7 Great Places To Meet Other Singles While Traveling

There’s something so incredibly magical about meeting someone special overseas and enjoying a holiday romance. 

It could be the sun messing with our heads. Maybe it’s the mystery that surrounds a foreign lover. Perhaps it’s the fact that we all tend to feel more liberated and adventurous when we’re in a foreign country away from our “normal lives.”

Whatever the reason, it seems to be particularly exciting to hook up while traveling in another country.

The question is: what are the best places to meet other singles while traveling? 

It might seem difficult to find them at first. Yet, once you know how, it is actually incredibly simple to find a beau for some international loving. 

Below is a list of 7 great places to meet other singles while traveling. 

Facebook Groups 

Most large cities and popular tourist destinations have dedicated Facebook groups for tourists, expats or backpackers. 

Try searching for: 

“Expats In” 

“Backpackers In” 

“Tourists In” 

“Nomads In”

…followed by the name of the city or country you’re visiting. In most cases, you’ll find a group brimming with activity. This can be a great resource for asking questions about the city, as well as organizing travel adventures with fellow group members.     

Bars and Nightclubs

We live in a fantastically diverse world with thousands of cultural traditions. Yet, it’s a globally ubiquitous pastime for young singletons to dance the night away in bars and nightclubs.

It’s worth researching the best bars and clubs in your vicinity. Otherwise, you could end up wasting your time in a venue that’s dead – or even a tourist spot that’s unsafe.  

A safe bet is to sign up for a pub crawl organized by a reputable company. These tend to be packed with tourists, and it will give you a chance to sample a series of the city’s best party spots. 

Rowdy bars and nightclubs could be your best shot at hooking up in a city where there’s a language barrier. After all, they’re arguably the only venues where it’s socially acceptable to hook up without saying a word to each other 😉 

Online dating 

Some people love it, others hate it. Yet, the fact remains: online dating is incredibly popular all over the world. If it works for you in your hometown, it’s likely to work overseas too. 

In fact, it might be easier to rack up the matches in a foreign country, as your identity as the mysterious foreigner may well pique the locals’ interest.

It could be worth finding out what online dating apps are the most effective in the country you’re visiting, we recommend the ones that Beyondages.com puts together here. If you can’t be bothered to do that, go with Tinder. This app has a large user base across all of the world’s major cities.

What’s more, with the Tinder Passport feature, you can begin swiping on people before your plane even takes off. 

Party Hostels 

There are a lot of benefits to choosing a hostel over an upscale hotel. Not only will you save a lot of money, but you’ll also find it super-easy to meet other travelers. 

In a party hostel environment, it’s completely normal to introduce yourself to strangers. In fact, you’ll probably be seen as the weird one if you keep to yourself. Most hostels will organize fun events to help residents get to know each other too. That’s why so many solo travelers choose to book this type of accommodation. 

If you’re not keen on hooking up in a 16-bed dorm, that’s fine. These days, there are plenty of hostels that offer private rooms as well as dormitories.

Most hostel booking websites will allow guests to rate their accommodation for “atmosphere” among other factors. If you’re specifically looking for a spot where it’s easy to meet people, this is what you need to check.

Couchsurfing 

Couch surfing is a community of travel lovers who want to save money by sleeping for free at someone’s house — and the couch-owners who are happy to host them.

That’s not all it’s for though. 

If you download the Couch surfing app, create a profile, and navigate to the Events tab, you should find a list of scheduled meetups for the community. 

You can also make use of the Hangouts feature. Here, you simply click the Hangout Now button and list an activity you feel like doing. Then, if another Couchsurfing member wants to join you, they can send you an instant message.

Once you click Hangout Now, you’ll also see a list of Couch surfers ready to hang out in your area and their suggested activities. If there’s someone you like the look of, you can message them.

Although it isn’t listed as a dating app, there are plenty of people who use Couchsurfing to find other singles.   

MeetUp

Meetup.com provides a fantastic register of social events around the world. Simply type in your location and it’ll show you the events taking place there soon. Alternatively, type a keyword and it’ll show you all the events associated with that activity in your local area.

The MeetUp home page does a great job of suggesting events you may like based on your search history. A useful feature of MeetUp is that you can see who has marked themselves as “attending” the event.    

Facebook Events is another good resource for this. Speaking of which…  

Tourist attractions

Grab a free city guide, discover the most popular tourist attractions in your location, then head over there to check it out. 

The most well-known attractions are the ones most likely to be rammed with tourists. Overtourism can ruin the experience of the attraction itself, but at least it increases the odds of you finding an attractive stranger to spark a conversation with. 

If there’s one type of person who is willing to entertain this type of approach in the daytime, it’s a single tourist in a foreign country. For whatever reason, we all tend to be more open to meeting new people when we’re on our holidays.

If the conversation is going well, you can organize to visit the next popular attraction together.

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