- A TikToker shared with her 301,500 followers the places where she felt most insecure.
- While nothing happened to the pro-traveler, she warned followers to be vigilant
For many people, especially women, traveling alone can be a rewarding experience.
As the scenes in Eat Pray Love suggest, solo travel can be a great way to find yourself and learn important lessons along the way.
And, over the past few years, the travel industry has changed somewhat, leading to more women exploring the world on their own.
However, despite the growing trend, women still face a number of unique challenges when abroad, perhaps different from those faced by men.
Sharing with her 301,500 followers, one TikToker highlighted four places where she felt unsafe as a female traveler.
Captioning the now-viral video, Chloe Jade said: “This was a video that was requested by a lot of people so I decided to make it.”
The travel agent stressed that she has never encountered any serious problems in these countries, but told her followers that it is important to always be ‘vigilant’ and ‘aware’ wherever you go.
Chloe said that while she felt ‘unsafe’ in these places, her experiences shouldn’t stop you from visiting these ‘amazing’ places.
TikTok traveler Chloe Jade has shared four places where she has felt unsafe as a woman, warning her followers to be ‘vigilant’ and ‘aware’.
Although Chloe said she never got into any serious trouble at any of these places, she said the video has been requested many times by her followers.
Paris
The first location the US-based traveler felt uneasy visiting was Paris. Although she has visited the city about six times, she felt most at risk during her first trip.
Chloe, who was 22 at the time, said she met a local man while there, but it became clear to her that they both had ‘different goals’.
She said the man had ‘lured’ her into having a beer with him and tried to force her down a dark alleyway away from her hotel room.
Chloe said: “I told him to object and ran back to my hotel.”
She said: “I passed out as soon as I got back, I had cold sweats all night and I felt like he definitely put something in my drink.”
Marrakesh
Chloe said that while she enjoyed her trip to Morocco and didn’t feel ‘super unsafe’ in Marrakesh, her Turkish friend didn’t feel comfortable walking the streets of the city.
“Now overall, I enjoyed my trip to Morocco and I actually enjoyed my time in Marrakesh, but Dilar was with me and she didn’t feel super safe on the streets of Marrakesh.
The TikToker said: “It’s a very old city so the walls are very tight together and there are few walkways everywhere, although I personally didn’t feel super unsafe, a lot of the young people were quite aggressive.”
While nothing untoward happened on the trip, the pro-traveler thought it was important to mention it.
Pattaya, Thailand
Chloe told her followers that while she ‘absolutely loves’ Thailand, they should avoid Pattaya.
Explaining why she felt insecure, she said: “It just feels bad, there are so many foreign men coming up there to you, you know they do horrible things and it made me feel extremely uncomfortable.”
Belgrade, Serbia
Chloe warned her American followers that she was met with ‘hostility’ upon entering the country.
While nothing bad happened to her, she said she experienced disapproval from the moment she entered the country.
Reflecting on why, she told her followers: ‘In general, I think it was just that they didn’t like Americans.
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