THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND BEFORE TRAVELLING SOLO IN INDIA

The most important thing to take care of before traveling solo is the research. Since you are traveling solo, you will not be having anyone with you who can guide you or with whom you can discuss what to do next, and where to go so research and plan everything in advance. Make sure you check every possibility as to where things can go wrong and plan according to that. Check the places to visit and places to skip. Keep a check on the weather forecast as this will help you pack accordingly and you can spare yourself from carrying unnecessary items. 

Pack light simply because it is convenient. As you are traveling solo, you need to take care of everything on your own and already you would be having so much on your mind so it is best to pack light so that luggage should not be the thing that takes up most of your attention. Also, packing light would make it easy for you to keep a check on your items and you will eventually be able to manage them well without losing any of them. 

Planning a budget trip would help you save up a lot and who knows you might end up doing two to three trips with the money you saved on this one. A budget trip will teach you how to enjoy less and you would not be spending on anything unnecessary or anything overpriced. Managing your money would help you evaluate the expense of everything and by sharing this budgeted trip experience with others, you are eventually helping them and clearing their mindset of spending a lot of money for a trip or requirement a lot of money for a trip. 

Always, book everything in advance. From accommodations to the commutation, book everything prior to leaving the city as it would turn out to be very helpful for you in a new place. Since the place is new for you and you would be alone, you have to make sure of it that you are safe and secure so, by booking in prior you would be having at least one safe place where you can go and relax after you reach the destination and you would not be roaming just like that in the new place. 

India is generally a little risky for solo travelers so just make sure of keeping your safety in concern and the most important priority. Try to arrive at the destination during the daytime so that you feel safe and you can easily reach your accommodation and incase you find any difficulty, you won’t feel unsafe asking the locals for any help. 

When you travel solo, all you have is your own company. Solo trips give you the best opportunity to meet new people and make new connections. Knowing different people, different personalities, chilling with them; all these are some of the beautiful moments that one can enjoy only on a solo trip. You never know, you might end up meeting people who made you feel at home on the trip. You don’t really know what these connections can turn into in the future, this solo trip might bond you with some amazing people and might give you friends who stay for life. 
Also, you should interact with the locals. This will help you get over your inhibitions and take a step forward towards interacting and knowing people and their surroundings. Interacting and meeting the locals is one of the amazing ways to explore the place as nobody knows the place better than the people who live there. Sometimes the locals become the best travel guides for you. 

You are in a new place now and that too, solo. There would be no better time to explore alone, enjoy your own company. It will be a little scary in the beginning but this is the time when you can let go of your fears and enjoy the adventure. Spend some good quality time with yourself, try different food, learn something new something different, do something you have never done, become your own photographer, go on walks, read, understand reading locations and directions on your own and most importantly believe in yourself. Make it an experience of a lifetime and you will cherish it all your life.