Originally Posted by
gbdbld
When I’m solo I like to order to go and eat at my hotel room while watching a video so I don’t get bored. It’s much easier now given more people get take out vs dine in.
As a female who traveled much for work, unless it was a business dinner with colleagues this has always been my modus operandi.
Getting "picked up" in a hotel bar or restaurant and politely trying to decline and then getting abused for rejecting the advances of drunk men (with wedding rings) is not very enjoyable. It happened one too many times.
As I have aged it happens less frequently such that I go to the central market squares in Eurpope and enjoy a quiet dinner with a book and people watching as I still like to travel, and often solo.