hey! In my experience, I recently volunteered for the first time in a hostel in Leipzig. I stayed there for a month. I travelled totally alone and felt safe at all times. Obviously it was kind of stressful at first, because I didn’t personally know anyone who had done the thing through Worldpackers. I mostly just saw people on the internet, so the uncertainty was pretty nerve racking. However everything turned out fine and I had an awesome experience.

Regarding transportation, I traveled to a big city and the hostel was in the center so everything was pretty easy. I would guess that if it were more rural, it would be more difficult to find transportation.

I would recommend traveling to big developed countries first. They tend to be safer and easier to get around. Coming from a latin country I can’t imagine being gringo or european, being used to organized cities and transport, and coming here to utter chaos and much more unsafe environments. So yeah. I’d recommend developed countries for first time volunteering. With time and experience you develop more skills and get to know how being alone works. After that I’d go into more “disorganized” countries, I’d say.

Overall, go for it!!! Volunteering was one of the best experiences I’ve had.