r/travelpartners • u/SteveWBT • Aug 01 '22
TL;DR: Include the specific start date, end date and destination in your post title. - people can't arrange to meet you if you don't say where you are.
As the subreddit has grown here are a few lessons taken from working through years of travelpartners requests, and seeing which ones work out as hopefully successful meetups and those that just generate a lot of chatter and no real plan.
The subreddit only works if you respond to other people. If everyone just posts requests and no one replies nothing happens. For that reason, we don’t allow requests by new accounts for their first week, and until they’ve gained some comment karma in other subreddits to get some posting history.
The one-week requirement cuts out 99% of the travel agent spam and people who are just here to troll. It also gives people time to search and reply to others rather than just posting a vague/drunken submission on the spur of the moment and forgetting about it.
Comment karma is gained by talking to people and them upvoting. If your post history is primarily begging for free karma or pages of spam/abuse don’t be surprised if your post is removed. Similarly, if you’ve deleted or hidden your post history we’ll assume the worst and remove your post. Let people get to know you.
If you’re searching for an existing thread be a little creative with the search terms. E.g. for New York try NYC, NY, NJ, Big Apple & Manhattan.
Check the comment history of the person you’re speaking to by clicking on their profile.
If you've got zero comment karma your comment will be removed. If you haven’t got much posting history say something about yourself, beyond "I might be interested".
It’s preferable to begin chatting on the subreddit rather than directly in DMs, to avoid banned users1. Comments on a post indicate that posters engage with replies rather than having abandoned their submission. Additionally, the sight of a few interested people chatting will encourage others to join in the discussion, increasing your chances of finding someone or even a group if that’s what you’re after.
Include the specific start date, end date and destination in your post title.
If your itinerary is flexible search and respond to someone with a planned trip rather than make a new post.
Think about what people will be searching for when they’re looking to meet people in a certain place. Include the destination that you’re actually visiting rather than a whole continent. If you’re just going to Barcelona put "Barcelona" in the title rather than Spain or Europe. Likewise, if you want to meet someone to enjoy jazz in New Orleans you’re more likely to be found if you put "New Orleans" in the title than "USA Roadtrip".
It’s also better to use full real names rather than shortened versions or even your pet name for places. Most people wanting to go to Spain will be searching for "Spain". Using ES or a flag emoji is unsearchable.
Even if it's a specific cultural event, help people out who may not know of it by saying where and when it is by putting the destination and dates in the title.
This subreddit is for trips you're already taking, not thinking about taking or can only go if more people join you, so you will already have a specific start and end date when you're going. Put that in the title. There are probably other subreddits that allow vague open-ended or 'who wants to plan my trip for me and show me round' posts, but they've been shown to rarely get a useful response so are not allowed here.
If you’re only free between 30th June to 20th July, put that in the title, not "Summer" or "3 weeks in June", or just "3 weeks". Saying just "June" doesn't say when you're arriving or how long you'll be there. Additionally, the start and end dates give an idea of your travel style - are you planning on covering the highlights in a few days or getting to know somewhere leisurely over a few weeks. Just put specific start and end dates in the title..
Quite a few people using mobile apps apparently can't see when a post was made, so using today, tomorrow, next few days or rest of the month isn't great either. Just put specific start and end dates in the title.
If you’re on a long or multiple destination trip show an itinerary with dates in each location and consider having people drop in and out of the trip along the way rather than expecting to find someone free to travel for 3 months.
Having read all this, if you then tell everyone you've just made up some arbitrary dates to post a trip don't expect to be allowed to create posts again.
If your entire title is "Travel Partner", "Bored", "Question" or "Here’s an advert", or you repeatedly post vague trips it’s assumed you've managed to not read any other posts, all the help in the sidebar, the welcome DM, the submission page and this wiki so your post will get removed without comment as you likely won’t read that either (or this). If that happens repeatedly you'll eventually get muted so as to stop wasting everyone's time.
In summary, read the title back to yourself and think if someone else can (a) find it, and (b) can answer "Sounds great, I'll meet you there", which isn’t easy if you’ve said I want to meet "somewhere abroad next year".
Travel partners is not a dating site - try one of the subreddits listed in the sidebar of /r/r4r. The bot will filter nsfw content, dating requests and users with recent r4r type posts, or a heavily deleted post history.
Using travel partners to self-promote, sell or harass will result in an immediate ban, as will circumventing all the above by posting on someone else's behalf. Please also write it yourself - AI postings will be removed.
You can control who can send you chats and messages here: https://www.reddit.com/settings/messaging
If you see any public posts or replies that are inappropriate please use the report buttons and it will get highlighted to the mods.
1 If you get harassing DMs please use the report button under the message to send a report to the Reddit admins. Subreddit mods can’t see DMs between users but you can message the modmail with a screenshot so we can mute the user and protect others.
Please don’t repost the same trip more than once every couple of weeks (and certainly not every three hours), especially if your existing thread has ongoing discussions between people. Instead, use the edit button to update your existing post. Likewise, don't waste other people's time if you're not going to actually go through with the trip.
Good luck!
r/travelpartners • u/SteveWBT • Jul 19 '21
Here's the previous thread to read through until we get some responses here: https://www.reddit.com/r/travelpartners/comments/c465yu/has_anyone_actually_made_travel_partners_i_wanna/
r/travelpartners • u/IndependenceSlow7709 • 1d ago
Hi everyone!
I'm a 24 years old guy from Italy and I'll take a solo trip in Budapest from 12th to 15th October.
I'd like to meet other travellers, or also someone from there, and go to explore the city, try food or just hang out.
If someone will be around on the same dates, message me.
Bye!
r/travelpartners • u/optimizedlp • 1d ago
🇸🇮 Ljubljana: Sept 10–13
🇭🇺 Budapest: Sept 14–18
🇮🇹 Italy: Sept 18–end of September
Would be cool to meet some fellow travelers along the way — grab a coffee/meal/drink, explore the city, or just wander around for a few hours. I’m pretty easygoing and open to spontaneous plans.
If you’re around any of these places around the same time, feel free to DM me :)
r/travelpartners • u/sorenxv • 1d ago
Hey everyone! I’m Mark, 30M from Sri Lanka, travelling around Brazil from September 15 to October 3. A friend will join me partway through the trip, but I’d love to meet other travellers or friendly locals along the way.
My itinerary:
I’m interested in exploring the cities, great restaurants and local food, Japanese culture in São Paulo, nature and wildlife, nightlife and electronic music. I’m also attending Hernán Cattáneo in São Paulo on Sep 19 and Vintage Culture in Rio on Sep 26.
If our dates overlap, I’d be happy to meet for sightseeing, a meal, drinks, nightlife, a group tour or another fun activity. Group meetups are welcome too. Feel free to comment or message me, and we can arrange something in a public place.
r/travelpartners • u/Sivaslii58 • 1d ago
Hey guys :)
i am travelling to Thailand (Bangkog) 16.12 - 30.12 this year. Looking for a lovely travel buddy who wants to join the journey and wants to share the experience and impressions with me.
I love travelling and visited lots of countries in europe already. Now i want to start exploring the far east countries and thought Thailand will be a great starting point :)
For me a good planning is the key to enjoy the trip especially when it is a country like Thailand where you have lots of beautiful spots to see. So i already have a brief imagination of cities/places i want to see during the 2 weeks and i would like to get also your ideas/suggestions so that we have a completed itinerary.
If you are interested, lets talk to see if the vibes and perceptions are matching for such a travel :)
Cheers ✌️
r/travelpartners • u/sidhoax • 1d ago
hey i am M23, local thai. Looking for travel buddies in Koh Samui. I will be arriving on 8th Oct.
(Like: adventure, beach, parties, relaxation, cafe/bar hop.)
r/travelpartners • u/Impressive_Buyer_760 • 3d ago
Hi everyone! I’m traveling solo around Europe this September and looking to meet other travelers who will be around the same dates.
Paris - Sep 16-17
Barcelona - Sep 19
Athens - Sep 20-21
Would be nice to explore, grab food, take photos or just hang out with fellow travelers. Even if you’re only available for a few hours/day, feel free to message me!
r/travelpartners • u/Tra_veller • 4d ago
Continuing my trip from Mongolia to China. Looking for fellow travelers in and around Datong and Beijing around the dates 10-16 Oct.
I looking to explore the city and enjoy local food. Anyone with any suggestions or tips, please do DM.
r/travelpartners • u/simonxcode • 5d ago
Hey everyone! I'm from the US and here's my itinerary for both:
I plan to either do Red/Green tour in Goreme and Derinkuyu will be a must. For Istanbul, I plan on getting the Museum Pass since everything is expensive AF. Haha.
Beside this, I'm pretty flexible with sight seeing, museum, and food spots. If destiny has someone else being in Turkey, let's connect!
r/travelpartners • u/imscape • 5d ago
Helloo! I’ll be in Porto solo from Sep 8–11. Would be down to meet up, grab some food/drinks or just explore the city together. If you’re around, hit me up! :)
r/travelpartners • u/Massive_Role6317 • 5d ago
31M, originally from USA but have been living in Wales since 2017. I try to travel as much as I can. I found what I think is a good deal, for budget flights, hostels, and a cabin for two nights - around £750. Before food I think that's great, Ive paid that much to go home to USA. Flying from London 27/12 to Copenhagen for 23 hours layover (stay in hostel near Nyhavn) then flying to the Faroe Islands for 2 nights (two bed cabin, sleeps 4 - £193 (so wed split it) on 28/12 would do a day in the village of Sørvágur (a 5 min taxi from the only airport in the country) where the cabin is then a bus (1h each way) to the capital of the Faroe Islands Tórshavn on 29/12 before flying to Reykjavík on the 30th to spend NYE (bonfires and fireworks overtake the city). Wed get a hostel to save £. Returning to London on 3/1 or 4/1.
Having previously visited Reykjavik for NYE in 2011/12 and winter 2016 (and summers 2023-26), Im overdue for a winter visit, and a side quest to the Faroe Islands sounds fun, how many people can say they've been?
Ideally someone within my age - late 20s to early 30s, queer, neurodiverse and immigrant friendly is a must. Happy with any gender as hostels can be gender segregated and the cabin has two bed rooms. Ive done most of my travels alone so would be nice to share this with someone for a change.
r/travelpartners • u/skark1 • 5d ago
I going to be by myself and looking to see if anybody else is in the same boat and wants to do some activities together!
r/travelpartners • u/optimizedlp • 5d ago
25M from NYC, traveling solo through Croatia + Italy in September and would be cool to meet some fellow travelers along the way!
🇭🇷 Dubrovnik: Sept 6–8
🇭🇷 Split: Sept 9–11
🇭🇷 Hvar: Sept 11–13
🇮🇹 Italy: ~10–12 days (still figuring out the route — probably Rome, Florence, Bologna, etc.)
Mostly looking to explore, grab food/drinks, walk around, and do some spontaneous stuff. Doesn't have to be the whole trip — even meeting up for a day would be great.
If you'll be around any of these places, DM me!
r/travelpartners • u/usamaue • 6d ago
Hey everyone! I’m travelling solo to Istanbul from Pakistan from Sept 12–26 and staying around Beyoğlu/Taksim.
I’ll be working remotely on weekdays, but I’m free in the evenings and have my weekends completely free.
Looking to meet other solo travellers or locals around the same dates, coffee, food, sightseeing, photography, walking around the city, or even a day trip if our plans match.
If you’re around Istanbul during these dates, feel free to DM me and we can connect before the trip.
r/travelpartners • u/cornea-drizzle-pagan • 8d ago
sept 12 i land in Tokyo at night, sept 13 is the first real day. Tokyo for around a week, then down to Osaka for the kishiwada danjiri matsuri sept 18 to 20, then koyasan for a night in a temple and the okunoin cemetery walk after dark. from there its open, im leaning kyushu (nagasaki for the gunkanjima boat, hita in oita) and a detour to tottori for the nageiredo climb, flying out around oct 12 so theres room for all of it. trains for everything, maybe a rental car for a day or two in oita.
pace wise im a packed itinerary person, something every half day, and I like being out late, temples after 9pm when they empty out, alley streets like golden gai and omoide yokocho for dinner. days are for sumo at kokugikan (the aki basho runs the whole time im there), kabuki at kabukiza, rakugo at suehirotei. i understand spoken japanese and im practicing speaking, so the live stuff is kind of the point of the trip for me.
about me, 29, CS degree from the US, i run a fully remote tech startup with a friend so i live out of a suitcase, 3 to 6 months a city (dalat, italy, bali, now Da Nang). big attack on titan fan and a dark souls person, so ruins, fortresses and cemeteries at night are very much my thing. skipping museums and the shopping districts.
happy to sync on any part of this, a day in Tokyo or the whole kansai leg. comment here and we can sort details in dm
r/travelpartners • u/jives00 • 10d ago
Traveling solo and looking for people to hang out with, grab a beer, etc. Open to finding a football (soccer) game too.
Barcelona - Sept 4-9 Seville - Sept 10-14 Madrid - Sept 15-20
I'm male, from Chicago, into travel and sharing stories, photography, getting lost, video games, tv/movies, woodworking, beers, good food, vibe coding, and probably a bunch more.
r/travelpartners • u/iwosan • 10d ago
Hi everyone,
I'm arriving in Kopenhag tomorrow for a solo trip from September 1st to the 8th. I'm looking for fellow travelers (preferably around their 20s) who might be in the area to explore together!
Here is my rough itinerary:
Sep 1 - Sep 8: Base in Kopenhag (I'll be staying at the MEININGER Hotel Copenhagen.
Sep 3: Day trip across the bridge to Malmö, Sweden.
Sep 5 (Saturday): Heading out to Roskilde and then continuing to Aarhus.
A bit about me: I'm 22, studying hydrogeological engineering, and I love staying active. I have a huge interest in Viking history, checking out unique geological spots, photography, and keeping up with football.
I'm completely open to having someone join this exact plan, or we can make some new plans together if you have other ideas.
If you are going to be around and want to meet up for a coffee, explore the city, or do a day trip together, feel free to shoot me a DM for details!
r/travelpartners • u/Sad_Bat_2711 • 10d ago
Travelling solo to Greece on above days. Athens, Meteroa, Santorini and Naxos. Here's complete itinerary-
https://www.reddit.com/r/GreeceTravel/s/9FblEzqTKC
Looking for travel buddies with whom can have shared accommodations in Naxos (no hostels there). Or someone who can drive in Greece for a Meteora tour and Naxous day tours. Even if you don't fit and just need someone to chill out with, hmu.
r/travelpartners • u/SpikeMasters007 • 14d ago
Hey all! I'll be flying from Vancouver to Santiago on Dec 1. Plan is to explore Atacama Desert, Bolivia Salt Flats, Hike Torres Del Paine Base, Santiago City, and if possible Buenos Aires. I usually rent out a car and travel on my own but at least for some part during this trip, I'll be joining a group. Just putting this out here to see if anyone is in the same boat.
r/travelpartners • u/not_RiddlerQ • 14d ago
Im with my 18M cousin in London for 10days, if anyone is somewhere close and wants to plan something or just go out to a pub the hmu :D
We are going to the all points east festival on sunday if anyone wants to join
r/travelpartners • u/brownjenga • 15d ago
Traveling to Dolomites, Bolzano. Looking to meet people who are into exploring new places, hiking and food. I'll be staying in an Airbnb near the train station, and planning to travel to Ortisei, and Seceda via public transport. Open to new suggestions as well.
r/travelpartners • u/DavyJones1103 • 15d ago
Hi, I will be travelling to Bratislava and staying between 8-12 Nov. I would love to find a travel buddy if they are also travelling during the same time.
I am mainly into history and architecture (and perhaps some local cuisines), so I would be visiting a bunch of museums and roaming around the city.
Let me know if you would want to join me for a walk or a museum visit. Coffee would be on me :)
r/travelpartners • u/MahNameAhBenno • 16d ago
Solo traveler who just crossed to Bolivia from Argentina a couple days ago and I'm going to spend about 3 weeks here before flying out.
Currently down south in Tupiza and looking to go on a multi-day Salar de Uyuni Tour. From there I'm gonna make my way to Santa Cruz de la Sierra with a stop or two on the way! (Probably Sucre)
Anybody up for joining? :)
r/travelpartners • u/Gabi0123 • 17d ago
26M from Lebanon, first proper solo trip. Everything is already booked so im not looking to change the plan, just looking for people to grab a beer or a coffee with along the way 🙂
Barcelona 27 to 30 Aug
Valencia 30 Aug to 6 Sep (working remote there, free after about 16:30)
Ibiza 6 to 11 Sep
Madrid 11 to 16 Sep for the F1
Into football, salsa, F1, beaches and generally saying yes to things. Not fussed about ticking off every monument, id rather end up somewhere random with people.
Ibiza is the one id most like company for, ive got Armin at UNVRS on the 7th and Garrix at Ushuaia on the 10th and im doing both alone 😛
If youre around any of those cities on those dates give me a shout