5 Items You Should Carry When You’re Traveling Alone

Traveling on your own can be quite something

Travel season is around the corner. I’m visiting the alps in May with my sister Sanne. We’re planning to visit Switzerland, Italy and Austria, so plenty of things to take care off before we go.

We’ll probably forget a lot of things and these issues will cause a lot of stressful situations, but that’s what traveling is.

In this article, I’ll show you five essential items that you’ll need when you’re going on your own.

Let’s go.

1. Easy-packing Backpack

It’s always handy to keep an easy to pack backpack with you. Especially when you’re traveling alone, and you want to keep the right stuff close to you.

You don’t want a big suitcase rolling around every day.

You should take a backpack that keeps space for enough bottles of water and food — but it’s also important to have a backpack that’s a bit anti-theft.

Some backpacks can be really expensive, though — here are some budget ones.

• EverVanz Waterproof Backpack 26L
• Inateck 40L Travel Backpack
• Lixada 40 liter waterproof travel backpack

2. Bottle of Water

I don’t think I need to explain the importance of water to you.

Staying hydrated all day during travel is even more essential — you can get in hot places or get dehydrated.

In case you get hurt by something in the wild, water can also be handy for cleaning up wounds — or watering the cats on the streets, of course (very important, don’t forget).

For my European readers: get this amazing Air up bottle to drink water using scent pods.

3. Travel Wallet

Something I want to acquire for a couple of years now — a travel wallet that organizes all the travel documents that I need on a trip instead of laying in the pit of my full back.

Especially when you’re on a train, and you need to show your ticket and perhaps your ID or Passport, it might be a handy tool to have.

One of the travel wallets that I would recommend is this one: Fintie Passport Holder Protector.

4. Travel Adapter

When I visited Switzerland in 2019, I discovered that the Swiss power sources have a different layout — we needed to buy a travel adapter.

Why is this essential, you wonder? Well, if you can’t charge your devices that contain all your travel documents like train tickets, hotel bookings, etc… that would be quite inconvenient.

So buy one.

5. Pocketknife

This one is for the more nature-oriented travelers among us.

When you’re out in the deep dark forests of southern Germany or in the Northern parts of Norway you might need a knife to stuff.

What else would you do with a knife?

No, jokes aside, a knife can save lives in some situations — and you might feel safer when you’re carrying one.