hey what's up it's jasmine chanel bringing you another youtube video thanks so much for tuning in
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a week you're also subscribed you know that i went to your 49 days alone and all that content is here
tips on how to travel solo things to look out for but in this video i want to tell you the three
ways that i made friends while traveling abroad now i love traveling internationally by myself
there's a sense of empowerment and bravery that kind of comes across when you're traveling by
yourself however some of my most cherishable moments came from spending time with another
person i mean i was able to let my hair down i was able to you know have a couple drinks and just
to have someone kind of looking over my shoulder when i said it so if you're looking to travel solo
but you're not quite sure how you're gonna make friends watch this video it's short and simple
number one social media apps now we all know that there's an app for everything and there are
so many social apps where you can meet other people if you're looking for a relationship
you know majority of them are dating apps and i wasn't looking for that i just wanted to find
another girl that i could do girl things with you know like go to the beach and go to parks and
the nightlife is so much more fun when you're spending it with someone else because you have
someone to kind of like boy block in your way and make sure that you're busy at all
times when you don't want to talk to people and when you're with someone you can have a drink
or two i chose to use bumble because there's a setting where you can change it for your meeting
just people who want to find friendships so i changed it to where the gender was female
around the same age as me hanging out with someone who's from the local place that you're visiting
is a game changer because they take you to the spots that don't pop up on yelp
the inexpensive restaurants that are still five star that no one knows about when i was
in barcelona i met a girl who was so sweet i'm not gonna say her name but she took me out to
eat think about where you live you know which restaurants to avoid which one has the deals
where the happy hour is i was just intrigued to hear her stories because she calmed me down a
lot a lot of people back home were like oh my gosh jasmine you're crazy for traveling alone
but after talking to someone who was local they just let me know
that a lot of it is here say a lot of it is just what you hear in the media and she let me
kind of let my hair down and have a good time because up until i had a friend who was local
i was parent i would never have that experience happen it be full bubble and i also use fumble
in madrid where i met another friend and that was like my partner every night in madrid going
out to the club for the first time i could drink i could let my hair down because i wasn't drinking
while traveling alone and that just changed the experience definitely recommend bumble
social media app um this is an ad but it was so helpful for me to gain lifelong friends that truly
made a difference in my international travel being open-minded and i know this sounds easy
but it's really not when you're traveling alone because you're constantly kind of just watching
your back and you know looking for directions and navigating your way to the next destination but
take a seat you know look around and most of the time someone will notice you being alone
sometimes that's a good thing sometimes that's not the most comfortable situation but a lot
of times people will approach you and just be like hey what are you doing here you know
barcelona was such a tourist place it doesn't take long to know that someone's a tourist and
a lot of times i didn't even have to like start a conversation i just had to be open-minded
and kind of you know pick and choose make eye contact if you want to talk to someone
and if you don't want to talk to someone don't make eye contact you just learn so
much from talking to people give them open body language you know that is non-verbal communication
is 80 of communication so make sure that you're sitting away that's approachable and a lot of
times people will talk to you and give you some good insight and if you like them they
might have friends in town and you guys can all meet up so just be open mind and in my
experience in barcelona i was walking the streets and i met this group of students
they invited me to their loft we hung out for a little bit i got to see inside the downtown
la rambla loft which was beautiful it was the experience because there's no elevators it's all
stairs and i only was able to meet those people by just you know walk in the streets so i walked into
this kfc and there were two english speakers but they had an american accent so i walked up to them
and i said you know hey i could tell by the accent you're from america and they're like
yeah they were playing basketball abroad which i thought was so cool for the first time i forgot
about my life in the u.s i was hanging out with a group of girls who knew i was traveling alone they
were from america and they just invited me in and it was nothing but laughter number three way goes
back to number one so let's say you meet friends off of bumble or let's say you were just walking
down the street being open-minded number two and you have these people that you really you know
click with conversation is good and you guys are just having a good old time ask them if they have
any acquaintances or friends that are off and they can link you up with a friend that i met
through bumble if they had to work or if they had other obligations they would say hey i'm busy but
my homegirl or my friend can take you out to lunch so if you make new friends now you have friends
from new friends well there you go the three ways i recommend making friends while traveling alone
you will find people you like people you don't like but the good thing is the ones
that you like you can remain friends for a lifetime if you found this video
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