✈ Seasoned Travelers Share Their Tips for Dining Solo (AARP Article)

[Spring2025]

FROM THE ARTICLE: Alone but not Lonely. 7 Secrets for Dining Out Alone from Solo Travelers.

There’s no need to feel awkward about asking for a table for one.

By Melanie Haiken, AARP.

Published January 21, 2025.

It took a stormy night in Pamukkale, Türkiye, to show me it was time to get over my fear of dining alone in public. Dashing for my hotel room in a torrential downpour, I was drawn by the lamplit windows of a small dining room, cozy with kilim-covered pillows and jewel-toned carpets. Inside, enticing smells wafted from the kitchen as the proprietor stepped forward with a welcoming smile. But looking around at tables of laughing families and intimate couples, I froze. Blurting out a confused apology, I ducked out and returned to my room to cobble together a dispiriting meal of digestive biscuits, fruit, and cheese left over from lunch.

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