Solo travel allows you the freedom to do what you want, when you want, without worrying about what your travel companions want to do. It can be scary, but those fears don’t have to be insurmountable, and like anything, it gets easier the more you do it. Here are my tips for traveling solo.

One of the first solo trips I planned was to Brussels, Bruges, and Amsterdam. Whenever I told people where I was going, I was often met by a puzzled expression and the question “Why Brussels?” Bruges and Amsterdam are always popular, but Brussels?