{"id":84881,"date":"2025-07-03T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?p=84881"},"modified":"2026-02-19T08:06:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:06:45","slug":"tips-for-travel-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/tips-for-travel-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"5 tips to help you overcome your travel anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m an experienced traveller, but I still get anxious before a big adventure. Here&#8217;s how I find my way through the pre-trip jitters by taking it one step at a time.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I checked my phone. It was Sunday evening back home in <a href=\"\/australia\/melbourne\">Melbourne<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I knew exactly what I&#8217;d be doing if I were there: watching a movie, sweet treat in hand and only half a thought in mind about the workweek ahead. In other words, close to nothing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But while that Sunday night was playing out for someone, somewhere, it wasn\u2019t my current reality.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, I was a few time zones removed, in the muggy heat of <a href=\"\/hong-kong\">Hong Kong<\/a> airport, trying to stay awake for a connecting flight to <a href=\"\/nepal\/kathmandu\">Kathmandu<\/a>. I was on my way to take on the <a href=\"\/nepal\/everest-base-camp-trek-160343\">Everest Base Camp Trek<\/a> \u2013 but after those daydreams about the comforts of home, I was struggling to remember why.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-Nepal_Tadapani_2019_77714-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"A man sits cross legged, taking a moment to soak up the mountain views at sunset in Nepal\" class=\"wp-image-84890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-Nepal_Tadapani_2019_77714-1-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-Nepal_Tadapani_2019_77714-1-1-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-Nepal_Tadapani_2019_77714-1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-Nepal_Tadapani_2019_77714-1-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-Nepal_Tadapani_2019_77714-1-1-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-Nepal_Tadapani_2019_77714-1-1-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">You know an adventure is on the horizon. You just need to overcome your nerves to get there<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The adventure dilemma<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, yeah. I was travelling to step outside of my comfort zone. Which, surprise surprise, was making me feel a little uncomfortable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Often in the days and weeks leading up to the trip, and right there standing at the airport gate, I stopped to ponder my decision. \u2018Why am I doing this? Am I crazy? Why do I <em>keep<\/em> doing this?&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong. I love travelling. This wasn\u2019t about to be the first stamp on my passport, nor was it my first time heading off solo.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travel is exciting. But nothing\u2019s ever one thing. It can also be daunting, challenging and exhausting. Home is home for a reason: it\u2019s where my friends are. I know the lay of the land. I speak the language. I have a routine and stability. It\u2019s easy.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the comforts of home eventually become uninteresting. \u2018There\u2019s got to be more to life than this,\u2019 I think as I visit the same cafe for the fifth time in a week. I start to picture what else might be out there; savings get set aside and something of a plan gets put together. In a blur, a trip is booked.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than that being the end of the cycle, though, we\u2019re only about halfway through.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the time between booking a trip and setting off, that initial energy for an out-there adventure sometimes becomes nervous excitement, which might in turn become just nerves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, change isn\u2019t all that it\u2019s cracked up to be. It\u2019s hard, and it rarely starts out looking like you imagined it. Sure, a few weeks ago I was a bit sick of my surroundings, but now that I\u2019m faced with leaving them behind for the unknown, were they really all that bad?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re like me and tend to get caught in the push-and-pull of &#8216;travel loves me, travel loves me not\u2019, these are the things I do to help get my A into G to get from A to B.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Book the trip<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s nothing I love more than sitting on the fence. I often <a href=\"\/adventures\/last-minute-adventures\/\">let the passing of time make my decisions for me<\/a>. Sometimes, that applies to travel, too. There I\u2019ll be on a Sunday night, scrolling through social media, and the algorithm will serve up videos of the Albanian Alps, cafes to try in Berlin and <a href=\"\/nepal\">Nepal<\/a>\u2019s hiking trails. Tempting, yes. But then a few days will pass and I\u2019ll take the easy option of sticking to what I know.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting out and seeing the world can easily become something you know you <em>should <\/em>do, but never get around to doing. There&#8217;s only one thing for it. Act on the impulse. Book the trip. It might sound obvious, but the first step to getting out the door is having something to leave for.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get something locked in, down on paper and in the works right there in the moment that the inspiration strikes. Future you might not initially thank you, but post-trip future you definitely will. Plans made are a lot tougher to back out of than plans never made.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Have a plan for day one<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply making it to your destination doesn\u2019t always mean the hard part\u2019s done. Arriving somewhere new can throw a whole bunch at you \u2013 unfamiliar sights, sounds, smells and cultures can be equal parts energising and overwhelming.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you\u2019ve made it to your accommodation, it\u2019s easy to slip into a mindset of \u2018OK I\u2019ve made it, I\u2019m \u201ctravelling\u201d &#8211; job done,\u2019 and stay squirrelled away in your room for the rest of the day. You might convince yourself that since what\u2019s outside those four walls is different to what you\u2019re used to, you\u2019re absorbing it \u2013 even as you stay removed from it.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My solution? Keep things simple with some achievable goals that will get you out and about. Do a bit of research in advance, find two or three spots to visit and just focus on making it there. It might be somewhere for breakfast the following morning, or even a simple lap around the block to ease yourself into your surroundings. Having a clear objective can help reduce the overwhelm of all those unfamiliar sights and sounds, as you focus on the task at hand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Urban-Adventures-Indonesia-Bali-Bali-Heritage-Food-Tour-market-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"Two women and a female Intrepid Urban Adventures leader wander through a market in Bali\" class=\"wp-image-84887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Urban-Adventures-Indonesia-Bali-Bali-Heritage-Food-Tour-market-3-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Urban-Adventures-Indonesia-Bali-Bali-Heritage-Food-Tour-market-3-1-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Urban-Adventures-Indonesia-Bali-Bali-Heritage-Food-Tour-market-3-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Urban-Adventures-Indonesia-Bali-Bali-Heritage-Food-Tour-market-3-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Urban-Adventures-Indonesia-Bali-Bali-Heritage-Food-Tour-market-3-1-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Urban-Adventures-Indonesia-Bali-Bali-Heritage-Food-Tour-market-3-1-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Group trips mean you don&#8217;t have to worry about finding people to hang with \u2013 you have a ready-made crew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Go with a group<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As the saying goes, a problem shared is a problem halved, and there\u2019s something to be said about the comfort of companionship. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joining a small group adventure \u2013 like an <a href=\"\/\">Intrepid trip<\/a> \u2013 helps manage some of the anxiety that comes with needing to figure out a new place because you\u2019re surrounded by people on the same page as you.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s especially true if you\u2019re travelling solo, and a reminder that that doesn\u2019t mean you have to travel alone. Seeing for yourself that you\u2019re not the only one doing this, that it\u2019s not just you figuring it out as you go, can help to provide a sense of stability in the midst of everything else that\u2019s new.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-nepal_kathmandu_holy-men-salute-1.jpg\" alt=\"Three holy men (sadhus) sit cross-legged in Kathmandu, Nepal\" class=\"wp-image-84886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-nepal_kathmandu_holy-men-salute-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-nepal_kathmandu_holy-men-salute-1-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-nepal_kathmandu_holy-men-salute-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-nepal_kathmandu_holy-men-salute-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-nepal_kathmandu_holy-men-salute-1-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-nepal_kathmandu_holy-men-salute-1-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A moment of connection with a local can lead to calming conversations and long-lasting memories<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Chat to the locals <\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not just your fellow travellers who can help to provide a safety blanket. The people who call the area home can also be a huge source of guidance. Your accommodation\u2019s staff, the person behind the counter at that cafe you went to on your first day, the bartender who\u2019s far too full of energy&#8230; they\u2019ll all be used to fielding questions from visitors who come with a wide range of travel experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All it takes is a split second of courage to speak up and ask for their help, directions or a recommendation. Even if you\u2019re reluctant to out yourself as a tourist, it\u2019ll just be for a moment \u2013 then you can go right back to trying to blend in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, the benefits are twofold. You\u2019ll (hopefully) get exactly the info you were looking for and your question will likely be met with kindness, providing a goodwill-fuelled pep in your step as you continue your adventure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-Japan-Satomi-tea-factory-group-having-tea-and-exploring-5.jpg\" alt=\"Intrepid travellers enjoy a moment of calm at a Japanese matcha ceremony\" class=\"wp-image-84888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-Japan-Satomi-tea-factory-group-having-tea-and-exploring-5.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-Japan-Satomi-tea-factory-group-having-tea-and-exploring-5-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-Japan-Satomi-tea-factory-group-having-tea-and-exploring-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-Japan-Satomi-tea-factory-group-having-tea-and-exploring-5-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-Japan-Satomi-tea-factory-group-having-tea-and-exploring-5-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intrepid-Travel-Japan-Satomi-tea-factory-group-having-tea-and-exploring-5-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Treat yourself to a cuppa. You&#8217;ve earned it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Take it slow<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If all you can think of for the first few hours or days of your trip is \u2018I just want to be home\u2019, I\u2019ve got good and bad news: soon enough, you will be.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The home comforts you crave will come back around. In fact, they\u2019ll probably come around quicker than you think. Time moves fast when you\u2019ve got so much new and exciting stuff in front of you to process.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To counteract this acceleration of time, make an effort to slow things down. If, after working up the willpower to ask someone for directions and spending the morning out and about, you need to break up the day with a cuppa tea and a lie-down, then do!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do things at your own pace. Use that rest time to take stock and pat yourself on the back for giving it a go, before getting back out there again.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because, if you&#8217;re like me, it won&#8217;t be long before you\u2019re hunkered down at home on a Sunday night, another week of work stretching ahead of you, dreaming of stepping outside into a whole new world.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Stefan&#8217;s advice and book that small group adventure today \u2013 <\/strong><a href=\"\/\"><strong>Intrepid trips<\/strong><\/a><strong> are the perfect exposure therapy for anxious travellers.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to see the world, but worried about, well, everything? 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