<p>S just graduated college and reports for Air Force flight school in November. He is thinking of getting one of those $599 Jet Blue all you can fly tickets and doing some traveling. All of his friends are either working or in school. Any ideas for how he could (safely) go about finding someone to travel with? I’ve found a few “travel buddy” type websites that he’ll look at, but thought I’d see if anyone here has creative suggestions.</p>
<p>Do you mean within the US? Not sure where else Jet Blue goes. </p>
<p>Lots of kids I know who have backpacked internationally have met travel companions along the way, often in hostels. A young woman I know met her fianc</p>
<p>Why does he need a travel companion? It’s fun traveling by yourself because you can do exactly what you want to do. It’s not as if one has to be lonely. There are plenty of safe ways to meet nice people while traveling alone.</p>
<p>Jet Blue has quite a few destinations in the Carribbean, so he’s looking at hitting some of those. He’s kind of hesitant about the idea of traveling alone. He is afraid he would be lonely. Not that many people his age would be traveling the Carribbean in September-October. There would probably be lots of honeymooners and older people, I’d think.</p>
<p>I did offer to take one trip with him if he wouldn’t find that too embarrassing. He said that he absolutely wouldn’t, but that may be because I’d spring for the room and the food. ;)</p>
<p>I found this thread while looking for some similar advice. My son is thinking of doing something similar for Sept-Nov. He has ended up with a strange college schedule because of his degree program and either ends up taking a semester off or going only to take 1 course in fall. </p>
<p>If you find anything, please let me know. He’s traveled alone before but has similar concerns.</p>
<p>He’s going to flight school and he’s afraid of being alone for a month? That really surprises me. </p>
<p>Personally, I’d much rather travel alone than risk winding up with a travel companion who irritates me. That’s something for him to consider.</p>
<p>Each place he goes, he will probably meet people that he can hang out with.</p>
<p>Personally, I’d much rather travel alone than risk winding up with a travel companion who irritates me. That’s something for him to consider.</p>
<p>My daughter spent a month traveling through India with a woman who was assigned to be her roommate at her volunteer placement.
I initially was relieved, because the woman was older than my daughter & so I assumed more experienced in travel.
However my daughter complained about her when she got home, she said her companion was quite homesick and she cried every night.
That could get old.</p>
<p>“. Not that many people his age would be traveling the Carribbean in September-October. There would probably be lots of honeymooners and older people, I’d think.”</p>
<p>What’s wrong with getting to know people who are older than he is? Some of the most interesting people are older people who travel.</p>
<p>There probably also would be plenty of young adults traveling. Those would include recent college grads.</p>