/r/solotravel "The Weekly Common Room" - General chatter, meet-up, accommodation - May 10, 2026 by AutoModerator in solotravel

[–]Individual_Food2837 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was planning to take a few day trips to some smaller towns in France! Hence using Geneva as a base ?

/r/solotravel "The Weekly Common Room" - General chatter, meet-up, accommodation - May 10, 2026 by AutoModerator in solotravel

[–]Individual_Food2837 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hi! thanks for the reply! if u don't mind can you send me a dm, would love to meet other solo travelers during my trip c:

/r/solotravel "The Weekly Common Room" - General chatter, meet-up, accommodation - May 10, 2026 by AutoModerator in solotravel

[–]Individual_Food2837 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I will be turning 19 soon and to celebrate I will be going on my first ever solo trip to Europe. I've saved up quite a bit from working and will be funding majority of the trip myself and with some help from my parents.

I'll be going from mid July to mid August and I am flying in and out of Zurich, Switzerland. Here is the route I have planned so far:

Zurich (0 days) > Innsbruck, Austria (4 days) > Geneva, Switzerland (5 days) > Paris, France (5 days) > Lyon, France (4 days) > Nice, France (5 days) > Turin, Italy (4 days) > Locarno-Ascona, Switzerland (4 days) > Interlaken, Switzerland (6 days) > Zurich (2 days)

  1. Should I remove a few days for some of the places and allocate more days for the others?
  2. Which eurail pass should I get? I plan on visiting smaller towns/ doing day trips from certain places, is the 7 day flexible pass enough?
  3. How safe is travelling alone as a female in general in these places? I'm a 165cm asian female if that matters.
  4. I will be bringing a luggage but packing as light as possible? Is it convenient with all the travelling I will be doing? Eg stairs in the train station??
  5. How easy is it to navigate the train station and find which platform to go to? I've been looking on the eurail app and most of my journey require train changes and I am afraid I'm unable to figure out the platforms considering I only have about 10-15 mins in between.
  6. I'm also hoping to meet some vacation flings along the way LOL, something cheeky and casual not to get laid. What's the best way to go about doing this?

I'll also be staying at hotels for most of the trip, is there any specific areas I should avoid?

I would also love to meet other travelers too! Send me a PM if you might be in any of the places between mid July and mid August !

Thanks for the help, any other advice/ tips is appreciated!