope these solo travel quotes will help you to take the leap and go on the adventure of your life!

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Solo travel has been a growing trend for a number of years as more individuals are discovering how powerful it can be. Stepping out into the unknown with no one else to rely on, you come to learn to learn so much about yourself. Often these solo trips are life-changing adventures. Here are some solo travel quotes for those traveling alone or thinking about embarking on a solo adventure.

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Are you contemplating a solo trip? If so, you’re not alone. Around the world, people are packing their bags and hitting the open road without anyone else but themselves. And for good reason: Solo travel is an incredible way to learn about yourself, see the world in a new light, and make lasting memories. These 59 quotes will inspire you to explore the world alone and discover all that it has to offer.

Solo Travel Quotes

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. Henry David Thoreau

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. Lao Tzu

The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Nikola Tesla

The best thinking has been done in solitude. Thomas A. Edison

To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. You have no idea of what is in store for you, but you will, if you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown and accept whatever comes in the spirit in which the gods may offer it. Freya Stark

One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. Henry Miller

I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone. Daphne du Maurier

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity . Make your life worth living. Albert Einstein

Sometimes the journey has to be traveled alone in order to appreciate the strengths that lie deep inside of you. Steven Aitchison

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. David McCullough Jr.

It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it. John Mayer

Travel…the best way to be lost and found at the same time. Brenna Smith

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready. Henry David Thoreau

There is something so different and empowering about travelling solo. It’s a unique experience and one that is so self-educating. Kunal Khemu

Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. Seneca

I’ve often been with someone and wished I was alone. I’ve never been alone and wished I was not. Derek Sivers

In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take. Lewis Carroll

Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations. Suzy Strutner

Travel far enough, you meet yourself. David Mitchell

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. Von Goethe

Not being comfortable alone means you must spend more time alone. Maxime Lagacé

Without great solitude no serious work is possible. Pablo Picasso

I myself am best when least in company. William Shakespeare

Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what to do with our life. Paulo Coelho

In the temple of his spirit, each man is alone. Ayn Rand

I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven’t seen, how much I’m not going to see, and how much I still need to see. Carew Papritz

To say yes to life is at one and the same thing to say yes to oneself. Dag Hammarskjold

Traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime. Jacqueline Boone

The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude. Voltaire

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not. William James

A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places. Isabelle Eberhardt

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better. Henry Rollins

When you’re travelling with someone, you share each discovery . But when you are alone, you have to carry each experience with you like a secret, something you have to write on your heart because there’s no other way to preserve it. Shauna Niequist

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity. Albert Einstein

We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope. Rolf Potts

Wherever you go, go with all your heart! Confucius

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be. Ellen Burstyn 

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself. Liberty Hyde Bailey

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. George Washington

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. Aldous Huxley

Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s OK. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory , on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind. Anthony Bourdain

Half of the fun of travel is the aesthetic of lostness. Ray Bradbury

Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself. Walt Whitman

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Neale Donald Walsch

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. Henry David Thoreau

A person susceptible to “wanderlust” is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation. Pico Iyer

Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind. Marty Rubin

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. Eleanor Roosevelt

Never go on trips with anyone you do not love. Ernest Hemingway

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Marcus Aurelius

Travel brings power and love back to your life. Rumi

The journey not the arrival matters. T.S. Eliot

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. Anais Nin

The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known . Carl Sagan

You must go on adventures to find out where you belong. Sue Fitzmaurize

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown. You travel for the unknown, the reveals you within yourself. Ella Maillart

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust

A Final Word

So what are you waiting for? Get inspired by these quotes, plan your dream trip and go explore the world solo. Have we convinced you yet that there’s nothing quite like traveling on your own terms?

Have any other solo travel quotes you’d add to the collection? Which is your favorite? Let us know in the comments – we’d love to hear it!

You might also enjoy these related quote collections:

• Quotes About Travel With Friends
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• Quotes About Being Authentic and Authenticity
• Quotes About Exploration
• Quotes About Journeys

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Get ready to be inspired by all of these travel alone quotes, hand-picked from all over the internet and delivered to you here. Traveling alone is truly a transformative experience, which cannot be truly understood unless experienced firsthand.

Traveling alone forces you to take full responsibility for yourself, burst out of your comfort zone, trust strangers, find your own way, and discover your true self while you’re at it. It’s sometimes hard to put into words the way that solo travel makes you feel – but all these travel alone quotes do a pretty damn good job. I think everyone will find some solo travel quotes that resonate with their own experience!

In the list below you will first find general and inspiring travel alone quotes , followed by solo female travel quotes for my fellow solo travel girls. After that, for a bit of a laugh, you will find a section dedicated to funny travel alone quotes for those laughable moments on the road.

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Inspiring Travel Alone Quotes

• “The man who goes alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau
• “You only live once. It’s actually your duty to live life as fully as possible.”  – Will Traynor
• “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” –  David Mitchell
• “Traveling alone doesn’t always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” – Jacqueline Boone
• “ I travel not to cross countries off a list, but to ignite passionate affairs with destinations.” –  Nyssa P. Chopra
• “I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.” –  Lillian Smith
• “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.” – Freya Stark

“Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk, run, travel, think, and experience life. I realize how important it is to use the time I have.” –  Viggo Mortensen

“ You can’t find happiness at the end of your journey if you didn’t bring it with you all along. ” – Katrina Mayer

“I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on earth. Then I ask myself the same question.” – Harun Yahya

“Don’t stay in the harbour and miss the greatness of the sea. Just because everyone else is anchored, doesn’t mean you have to be.” –  Joyce Rachelle

 “Travel is like love, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.” –  Pico Iyer

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“Traveling outgrows its motives. It soon proves sufficient in itself. You think you are making a trip, but soon it is making you – or unmaking you.” –  Nicolas Bouvier

“Adventure is a path. Real adventure, self-determined, self-motivated, often risky, forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world.”  – Mark Jenkins

“My parents taught me honesty, truth, compassion, kindness and how to care for people. Also, they encouraged me to take risks, to boldly go. They taught me that the greatest danger in life is not taking the adventure.”  – Brian Blessed

“Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.” –  John Muir

 “The world is not in your books and maps, it’s out there.” –  Gandalf , Lord of the Rings

“Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aesop

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by.”  – Robert Frost 

“Travel not to find yourself, but to remember who you’ve been all along.” –  Unknown

Amazing Travel Alone Quotes

“Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” – Ernest Hemingway

“I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.” – Thomas Jefferson

“The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.” –  Alain de Botton

“If happiness is the goal – and it should be, then adventures should be top priority.”  – Richard Branson

“Life is an adventure, it’s not a package tour.”  – Eckhart Tolle

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”  – Albert Camers

“I now walk into the wild.” – Jon Krakauer

“The greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. Until you find yourself you will always be someone else. Become yourself. ” – Myles Munro

“The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”  – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Every journey is personal. Every journey is spiritual. You can’t compare them, can’t replace, can’t repeat. You can bring back the memories but they only bring tears to your eyes.” –  Diana Ambarsari

“You must go on adventures to find out where you truly belong.”  – Sue Fitzmaurice

“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” –  Jack Kerouac

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things: air, sleep, dreams, sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.”  – Cesare Pavese

“I love waking up in the morning not knowing what’s going to happen or who I’m going to meet, where I’m going to end up.” – Jack Dawson

“Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind.” – Marty Rubin

“Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.” – Hannah Arendt

“It is never too late to be who you might have been.” –  George Eliot

“Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs.” – Susan Sontag

“Mountains are only a problem when they are bigger than you. You should develop yourself so much that you become bigger than the mountains you face.” – Idowu Koyenikan

“Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.” – Irving Wallace

“I travel because I become uncomfortable being too comfortable. – Carew Papritz

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver

Solo Female Travel Quotes

“Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

“Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away” – Barbara De Angelis

“An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other.” – Norma Shearer

“Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.” – Isabelle Eberhardt

“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere” – Mae West

“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.” – Maya Angelou

“In the dance of life, she moves to her own music.” – John Mark Green

“I am just a girl chasing her dreams and having an amazing adventure” – Madeline Stuart

“She had tasted adventure. She had danced with the threat of death. And she had lived.” –  L. Danver

“Wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking” – Martha Barron Barrett

“As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.” – Virginia Woolf

Funny Travel Alone Quotes

“If by 35 I’m not engaged or already starting a family, I declare myself the cool aunt who’s always traveling.”

“ I followed my heart and it took me to the airport. “

“ If you had to choose between true love or traveling the world, which country would you visit for free? “

Some people spend their life searching for “the one”. I’m just searching for the one good travel deal.

“I need 6 months of vacation… twice a year. “

“ Ladies, imagine this. It’s 15 years from now, and you have no kids. You’re the cool wine aunt that occasionally comes back to the country for a brief visit before leaving for another long exotic vacation. You have no commitments, and a suspicious amount of money. “

Tripophobia (n.) The fear of not having any travel trips currently booked.

More Quotes About Traveling Alone

“I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.” – Daphne du Maurier

“The only question in life is whether or not you are going to answer a hearty ‘YES!’ to your adventure.”  – Joseph Campbell

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime. ” –  Mark Twain

“A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints.” – Wilfred Peterson

“If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far go together.” – African Proverb

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. ” –  Oscar Wilde

“The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

“Real traveling is not about visiting places but about ‘re-visiting’ our inner-self. ” –  Sorrab Singha

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by. ” – Robert Frost

“Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.”  – Angela N Blount

“Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” –  Ray Bradbury

“ What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. ” –  William Least Heat Moon

“Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.” – Suzy Strutner

“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson

“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” – Henry Rollins

“ Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul.”  – Jaime Lyn Beatty

“Some call it an adventure, I call it my way of life.” – Unknown

“Don’t put off your adventures while you wait for available friends to join.” – Francis Shenstone

“I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.”–  Vincent van Gogh

“I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. ” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers. ” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” – Evelyn Dunbar

“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” – Jack Kerouac

“This is the journey of your life. Don’t try to explain it to others, because only you can see it.” – Nitin Namdeo . See more of Nitin’s inspirational life quotes on their website, Succedict!

“When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted by himself. ” – Liberty Hyde Bailey

I hope you enjoyed all these solo travel and travel alone quotes! Which is your favorite? Any more I should add? Let me know in the comments!

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Solo Travel Quotes: 30 Most Inspirational Quotes About Traveling Alone

Looking for inspiration to travel solo? I have put together some of the best quotes about traveling alone to inspire you to take that solo trip you have always wanted to take.

Solo Travel Quotes

I hope you enjoy these inspiring solo travel quotes .

1. “ I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible. ” – Storm Jameson

2. ” a person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. he must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change. ” — katharine butler hathaway, 3. “ travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone. ”   – buddha, 4. “ travel far enough, you meet yourself. ” – david mitchell, 5. “ the man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready. ” – henry david thoreau, 6. “ the inner journey of travel is intensified by solitude. ” – paul theroux, 7. “ to awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. you are surrounded by adventure. you have no idea of what is in store for you, but you will, if you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown. ” – freya stark, 8. “ i wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone. ” – daphne du maurier, 9. “ to travel is to take a journey into yourself. ” – danny kaye, 10. “ never go on trips with anyone you do not love. ” – ernest hemingway, 11. “ he travels the fastest who travels alone. ” – rudyard kipling, 12. “ the first rule of travel is that you should always go with someone you love, which is why i travel alone. ” – andrew o’hagan, 13. “ not i, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. you must travel it by yourself. ” – walt whitman, 14. “ there are some places in life where you can only go alone. embrace the beauty of your solo journey. ” – mandy hale, 15. “ when a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier. ” – diane von furstenberg, 16. “ i think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more. ” – thomas jefferson, 17. “ when the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself. ” – liberty hyde bailey, 18. “ adventure can be an end in itself. self-discovery is the secret ingredient… ” – grace lichtenstein, 19. “ solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of other’s expectations. ” – suzy strutner, 20. “ don’t be scared to walk alone, don’t be scared to like it. ” – john mayer, 21. “ life begins at the end of your comfort zone. ” – neale donald walsch, 22. “ some journeys can only be traveled alone. ” – ken poirot, 23. “ the best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself. ” – angela vallely, 24. “ there are some places in life where you can only go alone. embrace the beauty of your solo journey. ” – mandy hale, 25. “ loneliness adds beauty to life. it puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” ”– henry rollins, 26. “ you are the one that possesses the keys to your being. you carry the passport to your own happiness. ” – diane von furstenberg, 27. “ traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime. ” – jacqueline boone, 28. “ if you are waiting for someone to travel with you, you may end up waiting a lifetime. ”, 29. “ go solo, go far. ”, 30. “ if you make friends with yourself you will never be alone. ” – maxwell maltz.

Do you find quotes about traveling alone inspiring? What do you think are the best solo travel quotes?

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50 Best Solo Travel Quotes – Inspiring Travel Alone Quotes

I made my first trip alone at the age of 19. Since then, I’ve tried to plan at least one solo trip a year and travel somewhere completely on my own.

All these trips changed my personality in a very positive way and helped me become a more self-confident and open-minded person.

If you’re a frequent solo traveler like I am you probably know all the great benefits of traveling alone .

If you haven’t tried it yet, hopefully, these 50 best solo travel quotes will help you take the leap and book a flight ticket for your first adventure alone!

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50 Best Solo Travel Quotes to Inspire You to Travel Alone

The following solo travel quotes should mainly be an inspiration. Plus you can easily copy-paste them and use them as Instagram captions or design your own custom stickers for example.

“You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” Diane von Furstenberg

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” Helen Keller

“Travel is an investment in yourself.” Unknown

“Dare to live the life you always wanted.” Unknown

“Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one thing that is going to require the most from you.” Caroline Myss

“Traveling alone doesn’t always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” Jacqueline Boone

“I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on earth. Then I ask myself the same question.” Harun Yahya

“Traveling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life-changing experience of your life. Try it at least once!” Unknown

“When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted by himself.” Liberty Hyde Bailey

“Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.” Walt Whitman

“You don’t need magic to disappear, all you need is a destination and a great hostel!” Unknown

“You must go on adventures to find out where you belong.” Sue Fitzmaurice

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain

“Just because my path is different, doesn’t mean I’m lost!” Unknown

“I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.” Thomas Jefferson

” A ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for.” Gael Attal

“If you never go, you will never know!” Unknown

“Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.” Hannah Arendt

“Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.” Roman Payne

“If you have to wait for someone to travel with you, you may end up waiting a lifetime!” Unknown

“Live your life by a compass, not a clock” Erica Jong

“Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” Wendell Berry

“You have exactly one life in which to do everything you’ll ever do. Act accordingly” Colin Wright

“I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” Mary Anne Radmacher

“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” Henry Rollins

“I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.” Daphne du Maurier

“I’m never happier than when I’m alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.” Storm Jameson

“If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” Angelina Jolie

“This is the journey of your life. Don’t try to explain it to others, because only you can see it.” Nitin Namdeo

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” Neale Donald Walsch

“Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient.” Grace Lichtenstein

“Travel far enough to meet yourself!” Unknown

“The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.” Ayn Rand

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.” Freya Stark

“Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind.” Marty Rubin

“A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“Walk your own path and be yourself.” Joanne Nussbaum

“There are better things ahead than any we leave behind” C.S. Lewis

“Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.” John Mayer

“What good are wings without the courage to fly?” Harper Lee

“My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.” Rumi

“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” Paulo Coelho

“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” Jack Kerouac

“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learninig how to sail my ship.” Mary Louise Alcott

“Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.” Suzy Strutner

“To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.” Elizabeth Gilbert

“The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” Anna Quindlen

“Traveling solo means getting to know the real you!” Unknown

“Then one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.” Ewan McGregor

Undoubtedly, solo travel can be really intimidating – especially the first time. However, it’s always more about your mind than about your abilities.

You’re forced to believe in yourself and what you’re capable of . As soon as you recognize your inner strength, you’ll find out you can accomplish more than you ever thought.

Take these 50 best solo travel quotes as an extra push to overcome your fears and start your unforgettable trip alone!

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Do you want to travel like me? Here are some of my favorite travel tips and resources:

Flights: I prefer using CheapOair or Skyscanner to book flights. The destination everywhere feature is perfect for finding some cheap deals! Accommodation: Booking.com is my favorite site to find some great hotel deals. I do love staying at a local place as well, thus I book an Airbnb every now and then. Travel Insurance: There are many reasons why travel insurance is important and I never travel without having one. I use the simple and flexible one from World Nomads to be protected against unforeseen events. Tours: I love taking tours to explore destinations like a local. My favorite website to book them in advance is GetYourGuide . Camera Gear: I use a Nikon D5300 camera with an 18-105 mm and a 10-20 mm wide-angle lens to take my photos.   

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I love all of these quotes. Solo travel has definitely changed my life in so many ways. I’m so glad I never waited for anyone to pursue what I wanted. 🙂

Yeah same for me! It’s such an incredible feeling ☺️

Yeah!! mostly I travel solo so I can relate to all the quotes

I’m a little ashamed to say I’ve never travelled solo!! But these quotes definitely make me want to do it one day!

I really hope you’ll have the chance one day ☺️

Oh man, this hurts during these times of lockdown… ‘If I never go, I’ll never know’… AHHHH. I think ‘Patience is a virtue’ is one I probably need to stand by at the moment – haha.

Thank you for sharing. The images make for sweet pins!

Ah yeah it’s hard but we really have to be patient now. We’ll be able to travel again soon hopefully 🙂

Oh I love these quotes! My favorite quote would have to be “For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” I even have it tattooed on my side! ?

Wow! I love this one Jen ?

My favourite quote of the list is “Travel is an investment in yourself” – it’s so true! Travelling solo is an enormous challenge but you come out of it feeling so much stronger and more confident in yourself. The things you experience is definitely an investment. That’s why I always seem to spend most of my savings on travel haha.

Haha same for me! I use all my money to travel ?

Ahh solo travel is the best! Don’t get me wrong, travelling as a couple is awesome but there is something magical about travelling on your own

Yes I understand what you mean 🙂

I’m always on the lookout for more travel quotes.. :] I love so many of these! <3 (I'm also reallyyy missing travel right now, but hopefully soon!)

Yaaay happy you like them! And I hope we all can go back to travel soon ☺️

Im a solo traveler too. My first time to travel solo was when I was 11 yrs old 🙂

It’s a challenge traveling solo but the experience is all worth it.

I usually travel with my husband so I don’t get to do any solo travels. However, I love reading stories about women solo traveling around the world.

Out of the quotes that you provided, I love this one by Angelina Jolie, “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” I can’t wait to hop on a plane to travel again so we can explore some more!

Maybe one day you can try it 🙂

It’s a beautiful one, I love it too! I hope we can travel again soon.

This is great Lina! 🙂 I am saving these quotes for later!

Happy you like them 🙂

This is so inspirational! It´s been ages since I travelled alone, but it was an incredible experience and I´d do it all over again.

Yes it’s an unforgettable feeling!

“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” Oh my….loving it! <3

It’s one of my Top 10!

I could read these all day! I loved going on a solo trip few years back and really think that it changed me for the better. I have been getting itchy feet to do it all over again and I guess this post was exactly what I needed to get 100% convinced ❤️

Hehe I feel you! I was supposed to go to Israel alone a few weeks ago but sadly I couldn’t because of the current situation.

love this, these are so uplifting especially right now!!

Thanks! Happy you like them 🙂

This quote lits is a good idea! I travelled also solo so I can relate! Here is one of my fav in your list: “Just because my path is different, doesn’t mean I’m lost!”

Oh yes love this one so much too!

Very inspiring!

Lovely post full of inspiring quotes ! Can’t wait to travel solo again 🙂

Thanks Camilla! I hope we can do it soon again 🙂

I am just in love with all these quotes! I’ve only done 2 solo trips, and im so happy, its been a phobia i managed to overcome!

Yes it’s an amazing feeling isn’t it?! ?

How awesome to have so many great travel quotes to refer to and be inspired by! Love this post. Thank you for sharing so many wise words! 🙂

Thanks Daphne, Happy you like it 🙂

Travel far enough to meet yourself indeed. ❤️

This is a nice post …. good job !!!

I love solo travel! One Instagrammer I follow answered a question for solo traveling that went ” but what if I’m afraid?” with DO IT AFRAID and if that isn’t such a boost. Now when ever I get scared or on the verge of backing out of something I’ll remind myself that it’s okay to do things afraid, the important thing is to DO IT .

Oh yes totally! I absolutely agree with that!

I must say that when i read this content. I improve my knowledge. Thank you

Solo travel is best. I have heard about solo travel many times and I want to go on solo travel, but did not get a chance. Travel is a way to meet with yourself.

Hopefully one day you’ll get the chance!

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50 Travel Alone Quotes to Inspire a Life of Solo Travel

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In my opinion, everyone should travel alone at least once in their lives. So if you are a daredevil who just took this leap of faith, or are planning to take it soon – here are the best travel alone quotes and captions for your Instagram photos and social posts on your solo travel adventure. If you’re a traveller and searching for other captions than just solo travel quotes, then check out my article on the best short travel captions and my inspirational captions as well.

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I travelled solo a few times, but my favourite was when I decided one summer to go to Berlin and work via Workaway . I worked in a hostel, met people from all over the world, and had the best time of my life. Back then Instagram wasn’t a thing yet and I didn’t bother so much with taking pictures. But to travel alone really expanded my world and how I see myself in it. I wish I had solo travel quotes back then to inspire me even more!

So, if you are considering this adventure of solo travel – then take inspiration from these 50 best travel alone quotes and start planning!

Travel Alone Quotes and Captions

1. “Go solo, go far!”

2. “Travel far enough to meet yourself.”

3. “Some journeys can be only travelled alone.”

4. “If you never go, you will never know.”

5. “A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.”

6. “The journey of life is amazingly beautiful if you take it as a fearless adventure.”

7. “Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.”

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8. “You never really travel alone. The world is full of friends waiting to get to know you.”

9. “Just because my path is different, doesn’t mean I’m lost.”

10. “Traveling solo means getting to know the real you.”

11. “Some journeys can be only travelled alone!”

12. “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.”

13. “There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.”

14. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”

15. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion with one’s courage.”

16. “Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient.”

17. “As you travel solo, being totally responsible for yourself, it’s inevitable that you will discover just how capable you are!”

18. “Traveling solo took away my irrational fears!”

19. “Being a solo traveller made me an adult!”

20. “If you have to wait for someone to travel with you, you may end up waiting a lifetime!”

21. “You will never be alone if you like the person you are with!”

22. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”

23. “Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you.”

24. “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.”

25. “Traveling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life-changing experience of your life. Try it at least once!”

26. “A ship is safe in the harbour, but that’s not what ships are built for.”

27. “Then one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.”

28. “Traveling is not something you’re good at. It’s something you do. Like breathing.”

29. “You must go on adventures to find out where you belong.”

30. “Don’t call it a dream…call it a plan.”

31. “I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.”

32. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”

33. “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you are always in the same place.”

34. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”

35. “Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it yourself.”

36. “As a woman, I have no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”

37. “What good are wings without the courage to fly?”

38. “You have exactly one life in which to do everything you’ll ever do. Act accordingly.”

39. “Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.”

40. “You must go on adventures to find out where you belong.”

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41. “People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.”

42. “Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.”

43. “Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”

44. “Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.”

45. “Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you’re afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that — that’s what life is. You might be really good.”

46. “Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.”

47. “Travel is an investment in yourself.”

48. “Dare to live the life you always wanted.”

49. “Travel alone, never lonely.”

50. “Traveling alone will be the scariest, most motivating thing of your life… Try it at least once.”

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110 Quotes About Traveling Alone (Solo Trip Quotes List)

Looking for quotes about traveling alone? Check out this solo trip quotes list for 200 of the best quotes on solo travel I could find!

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I hope you enjoy this list of quotes about traveling alone!

Not all types of travel are made equal.

They’re all amazing! Yet each variation, from traveling with a group of strangers to traveling with your family , comes with its own unique ups, downs, and idiosyncrasies.

My personal favourite?

Solo travel.

You just can’t beat it. Exploring new places by yourself is always magical, liberating, and memorable. You can come and go at will, step forth into the thrill of the unknown, blessed at all times with the inconspicuousness of being alone and alien in a foreign land.

But it’s hard at times too , which is why I love quotes about traveling alone so much.

When you’re tired, lonely, and faced with the myriad challenges that come from finding your way around a new destination, the insights, inspiration, and observations of others can offer a powerful reprieve.

Solo trip quotes can shed light on a situation, put words to the world’s wonders, and inspire you to keep going whenever times get tough.

Are you on the hunt for any of those outcomes?

Well, this post should help. I’ve curated a long list of the best traveling alone quotes I could find. Check them out to be inspired!

Here we go, then: 110 epic solo trip quotes to inspire and uplift you on the road!

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110 Quotes About Traveling Alone

I’ve broken the coming travel solo quotes into sections, starting with 20 of my favourites. As you work your way through them all, I hope you find exactly what you were looking for.

My Favourite Quotes for Travelling Alone

1. “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” – Diane von Furstenberg

2. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller

3. “I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on earth. Then I ask myself the same question.” – Harun Yahya

4. “Traveling alone doesn’t always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvellous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” – Jacqueline Boone

5. “I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.” – Thomas Jefferson

6. “Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you’re afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that — that’s what life is. You might be really good.” – Amy Poehler

7. “I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” – Rosalia de Castro

8. “Some journeys take you farther from where you come from, but closer to where you belong.” – Ron Franscell

9. “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” ― Jack Kerouac

10. “I was amazed that what I needed to survive could be carried on my back. And, most surprising of all, that I could carry it.” – Cheryl Strayed

11. “Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

12. “When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted by himself.” – Liberty Hyde Bailey

13. “A ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for.” – Gael Attal

14. “Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.” – Walt Whitman

15. “You must go on adventures to find out where you belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice

16. “Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” – Henry Rollins

17. “I’ve not ceased being fearful, I’ve gone ahead despite the pounding in my heart that says: turn back, turn back, you’ll die if you go too far.” – Erica Jong

18. “I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.” – Daphne du Maurier

19. “Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.” – Hannah Arendt

20. “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver

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21. “London on your own actually seems more exotic than Egypt on a tour.” – Laura Fraser

22. “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – Angelina Jolie

23. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

24. “My alone feels so good — I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.” — Warsan Shire

25. “Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you’ve never been to, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground.” – Judith Thurman

26. “Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” – Wendell Berry

27. “I’m never happier than when I’m alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.” – Storm Jameson

28. “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.” – Albert Einstein

29. “This is the journey of your life. Don’t try to explain it to others, because only you can see it.” – Nitin Namdeo

30. “If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.” – Maxwell Maltz

Inspiring Travel Solo Quotes

31. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.” – Freya Stark

32. “Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind.” – Marty Rubin

33. “When you’re traveling with someone else, you share each discovery, but when you are alone, you have to carry each experience with you like a secret, something you have to write on your heart, because there’s no other way to preserve it.” – Shauna Niequist

34. “Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.” – John Mayer

35. “People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” – Paulo Coelho

36. “Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.” – Suzy Strutner

37. “You don’t choose the day you enter the world and you don’t chose the day you leave. It’s what you do in between that makes all the difference.” – Anita Septimus

38. “I was forced to wander, having no one, forced by my nature to keep wandering because wandering was the only thing that I believed in, and the only thing that believed in me.” — Roman Payne

39. “Then one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.” – Ewan McGregor

40. “Hitler didn’t travel. Stalin didn’t travel. Saddam Hussein never traveled. They didn’t want to have their orthodoxy challenged.” – Howard Gardner

Some of the best quotes on solo travel are super insightful. The coming section covers travel alone quotes of this nature:

Insightful Quotes for Travelling Alone

41. “He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him.” – Dutch Proverb

42. “And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.” – Pico Iyer

43. “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson

44. “As you travel solo, totally responsible for yourself, it is inevitable that you will discover just how capable you are.” – Unknown

45. “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you are always in the same place.” – Nora Roberts

46. “The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life.” – Agnes Repplier

47. “Travel changers you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life- and travel- leaves marks on you.” – Anthony Bourdain

48. “Traveling is not something you’re good at. It’s something you do. Like breathing.” – Gayle Foreman

49. “I have traveled many roads in my life. Some were imbued with pain and I needed to avert my gaze. Others were so beautiful that I would have remained there forever. But always, at some point in these routes, I reached a place where I encountered myself.” – Pablo Holmberg

50. “Adventure should be part of everyone’s life. It is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing.” – Holly Morris

Memorable Solo Travel Quotes

51. “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” — Buddha

52. “One day you’ll wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now”. – Paulo Coelho

53. “The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau

54. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine

55. “I learned my strengths and my weaknesses. I experienced the exhilaration of the ups and the despairs of the lows and most of the feelings in between… I learned courage and I learned it myself” – Ann Stirk

56. “You must go on adventures to find out where you belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice

57. “There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” – Mandy Hale

58. “Travel opens your mind as few other things do. It is its own form of hypnotism, and I am forever under its spell.”- Libba bray

59. “Without new experiences, something inside us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.” – Frank Herbert

60. “I used to be a pedestrian before, now I am the rider on the same road.” – Piyush Paudyal

The beauty of travel alone is that you can do what you want, when you want! Here are some beautiful quotes on solo travel:

Beautiful Quotes On Solo Travel

61. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anaïs Nin

62. “One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are.” – Edith Wharton

63. “It is pointless to embark on any journey if you do not believe yourself worthy of the destination.” – Anthon St. Maarten

64. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

65. “Everywhere you go, you shall find dramatic splendor and awe because your majestic soul is part of the vivid whole, and nothing about you is ignoble.” – Kilroy J. Oldster

66. “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money!” – Susan Heller

67. “The goal of my life is to tie adventure to my feet, stock memories in my pocket, hold imagination in my palms like fairy dust and sprinkle it on my tales.” – Mitali Meelan

68. “It seemed an advantage to be travelling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others.” – Alain de Botton

69. “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may become friends.” – Maya Angelou

70. “It is in all of us to defy expectations, to go into the world and to be brave, and to want, to need, to hunger for adventures. To embrace the chance and risk so that we may breathe and know what it is to be free.” – Mae Chevrette

Short Solo Trip Quotes

71. “So call me a fool, but I’m happy to be lost.” – Micheline Jean Louis

72. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion with one’s courage.” – Anaïs Nin

73. “To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen

74. “The inner journey of travel is intensified by solitude.” – Paul Theroux

75. “Travel far enough to meet yourself.” – David Mitchell

76. “I travel a lot. I hate having my life disrupted by routine”. – Caskie Stinnett

77. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

78. “Walk your own path and be yourself.” – Joanne Nussbaum

79. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – Tony Robbins

80. “The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.” – Angela Vallely

81. “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius

82. “Some journeys can be only travelled alone!” – Ken Poirot

83. “Traveling solo means getting to know the real you.” –Unknown

84. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone” – Neale Donald Walsch

85. “Dare to live the life you always wanted.” – Unknown

86. “Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind.” – Marty Rubin

87. “The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” – Anna Quindlen

88. “Half the fun of travel is the aesthetic of lostness.” – Ray Bradbury

89. “I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” – Mary Louise Alcott

90. “Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient.” – Grace Lichtenstein

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Educational Quotes Travel Alone

91. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustav Flaubert

92. “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.” – Michael Palin

93. “And then there is the most dangerous risk of all — the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.” – Randy Komisar

94. “Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body. But rather, to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming …wow what a ride.” – Mark Frost

95. “Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively, unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

96. “If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.” – Anthony Bourdain

97. “Life is a journey with big rocks to climb, little ones to trip over, and milestones to mark where we have been.” – David Cuschieri

98. “Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” – David McCullough Jr.

99. “It’s a long ride home with nothing but me for company. I bore myself sometimes. Not often. Just now and again.” – A.J. Hartley & David Hewson

100. “Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.”- Mae Jemison

101. “All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

102. “Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake.” – Marie Beyon Ray

103. “This life is an enduring and complex journey, but finally I have reached the point in my story where I am appreciative of where I’ve been, proud of where I am, and excited about where I have yet to go.” – Becca Lee

104. “My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.” – Rumi

105. “Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.” – Isabelle Eberhardt

106. “When it is over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened, or full of argument. I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.” – Mary Oliver

107. “Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” -Lawrence Block

108. “A mind that is stretches by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

109. “It is better to see something once, than to hear about it a hundred times.” – Russian Proverb

110. “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Martin Buber

Enjoy These Solo Trip Quotes

Traveling the world by yourself will leave an indelible mark on your mind and soul. It’s just an unforgettable experience, defined by trials, self-discoveries, life lessons, and outlandish encounters.

There’s no denying it, though. Solo travel can be difficult at times too. You’ll miss home, feel outside your comfort zone, unsure of yourself, and unclear what you’re actually doing!

And in these moments, where you have more questions than answers and need something to strengthen your resolve, having some quotes about traveling alone to call upon can make all the difference. With that in mind, I hope this long list of solo trip quotes will provide all of the inspiration, insights, and reassurance you could ever need on the road!

Did you have a favourite? Drop a comment below to let me know.

Or, if you’re looking for even more quotes like these, click here to discover some epic quotes about traveling with friends.

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The only time Mr. Trump showed a flash of humor was when he laughed at one of his own social media posts, which attacked his former fixer, Michael D. Cohen , who is expected to be the prosecution’s central witness.

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27 Eye-Opening Quotes From People With Disabilities

"Stop saying I am inspiring or amazing when I do ordinary things."

We spoke to a variety of people from all over the country who have both visible and invisible disabilities about what they wish people outside the community knew, misconceptions that they encounter and things they wish people would stop doing or saying.

What do you wish people outside the disability community knew or understood?

• “ That having a disability can be a positive part of who you are . My disability has shaped my career and has allowed me to meet so many wonderful people! ” — Arielle Silverman, 39, is blind. She is d irector of research at the American Foundation for the Blind.
• “ Deafness does not prevent people from being successful — discrimination is the main barrier we face.” —Sheryl Emery, 64, is deaf. She is President of National Black Deaf Advocates .
• “ Ableist ideas and beliefs affect people with disabilities in all aspects of life , including employment, healthcare, education, housing, transportation, etc. These ideas and beliefs create systems that discriminate and oppress people with disabilities.” —Theo W. Braddy is paralyzed from the neck down. He is executive director of The National Council on Independent Living .
• “Autism can be an incredibly debilitating disability— there’s an extremely high prevalence of loneliness in the autism community. Individuals with autism die 16 years younger than the average human. 85% of college educated autistics are unemployed. I like to say that with autism I can excel at the extraordinary, but I can really struggle with the simple .”— Russell Lehmann , 33, has autism, OCD, depression and anxiety. He is a speaker, poet and activist.
• “ People with disabilities are just as worthy as those without disabilities to live happy, productive lives.” — Sydney Badeau, 30, has dyspraxia, a nonverbal learning disorder and a sensory processing disorder. She is an advocacy and outreach specialist at The Arc Wisconsin .
• “ Recognizing the importance of accessibility and inclusivity is vital . For example, having ramps and wider doorways not only benefits wheelchair users but also individuals with mild cerebral palsy, who may experience difficulty with coordination or movement on one side of their body. This promotes equality and empathy for everyone. —Ashley Glears, 30, has cerebral palsy with right hemiplegia. She is a chapter associate at The Arc of the United States.
• “It’s important to understand that disability is a natural part of the human experience and that people with disabilities deserve equal rights, opportunities, and respect. I wish people outside the disability community understood the significance of inclusive practices and the value of diverse perspectives in all aspects of life. ” —Dr. Yvette Pegues, Ed.D., 45, has a traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injuries. She is D&I Executive & Chief Diversity Officer at Your Invisible Disability Group.
• “ People with disabilities are individually different from each other . We have different goals and views. We have different approaches to life. We are just human beings who want equal access to reach our different goals.” — Sean Pevsner, 53, has cerebral palsy. He is a law firm partner with Whitburn & Pevsner, PLLC .

What do you wish people outside the disability community would stop doing and/or saying?

• “ I wish they would stop saying I am amazing or inspiring when I do ordinary things. ” — Arielle Silverman
• “ Stop asking Deaf people if we can read your lips. Communication is the responsibility of all parties in a conversation . Asking the Deaf person to read your lips places all the responsibility for communicating on the Deaf person. ” —Sheryl Emery
• “ Stop saying people with disabilities are a vulnerable population. People with disabilities are not weak and fragile - this characterization does more harm than good. ” — Theo W. Braddy
• “I wish people would refrain from making assumptions or judgments about individuals with disabilities based solely on their appearance or perceived limitations. It's important to approach each person with respect, understanding, and open-mindedness.” — Ashley Glears
• “I wish people would stop constantly infantilizing adults with disabilities , especially those who are nonspeaking or minimally speaking.” —Elizabeth "Lizzy" Graham, 34, has Asperger’s/Autism, ADHD, Anxiety with OCD tendencies, eczema and obstructive sleep apnea. She is service coordinator for Medicaid HCBS Waiver Services at The Arc of Prince George's County.
• "I wish people would stop using derogatory terms about people with disabilities and assuming that having a disability means you can't do something. For example, I enjoy 20+ adapted sports and my activity is a form of activism." — Dr. Yvette Pegues
• “People should stop automatically assuming that we are brave for dealing with our disabilities. People should stop considering us vulnerable people who cannot work and contribute to our community.” — Sean Pevsner
• “I wish they would stop making fun of and looking down on people with disabilities. I also wish they would stop treating people with disabilities like children . Often time, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are treated like children. They’re not - they’re adults.” — Melody Cooper, 54, has cerebral palsy and intellectual disability. She is self-advocate specialist at The Arc of Indiana .
• “One thing that I wish people would stop assuming is that people who experience disability are living off the government . This is not the case at all. We need the assistance to live a normal life like everyone else in the world and we are trying to make something for ourselves with the support we have provided to us.” — Ric Nelson, 40, has cerebral palsy. He is an executive director of Peer Power .

What's a misconception people have about you and your abilities?

• “ That I am lacking something or 'living in darkness .' Or that I am perpetually afraid of the world around me just because I can’t see it. My life experience is rich with many other sensations, thoughts and emotions that have nothing to do with vision or lack thereof. ” — Arielle Silverman
• “ There are Deaf people in almost every profession. Don’t assume because a person cannot hear that they are incapable. Not everyone lip reads and we do not have better sight to make up for not being able to hear . We enjoy music, we drive. The biggest barriers we face are attitudes.” —Sheryl Emery
• “ The biggest misconception is they're underestimating me and the 61 million others like me - this comes from a long history of devaluing people like me.” —Theo W. Braddy
• “ Society has taught me from a young age that I can’t show my autism in public . So, a lot of my struggles are in my house, alone. A lot of the struggle is behind the scenes.” — Russell Lehmann
• “One big misconception is that I am not able to follow directions, learn, or be employable . I want to work, so I can be independent and get my own apartment.” —Marcus Stewart, 23, has Down Syndrome.
• “That not everyone with a disability presents in the same way. Some may struggle with something while others may not, and each person may need different or unique accommodations.” — Sydney Badeau

• “One common misconception people have about me and my abilities is assuming that I'm only capable of simple tasks or responses, when in reality, I'm capable of understanding complex concepts and engaging in meaningful conversations across a wide range of topics.” — Ashley Glears
• “I operate at the intersections of a woman of color with visible and non-visible disabilities, so I encounter many layers of misconceptions in my life. Nevertheless, I’m a proud wife, mom, engineer, educator, and advocate. My daily fight for the cessation of stereotypes and stigmatizing language surrounding disability is not for me, but others without the voice to fight for themselves. I wish people understood the innovative contributions that disabled people bring to communities and society .” —Dr. Yvette Pegues
• “ People have the misconception that I cannot represent people in cases . They assume incorrectly that since I have a speech impairment, I cannot argue for my clients’ best interest. It is very tiring to have to constantly prove myself.” — Sean Pevsner
• “People have thought that I would never be anything or do anything, that I don’t know what’s going on in the world. Having an intellectual disability does not mean you’re dumb . They work harder than most just to do things others take for granted. They may need help with certain things, but don’t we all?” — Melody Cooper

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Combating Loneliness and Creating Healthy Relationships

Bu’s center for psychiatric rehabilitation is working to help students build interpersonal skills and thrive in their communities.

Staff members on the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation’s College Mental Health Education Programs team: Paul Cherchia (from left), Chelsea Cobb (CAMED’17), Ali Theis (SSW’18), Kayla Hoffstein, and Kelly Morrow.

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The reports are in, and they’re grim: young people in this country are struggling.

The United States recently dropped out of the top 20 on the world’s happiest countries list, a fall driven by Americans under 30 reporting feelings of loneliness and general dissatisfaction with the world. Last year, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness an epidemic , pointing to its debilitating effects. Experts say loneliness can contribute to increased risks of strokes, dementia, heart disease, and premature death.

“For a variety of reasons, young adults come to college with less developed interpersonal skills,” says Dori Hutchinson (Sargent’85,’96), executive director of BU’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation (CPR). “The pandemic, the use of technology to an extreme, their highly structured childhoods—I think we see the consequences of these influences in the growing amount of cyberbullying, rising rates of debilitating anxiety and depression, and the growing number of students who express loneliness.” 

Enter the CPR , a mental health research, training, and clinical services center led by Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences that’s dedicated to helping individuals of all ages with psychiatric disabilities. The center does not diagnose conditions, prescribe medications, or provide treatments. Rather, it offers comprehensive services and programs that give clientele the abilities and support needed to succeed on whatever path they’ve chosen for themselves. 

A place to go when you feel alone

Sargent’s CPR has implemented a number of programs aimed at helping students at BU and beyond when things get hard. 

College Mental Health Education Programs (CMHEP), one of the CPR’s core initiatives, offers a collection of services—such as classes, one-on-one counseling, and even group workouts—designed to help students living with mental health conditions or feeling adrift or alone. 

The flagship offering is NITEO . Latin for “to shine” or “to thrive,” NITEO is an intensive, semester-long program for students who’ve had to take a leave of absence from any college or university for mental health or substance dependency reasons. The in-person program prepares them to resume their education through a host of resiliency- and academic skill–building activities. 

One of the key components of NITEO is the Healthy Relationships curriculum. 

Healthy Relationships is a set of 25 lesson plans that help students develop a sense of self and of belonging within their communities. (Healthy Relationships is also offered as a restorative justice course for respondents in Title IX cases.) Among a litany of objectives, the group lessons help students understand what constitutes a healthy relationship versus one that violates cultural or legal norms, learn about giving and receiving consent, assess what they value in romantic partners and friends, and build general communication abilities.

Healthy Relationships is also part of LEAD BU , a one-credit wellness and academic skill–building course available to all BU students. (Students can register on StudentLink.) The semester-long course covers classroom topics like test-taking strategies and presenting projects, while the wellness portion integrates the Healthy Relationships curriculum to teach students self-care and interpersonal skills.

Healthy Relationships, piloted in the summer of 2019, grew out of an online course on relationships for autistic adults codeveloped by Emily Rothman , a Sargent professor and chair of occupational therapy. The CPR’s version uses Rothman’s course as a springboard. The lessons constantly adapt in response to student feedback and staff observations. But at their core, they teach participants how to build and maintain relationships—which can combat loneliness, says Chelsea Cobb (CAMED’17), assistant director of CMHEP and one of NITEO’s facilitators.

That’s also where the curriculum’s recent tweaks come in. Part of the CMHEP’s job is to identify what issues students are struggling with and what skills they need to learn to overcome those issues. Following the COVID-19 lockdown and the feelings of loneliness it exacerbated, the CMHEP added lessons on topics such as effective interpersonal communication skills, how to develop new friendships and enhance ongoing ones, and the benefits and challenges of technology like social media and dating apps, Cobb explains.

Helping students learn how to make meaningful connections is integral to the center’s broader mission, Hutchinson says. 

“Our primary value is personhood—that is, that everyone matters, that people who live with mental health conditions matter, and that their lives matter,” Hutchinson says. “My personal mission is to ensure that we can continue to conduct innovative research, training, and services that support people who come to us in flourishing.” 

Flourishing, she adds, includes a sense of social connectedness. “A growing number of students indicate that they are not flourishing,” Hutchinson says. “I see our college mental health services as ways that we are contributing to combating the loneliness epidemic that students report.” 

Creating space for community

Both Hutchinson and Cobb say that one of the greatest strengths of the Healthy Relationships curriculum is that it’s adaptable to any population or situation. For example, the CPR has worked with colleges as far away as the University of St Andrew’s in Scotland and the University of Alaska to offer the curriculum to their students. 

Another strength: students in the same cohort often end the course as friends.

“In class, we’re always asking the group: What would you do? How would you respond to this situation?” says CMHEP senior training associate Ali Theis (SSW’18). “It takes time to build that community, but you get to the point where students are sharing their experiences and working through things together. That takes vulnerability. That added piece of cohesion is something I’ve really loved about the curriculum and the spaces it’s created.”

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Today's 15- and 30-year mortgage rates continue to hold steady | April 22, 2024

Thinking about taking out a mortgage loan here are the current mortgage rates and the top factors that influence them..

Mortgage rates fluctuate almost daily based on economic conditions. Here are today’s mortgage rates and what you need to know about getting the best rate. ( iStock )

The interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 7.500% as of April 22, which is unchanged from Friday. Additionally, the interest rate on a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage is 6.625%, which is also unchanged from Friday.

With mortgage rates changing daily, it’s a good idea to check today’s rate before applying for a loan. It’s also important to compare different lenders’ current interest rates, terms, and fees to ensure you get the best deal. 

Rates last updated on April 22, 2024. Rates are based on the assumptions shown here . Actual rates may vary. Credible, a personal finance marketplace, has 5,000 Trustpilot reviews with an average star rating of 4.7 (out of a possible 5.0).

How do mortgage rates work?

What determines the mortgage rate.

• How to compare mortgage rates 
• Pros and cons of mortgages 

How to qualify for a mortgage

How to apply for a mortgage, how to refinance a mortgage.

• How to access your home’s equity

When you take out a mortgage loan to purchase a home, you’re borrowing money from a lender. In order for that lender to make a profit and reduce risk to itself, it will charge interest on the principal — that is, the amount you borrowed.

Expressed as a percentage, a mortgage interest rate is essentially the cost of borrowing money. It can vary based on several factors, such as your credit score , debt-to-income ratio (DTI), down payment , loan amount, and repayment term.

After getting a mortgage, you’ll typically receive an amortization schedule , which shows your payment schedule over the life of the loan. It also indicates how much of each payment goes toward the principal balance versus the interest.

Near the beginning of the loan term, you’ll spend more money on interest and less on the principal balance. As you approach the end of the repayment term, you’ll pay more toward the principal and less toward interest.

Your mortgage interest rate can be either fixed or adjustable. With a fixed-rate mortgage, the rate will be consistent for the duration of the loan. With an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM), the interest rate can fluctuate with the market.

Keep in mind that a mortgage’s interest rate is not the same as its annual percentage rate (APR). This is because an APR includes both the interest rate and any other lender fees or charges.

Mortgage rates change frequently — sometimes on a daily basis. Inflation plays a significant role in these fluctuations. Interest rates tend to rise in periods of high inflation, whereas they tend to drop or remain roughly the same in times of low inflation. Other factors, like the economic climate, demand, and inventory can also impact the current average mortgage rates.

To find great mortgage rates, start by using Credible’s secured website, which can show you current mortgage rates from multiple lenders without affecting your credit score. You can also use Credible’s mortgage calculator to estimate your monthly mortgage payments.

Mortgage lenders typically determine the interest rate on a case-by-case basis. Generally, they reserve the lowest rates for low-risk borrowers — that is, those with a higher credit score, income, and down payment amount. Here are some other personal factors that may determine your mortgage rate:

• Location of the home
• Price of the home
• Your credit score and credit history
• Loan type (e.g., conventional or FHA)
• Interest rate type (fixed or adjustable)
• Down payment amount
• Loan-to-value (LTV) ratio

Other indirect factors that may determine the mortgage rate include:

• Current economic conditions
• Rate of inflation
• Market conditions
• Housing construction supply, demand, and costs
• Consumer spending
• Stock market
• 10-year Treasury yields
• Federal Reserve policies
• Current employment rate

How to compare mortgage rates

Along with certain economic and personal factors, the lender you choose can also affect your mortgage rate. Some lenders have higher average mortgage rates than others, regardless of your credit or financial situation. That’s why it’s important to compare lenders and loan offers.

Here are some of the best ways to compare mortgage rates and ensure you get the best one:

• Shop around for lenders: Compare several lenders to find the best rates and lowest fees. Even if the rate is only lower by a few basis points, it could still save you thousands of dollars over the life of the loan.
• Get several loan estimates: A loan estimate comes with a more personalized rate and fees based on factors like income, employment, and the property’s location. Review and compare loan estimates from several lenders.
• Get pre-approved for a mortgage: Pre-approval doesn’t guarantee you’ll get a loan, but it can give you a better idea of what you qualify for and at what interest rate. You’ll need to complete an application and undergo a hard credit check.
• Consider a mortgage rate lock: A mortgage rate lock lets you lock in the current mortgage rate for a certain amount of time — often between 30 and 90 days. During this time, you can continue shopping around for a home without worrying about the rate changing.
• Choose between an adjustable- and fixed-rate mortgage: The interest rate type can affect how much you pay over time, so consider your options carefully.

One other way to compare mortgage rates is with a mortgage calculator. Use a calculator to determine your monthly payment amount and the total cost of the loan. Just remember, certain fees like homeowners insurance or taxes might not be included in the calculations.

Here’s a simple example of what a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage might look like versus a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage:

15-year fixed-rate

• Loan amount: $300,000
• Interest rate: 6.29%
• Monthly payment: $2,579
• Total interest charges: $164,186
• Total loan amount: $464,186

30-year fixed-rate

• Interest rate: 6.89%
• Monthly payment: $1,974
• Total interest charges: $410,566
• Total loan amount: $710,565

Pros and cons of mortgages

If you’re thinking about taking out a mortgage, here are some benefits to consider:

• Predictable monthly payments: Fixed-rate mortgage loans come with a set interest rate that doesn’t change over the life of the loan. This means more consistent monthly payments.
• Potentially low interest rates: With good credit and a high down payment, you could get a competitive interest rate. Adjustable-rate mortgages may also come with a lower initial interest rate than fixed-rate loans.
• Tax benefits: Having a mortgage could make you eligible for certain tax benefits, such as a mortgage interest deduction .
• Potential asset: Real estate is often considered an asset. As you pay down your loan, you can also build home equity, which you can use for other things like debt consolidation or home improvement projects.
• Credit score boost: With on-time payments, you can build your credit score.

And here are some of the biggest downsides of getting a mortgage:

• Expensive fees and interest: You could end up paying thousands of dollars in interest and other fees over the life of the loan. You will also be responsible for maintenance, property taxes , and homeowners insurance.
• Long-term debt: Taking out a mortgage is a major financial commitment. Typical loan terms are 10, 15, 20, and 30 years.
• Potential rate changes: If you get an adjustable rate , the interest rate could increase.

Requirements vary by lender, but here are the typical steps to qualify for a mortgage:

• Have steady employment and income: You’ll need to provide proof of income when applying for a home loan. This may include money from your regular job, alimony, military benefits, commissions, or Social Security payments. You may also need to provide proof of at least two years’ worth of employment at your current company.
• Review any assets: Lenders consider your assets when deciding whether to lend you money. Common assets include money in your bank account or investment accounts.
• Know your DTI: Your DTI is the percentage of your gross monthly income that goes toward your monthly debts — like installment loans, lines of credit, or rent. The lower your DTI, the better your approval odds.
• Check your credit score: To get the best mortgage rate possible, you’ll need to have good credit. However, each loan type has a different credit score requirement. For example, you’ll need a credit score of 580 or higher to qualify for an FHA loan with a 3.5% down payment.
• Know the property type: During the loan application process, you may need to specify whether the home you want to buy is your primary residence. Lenders often view a primary residence as less risky, so they may have more lenient requirements than if you were to get a secondary or investment property.
• Choose the loan type: Many types of mortgage loans exist, including conventional loans, VA loans , USDA loans , FHA loans , and jumbo loans. Consider your options and pick the best one for your needs.
• Prepare for upfront and closing costs: Depending on the loan type, you may need to make a down payment. The exact amount depends on the loan type and lender. A USDA loan, for example, has no minimum down payment requirement for eligible buyers. With a conventional loan, you’ll need to put down 20% to avoid private mortgage insurance (PMI). You may also be responsible for paying any closing costs when signing for the loan.

Here are the basic steps to apply for a mortgage , and what you can typically expect during the process:

• Choose a lender : Compare several lenders to see the types of loans they offer, their average mortgage rates, repayment terms, and fees. Also, check if they offer any down payment assistance programs or closing cost credits.
• Get pre-approved: Complete the pre-approval process to boost your chances of getting your dream home. You’ll need identifying documents, as well as documents verifying your employment, income, assets, and debts.
• Submit a formal application: Complete your chosen lender’s application process — either in person or online — and upload any required documents.
• Wait for the lender to process your loan: It can take some time for the lender to review your application and make a decision. In some cases, they may request additional information about your finances, assets, or liabilities. Provide this information as soon as possible to prevent delays.
• Complete the closing process: If approved for a loan, you’ll receive a closing disclosure with information about the loan and any closing costs. Review it, pay the down payment and closing costs, and sign the final loan documents. Some lenders have an online closing process, while others require you to go in person. If you are not approved, you can talk to your lender to get more information and determine how you can remedy any issues.

Refinancing your mortgage lets you trade your current loan for a new one. It does not mean taking out a second loan. You will also still be responsible for making payments on the refinanced loan.

You might want to refinance your mortgage if you:

• Want a lower interest rate or different rate type
• Are looking for a shorter repayment term so you can pay off the loan sooner
• Need a smaller monthly payment
• Want to remove the PMI from your loan
• Need to use the equity for things like home improvement or debt consolidation (cash-out refinancing)

The refinancing process is similar to the process you follow for the original loan. Here are the basic steps:

• Choose the type of refinancing you want.
• Compare lenders for the best rates.
• Complete the application process.
• Wait for the lender to review your application.
• Provide supporting documentation (if requested).
• Complete the home appraisal.
• Proceed to closing, review the loan documents, and pay any closing costs.

How to access your home’s equity 

If you need to tap into your home’s equity to pay off debt, fund a renovation, or cover an emergency expense, there are two popular options to choose from: a home equity loan and a home equity line of credit (HELOC) . Both a home equity loan and a HELOC allow you to borrow against your home’s equity but a home equity loan comes in the form of a lump sum payment and a HELOC is a revolving line of credit.

These two loan types have some other key similarities and differences in how they work:

What is a rate lock?

Interest rates on mortgages fluctuate all the time, but a rate lock allows you to lock in your current rate for a set amount of time. This ensures you get the rate you want as you complete the homebuying process .

What are mortgage points?

Mortgage points are a type of prepaid interest that you can pay upfront — often as part of your closing costs — for a lower overall interest rate. This can lower your APR and monthly payments. 

What are closing costs?

Closing costs are the fees you, as the buyer, need to pay before getting a loan. Common fees include attorney fees, home appraisal fees, origination fees , and application fees.

If you’re trying to find the right mortgage rate, consider using Credible. You can use Credible's free online tool to easily compare multiple lenders and see prequalified rates in just a few minutes.