I was really nervous to travel alone so the first time I booked a really touristy package to a your typical holiday resort. Everything was arranged for me and I could have hanged out with the rest of the group and the travel guides as much as I wanted to and I did ask the guides a lot of questions about bus timetables and restaurants and so on. It felt safe that there was always a bunch of people available who spoke my language and were familiar with all sorts of stupid tourist questions and problems.

I made me more confident about truly travelling alone, and now I've made several much more independent trips. But it was an easy way to start when I was nervous.