Finding Travel Partners Online

[dane]

Yea I have also had great exercise and lasting friendships with anyone I decided to keep in contact with. I have met some people who I felt were not my type and I just distanced myself from them. Luckily no unhinged people. Guess it could just be luck!

 

[PrincessTigerLily]

I have never had this happen, but if I felt afraid to meet, I would take those gut instincts and run. You have gut instincts for a reason. It may turn out that that person is completely honest and harmless, however, if you feel uncomfortable, you are probably not going to enjoy meeting them regardless of that.

Meeting strangers from the internet is not for everyone.

 

[MissT]

I would never trust anyone I meet online. I'm not saying that everyone online is a scam artist, but why take the chance when there are so many avenues that you might go if you need to find a travel partner in a safe way. I would talk to my travel agent about finding me an individual or a group to travel with rather than just trusting someone I don't know.

 

[rz3300]

Well with this one you should probably stress the importance of proceeding with caution. I think we all know that it is risky meeting people online, and you certainly do not want to end up on a trip with someone that you do not know too well. That said, maybe the whole having to go on a trip thing will weed out the real weirdos that you might meet, but still, I would be very very careful. I would also think this is kind of a last resort thing, but I guess maybe not. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Casiox]

Well, finding people online may not be the best option ever, it would be really risky and well, you would be risking all your stuff including your life, I personally think that if you're really trying to find a travel partner you should start searching up for it in your social circle, try to reach the people you trust the most and that sort of thing, searching for people online does not sound like the best option whatsoever, good luck.

 

[Trevlr]

You should avoid travelling with anybody. Strangers don't know what you are usually interested in and this might hamper your travelling plans. Consider travelling with someone you already know because you might be having same interests.

 

[Saambat]

While I've never met someone online to travel with, I've met tons of people on buses and in hostels that I've ended up going a few days with. If things got hairy, I always felt comfortable with leaving. Thankfully that never happened and everyone I traveled with was pleasant. Maybe that's rare?

 

[clair02]

I've never actually thought about it, but now that I do, I don't think I would be comfortable travelling with someone that I only met online. Maybe it's because I am a woman, but I do see how some people might be interested in that. I might do it if it's a whole group of people, but not with just one individual.

 

[djtravels]

Nope. Never happened to me. I am usually highly suspicious of people. Although, I have met people en route who were traveling to the same destination and made them travel partners. Even then I make sure I don't open up too much during the journey.

 

[Johnnie]

Finding traveling partners online might be risky. But you could minimize the risk if you don't reveal any plans to the person who claims they are traveling to the same destination as you are. Meet them at the airport and get to know that person better then you use gut feel to guide you. If you feel you can't trust that person then there's no need to engage with him/her further.