These safety hacks will help you when you are travelling alone
Synopsis
Follow these simple and handy hacks when travelling alone
As a woman in India, you are under constant scrutiny. And it does not matter if you are hanging out with your friends or just doing your own thing as getting your monthly groceries.
Travelling alone at night – be it to your neighbourhood restaurant or pub comes with a whole barrage of questions from inquisitive relatives to society-at-large.
At some point or the other, the need to travel alone has been on most women’s bucket list. However, the idea to take the solo plunge and travel across India (or distant lands) have more often than not been revered and feared in equal measure. And it boils down to one thing: safety.
Even after due diligence has been done on the place you’d like to visit, there are still a number of ways to keep yourself safe.
You’d be surprised at how simple these are, and yet how many times has it been followed?
Here are some essential simple safety hacks to follow.
- Don’t carry all your money in one place like your bag or purse. Ensure you distribute it, and hide it among your clothes, hidden pockets etc
- Leave the do-not-disturb tag on your hotel room door. If that is not available, place a chair against the door after you’ve bolted it
- Keys are your primary defence. Hold them between your fingers
4. Blend in
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