Tips When Flying Alone for the First Time
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- Today, I'm giving you my best tips for calming some airport and plane anxieties when flying alone for the first time! Flying alone can be scary, especially when you've never done it before, but there are many ways to prepare yourself for the trek. Remember that nothing is scarier than anticipation. The first time I flew alone I was terrified. I was concerned that I may miss my flight, lose my bag, encounter bad turbulence, and a whole lot more. None of those things happened. Of course the fear of those things was enough to drive me into a full blown panic. Truth be told, almost everyone will fly alone at some point in their life. Whether you're 15, 16, 17, or 92. Traveling is a necessity, it is what offers us different experiences and provides more meaning to our lives. So inevitably, you can be doing that alone at any given time. I'm hoping that my tips for flying alone will calm some of your nerves and help to show you that it is actually quite a fulfilling experience. You'll be so proud of yourself when it's all done.
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Time Codes //
0:00 - Intro
0:47 - Should you check a bag or carry it on?
3:38 - Be informed and prepared
4:53 - Be comfortable
5:40 - Turbulence
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the fact that she made a video she wished she had when she first flew by herself is precious. I definitely needed this. I love flying. I love airplanes, but I only travel one other time by myself several years ago and all the other times have been with my family. So I definitely needed this
Thank you!, I’m going to be flying solo for the first time at 15, I’m catching 2 flights and on the way there and I’m super nervous about getting lost😬
No way I’m flying by myself for first time as well todau
You got this!! First times always the hardest but you’ll feel like a million bucks when it’s done
I’m 13 I am going from New Zealand to australia to South Africa by myself it’s a 19 hour flight.
Hii, i‘m 15 too! This year i‘m flying the first time alone and i‘m flying 27h, and i‘m so nervous and exited at the same time. But you got this we both got this :))
@@emiliefischer8636 I’m also 15 and I’m flying by myself
Unfortunately for me my first time flying I will also be flying alone, so needless to say my anxiety and such are high and I'm glad to have come across your video 😊
I am terrified of flying this summer!!! Thank you for the tips!
I know I can do it, but I have social anxiety and I have two older brothers (but my role in the family is like an older sister).
So I have anxiety about what in the world is happening: being split from my brothers, being around a million people I don’t know, “did I accidentally pack a gun even though I don’t own one somehow?”, etc.
Plus I have to watch my brothers. One is a wanderer, but you can often find him (unless in the bathroom). The other is pretty good at always sticking with us, but when he does get lost, he is GONE. However, since I have the role of older sister, and our parents won’t be with us this time, they likely will be on high alert, and always do what I say (like ‘tell me when you have to go to the bathroom’, ‘don’t leave my side’, etc). I think their older brother instincts kick in, and they want to protect me, and to “protect me” is to follow what I say so I feel better.
I’m gonna make sure my brothers wear comfy but distinct clothes, so it’s easy to spot them. Learned this at a zoo (they both got separately lost, so the next time our whole family wore bright tie-dye… or at least the wanderer did).
I am reallllyyyy hoping the “mom friend override” kicks in. “Mom friend override” is a silly little online term that means you have social anxiety, but are also the mom friend (the one who takes care of the rest, similar to a mom). So while your social anxiety prevents you from doing things, if a friend asks you do to it, your ‘mom friend instincts’ override your anxiety, allowing you to do the thing. It’s ok if that still doesn’t make sense. Point is: because I am taking care of my brothers, I’m hoping my “mom instincts” will cause my need to lead and protect overrides my extreme anxiety.
Edit: mainly, I wrote this for myself to talk myself through it.
Thank you for this!!
I really appreciate this sm ❤
im flying for the first time alone in a few weeks to visit a friend and this rly helps to calm my nerves lol. Ive traveled many times with my family so youd think id be more chill about it but theres so much anxiety associated with airports and stuff i cant help but get rattled
I was the same way. Always traveling with my family but never alone. I was so scared leading up to actually doing it but everything was completely fine. Anticipation is always worse than reality. You got this :)
Thanks for the video Alexandra!
Thank you very much I be going alone next week
happy to see you posting again
thank you so much for this
This video was helpful!! SO short yet very useful... LOVE IT !!
Thank you for making this video. It really is helping me set up the start of my game plan for when I am going to fly alone for the first time.
Thank you for making this ♥️ first time flying alone today and needed some anxiety relief!
Thanks! Flying alone next week so nervous 😂
Need this for my first flight back home from college! Thank you for this!
Thanks for this I'm going on a flight to Pennsylvanian to visit friends and this is what I needed!
I'm going to NYC and Boston for my bday, thank you for the video.
Gonna be flying alone at 15 for the first time. So hyped 🤘
Thank you for this video. I recently flew up to see the rest of my family and am now flying back by myself, I'm 15 and extremely stressed. I'm worried about losing my stuff, getting lost, and even potentially missing my gate, but this video helped quarrel some of that.
Thank you so much for this video. I'll be flying alone in January 2022. The last time I flew along was 20 years ago and things were sooo different. This really helped me to prepare and ready for my travel. Thanks again!
I'm so glad to hear that!! Thank you for watching, I truly appreciate it and I wish you the best of luck in your travels. :)
I m also 🤣
Thanks for making this video. I’m flying alone soon, I’ve flown 138 times but change one variable and it’s scary..
I’m in the military so this helps a lot, thank you!!
Congratulations on 1k
I’m flying by myself soon for the first time At 14 and this is very helpful
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!! this video made me feel so much better in 13 now gonna be 14 when my flight is and I have been so nervous and ur video is the first to actually help me solo THANK YOU!
goated. thank you
thank you for those wonderful tips this video helped a lot
Thank you Ronnie!! Glad it could help
Thanks a lot I’ll be flying to Europe alone for the first time next week and I’m so worried about missing my flight and getting lost in the three different airports I’ll have to pass through, this made me feel better. The last time I traveled was before the pandemic so I’m also a little bit anxious about the new procedures.
So how did it go? =) all good?
Gonna be flying to Wisconsin (most likely alone) to visit my long distance boyfriend this July! This will be my first time flying alone even though I have been on about 6 different flights with my family before. It's been a while and I am nervous lol
Thank you so much! I too was looking for how to navigate the airport solo & had a hard time finding videos that covered it to my liking. This is great.
So glad to here it was helpful :)
yooo at first I thought this was a huge channel already great video Alexandra! Subbed!
Thank you so much!!
so happy watched this! totally forgot I need a mask until now
Thank u some mux, i always travel with fam but im bout hit Brazil - Lisboa and back to Spain by myself for the first time in a month or soo, your vid made feel real good about itttt
Hey!! I hope everything went smoothly :D
I see Trench, I like 👀 but srsly, thanks for the tips!
Getting ready to go to a concert in LA, thank you for the tips and I love the Trench vinyl in the back
Great album 😅 have fun at your concert!
thanks
This video is so well done! Your voice is so calming and it was very informative. The editing was smooth and made everything flow together really well. How does this now have more views
Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed the video and my voice. Hahah.
ty for this vid! i am actually twelve and flying by myself in 3 days 😬
thanks! I will be flying soon on my own next month, I'm only 13 tho.
Thanks I’m flying alone in June
Tysm for this! I'm going to fly for the first time, with layovers, in a month to visit my fam for Thanksgiving. This is helping my nervousness.
I’m so glad to hear that. You got this! No doubt
I’m flying alone to my home country for the first time in 3 years I’m 15 years old I’m so excited I can only watch these type of videos rn
Good Luck
I'm flying out in two days, it's gonna be the first time I've flown myself and I'm terrified!! Airports are what I'm most worried about hah,, this video helped a bit so thank you 👍
I’m happy to hear it. Good luck you got it!
Flying solo to see my girlfriend next month. Thank you for this video
Thank you for the video.
Im flying next week with lufthansa from sa to frankfurt to manchester. Super scared to do it all alone, i have a million questions and stressing about every little thing
You got this! 🙌🏼 no need to stress everything will start to roll once you get there
I'm getting ready to fly alone for the first time in July, and I'm very nervous. Thanks for making this content!❤
Same thing here. When in July are you going to flight ?
@@danazu583 leaving July 1st and flying back home on the 5th
samee
@@y4smynn7 I hope you have a safe flight and everything goes good
thank u girll , im flying back home alone im 18 and its gonna be a pretty long flight 😫
I'm 18 too and will be flying alone for the fist time and I am terrified. Haven't flown since I was 12 so I'm a bit nervous so I feel you.
This video makes me feel so much better about my multiple flights in the next few days 😭😭. I’ll be flying alone and with covid restrictions I’m more stressed about getting there and home.
You got this! It won’t be as bad as you think. Covid restrictions don’t alter the process all that much anyways. I hope all goes well :)
Thank you so much! I'll be flying internationally for the first time, alone. I'm kinda nervous since I have a midnight layover from 1 am to 5 am in Bangkok (somewhere I've never been to).
Best of luck and safe travels. You got this :)
@@AlexandraRobinson thank you so much! Means a lot
14 year old me is stressing rn about my flight thats next week I’m going alone and I’m scared I’ll get lost in the airport or I’ll lose my flight . Losing my bag is another stress 😭
How did it go??
I had never been on a plane, hadn't even been in an airport and flew alone across the country to San Francisco last August. It was definitely a stressful experience navigating the airport and figuring it out. Will never fly American again, they delayed 1st flight by an hour, missed my connection, they gave me next flight which got delayed for 7 hours and I ended up getting a different flight. So that was stressful. Delta I had a much better experience! Overall I learned a lot and ty for the tips. I go on my 2nd flight in April!
Well that sounds like a lot but the good news is that it can’t get much worse than that! Good for you. You should be proud of yourself 👏🏼
@@AlexandraRobinson believe me I am! thank you. I feel like it was a good learning experience.
Thank you for this! I’m 12 and catching 2 flights in a few days, by my self for the first time (13 hour flights), so this made me feel better. It was very informative and soothed my nerves a little. :))
Hey Lauren! I'm so glad it helped even if just a bit. You got this!! Safe travels.
Flying alone at such a young age is really impressive
same i’m scared i have no idea how to navigate an airport 💀
@@khushi-qs6jy I flew like 1 week ago and it’s so easy you can’t do anything wrong
@@danazu583 that makes me feel better
Flying alone next week at the age of 13 !! this video helped me alot tysm
I was waiting to respond to this comment - Hope everything went well :)
@@AlexandraRobinson it did !! Everything went well and thanku
Hi I loved your video I'm flying soon for the first time.
Good luck!! It’s gonna be great
@@AlexandraRobinson Hi thank you so much.you are a real inspiration.❤️
This actually tbh helped me out a ton tho
I’m so glad to hear that 🙌🏼 thank you
thank you im visiting my long distance boyfriend for the first time this December by myself and i have god awful anxiety
You’ve got this. Hope you have a good time :)
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im thirteen and im flying from india back to the us for the first time alone and idek how to navigate an airport i never payed much attention when my parents did so im terrified
Additional tip: USE AN AIRTAG!! Qatar Airways thought my luggage was in Sydney (where I landed), Sydney thought it was in Berlin... but it was actually in Doha...
Flying alone for the first time tomorrow, hecka nervous but wish me luck
How did it go?
i’m gonna be flying alone at 11 😊 i’m really excited cuz i love everything about planes but also a bit scared, but there are gonna be cabin crew making sure i’m safe:) Btw i’m flying on saturday:))))
You got this!!! Planes are very safe. You’re in good hands
Im sure you got a ton of comments about this but southwest doesn’t charge for two checked bags!!
Doing my first flight in 2 weeks ( 8 hour flight I’m nervous and excited )
8 hours is a long flight for your first one but after that most flights will be a breeeeeze
@@AlexandraRobinsonLondon to jfk
I like ur voice
When you give your boarding pass to the ppl that let you on the plane do you get it back? Beacuse my flight has stops that would make me get off and wait for another plane so how would I get on that plane ?
My two biggest things I hate about flying is when the plane levels off at cruising altitude and it feels like you are falling for like 3 minutes. The other thing is stopping after we land. The vibration in the floor feels like a bad set of brakes on an old car that’s not going to stop.
And I also live in Florida! Lol
thank youuuu i'm flying alone as a 14yr old 💀im nervous as hell
You got this!!
@@AlexandraRobinson Thank you sm!!
I SPOT A TWENTY ONE PILOTS FANNNNN 👀
I’m 13 I am flying from New Zealand to australia to South Africa by myself it’s a 19 hour flight
That’s a long flight!! You should be so proud for doing that. Safe travels :)
Im 14 and im flying alone to USA this summer. Im so so so scared
You got this. Not sure where you’re coming from but I promise that as soon as you touchdown in the United States you’re going to feel so amazing. It’ll be scary once and then never again.
I hope this will help me ..
You got this!
I’m flying alone next week for the first time
You got this!!! It’s scary but rewarding
@@AlexandraRobinson it went good I had to find my luggage in my place in the airport myself but I was able to find everything
@Kian Lynch It went pretty good all you need to do is follow the signs in the airport and you can get to your terminal easily. The staff are happy to help you and if you get scared just trying to slow your breathing and remind yourself that it’s just turbulence. You can also have someone follow you to the gate if you come over two hours early. I was kind of nervous with the turbulence and my ears were kind of painful(I suggest chewing gum). It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be though and I got there safely. When you arrive you can either have someone pick you up from the gate or you can just go outside and stand for a while while you wait for someone. They also have shops and places where you can get food and stuff
That trench album tho 🥵😍
im flying alone nd for the first time in december THE BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR im really scraed of the plane crashing nd getting lost or kidnapped xd
something that comforts me is the fact that airports have a _lot_ of police presence, and very strict security - if you wanted to kidnap someone, an airport would be one of the _worst_ places to ever do it: criminals aren't quite _that_ stupid to try. - plus, all the staff want passengers to move around the airport and get to where they want to go as smoothly and as easily as possible: helping you out when you're lost benefits the airport staff (they won't have to chase after somebody who's late!) as much as it'll help you, plus all signs will be in both English and the language of the country the airport is in! - and finally ... ... ... the pilots and the flight attendants are _experts_ on flights and flight safety. they don't want to crash and die either!!! so if literally _anything_ feels off to them... they'll report it and get it fixed. like. they would not be getting on the plane if they thought there was _any_ risk of danger.