Smriti Kalra shares her love for solo travelling and how it allows her to recreate and reinvent her identity. Explore her recent trip to the Northeast and her experience at the Hornbill Festival.
Solo travel can be an exciting adventure, but it also comes with its challenges. To ensure a smooth journey, it is important to have a checklist of essential items. These include a digital wallet or physical folder to store important documents, important gadgets like power banks and a camera, an anti-theft bag to prevent pick-pocketing, a forex card for foreign transactions, and reliable travel insurance to protect against untoward incidents. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance offers a Travel Prime Individual Plan that covers personal accidents, medical expenses, loss of baggage, loss of passport, hijack cover, and delay of checked baggage.
The city that tops the list is Vietnam’s Hanoi, with a remarkable surge of 946% in year-on-year solo travel searches. Bangkok secured the second position with an 816% rise, followed by Taipei, Taiwan, with a 700% increase.
Hungary’s capital and financial centre, Budapest, is the perfect city for solo travelling. If you find yourself in the city, these are the sights to take in and places to frequent.