Vacation Alone?

It is completely dependent on your personality. 

You ever do a myers-briggs assessment? Here's a place to start online. 

I am a pretty extreme extrovert, but with certain activities, I find I like solitude. Gee, wonder how I found my way to triathlon training? But sometimes it backfires. I went to a couple concerts solo. Never again. But someone else might prefer it that way 100%. 

My wife won't let me.

A friend of mine did almost all of her traveling solo - to Mexico, Africa, on cruises... and she loved it.  As for me, I'd be good with being by myself for a couple of days and then I'd want to have someone to distract me from myself. 

Thankfully I've got the best person ever to travel with now.   

Isn't that kind of dangerous?

Vacation? No. Work travel? Used to a lot. And loved it. For some reason, it never occured me to do a solo vacation... Hm. Something to think about.

I went on a trip/vacation alone once between relationships.  I was not a fan.  It was a good trip, but when I turned to talk to someone about the beautiful/interesting/cool thing I was seeing, there was no one there.  It was a bit frustrating to not have someone to share it with.

However, I had an amazing time other than that.  But it felt like something was missing.

I used to travel for work a lot and so had a lot of fun exploring the cities, eating out, and finding things to do alone.

I went on a vacation one time essentially alone.  My mom was in NYC for work and I just crashed in her room, we didn't do anything together or even see each other.  My only regret with that trip was that I didn't have anyone to share the amazing sights I was seeing.  At the time I was disinclined to talk to strangers.

I have gone off on my own during vacation with friends, husband, etc, and now I have more fun if I strike up a conversation with someone.  I guess for me, the trip is about shared experiences.

In PDC, I highly recommend going on a group tour.  You might meet someone(s) fun to meet for dinner later.  I really liked this company.    My friends and I bought the package (snorkel in a cave, zipline, rapelling and a great lunch) from a reseller on the main street, so just ask for Aventuras Mayas.  

ditto

my husband really really wants to hike the inca trail.

i don't.

i really would not care if he went without me...it's been a dream of his for a very long time, as long as we can afford the trip and the timing is OK in our lives...why wouldn't i let him go on his own?

Some would argue that its more dangerous to cave dive with a buddy.  I think that school thinks of the 2nd person as another possible point of risk/panic/fail, now endangering 2 lives.  

I once had an incident with 2 other divers that got lost in a silt out, and I had to consciously make a decision to abandon them due to my "air rule".  However, after about 100 yards, as my conscience started digging into me, I turned back around luckily they were coming out of the cloud.

Dangerous?  Yes.  But its a calculated risk.  I planned my dives and dived my plans.  I took an extra "buddy bottle" for emergencies only and never had to use it.  I think I had 3rd back up light too.  Again, I never had to use it.

You're flipping awesome! 

Yes I could vacation by myself, but I prefer to do it with my wife.  Hiking the Inca trail sounds like something I'd like to do as well... I don't even know what it is but it sounds cool. 

Sure, all the time.

Spent a few days touring in China on my own this summer, meeting up with connections at the beginning and the end.  Solo camping is a nice refreshing too.  (Now I bring the dog.  Does that count?)  You set your own schedule, eat where you want, and aren't "babysitting" someone with no travel or camping experience.  Awesome!

Frankly I am just about as extroverted as they come and STILL enjoy a break like this from time to time.

Seems like a lot of us prefer setting our own schedule.  Reminds me of a college trip.  I had been living in Italy for the year and took a train to London to meet my best friend for our College Buddies Jaunt Around Europe.

Our reunion started with her being mad at me for being five hours late.  (The dockworkers were on strike in Calais; I considered it a minor miracle that I arrived on the correct DAY.  But before cell phones, this thing was certainly a pain.)  The next day I learned that some people consider "shopping" an actual vacation activity.  (Who knew?)

We quickly learned to split up from time to time, including for a few days when she went to Stonehenge and I went to Belgium.  We met up again in Versailles a few days later.

Our wisdom to split up occasionally definitely saved our friendship, and the trip.

Go for it, and enjoy every minute.