Negativity from friends and family

for context, I’m planning on solo travelling Peru for 3 weeks. Although I was very apprehensive about my safety there as a young woman, I knew that if I took the right precautions (using uber instead of taxi, not walking alone at night, staying in safer tourist neighbourhoods ect) and kept my wits about me, that I would be okay. I have heard there are plenty of solo female travellers taking the same backpacker route as me. However, whenever I have told anyone about my upcoming trip I am met with an extremely strong outpouring of negativity. I am told I will get murdered, I will get kidnapped, it’s stupid of me to put myself at risk like this, it’s incredibly dangerous ect. it goes on and on and I have not received a positive word of encouragement from anyone in my life - not my family, not my partner, not my friends and it’s incredibly disheartening. I do give them some grace because at the end of the day, they care for me deeply and are concerned for my safety - but it’s still hard to hear such jarring critiques. I find myself now, doubting the trip and doubting myself. I already had fears for my safety going into this but it feels like it’s been amplified from everybody’s reaction. I also feel down, because this is something that I have been wanting to do for years - since I’m starting full time work next year, who knows when I’ll get this opportunity again. It upsetting that a trip I was so excited for has me feeling like this now. If anyone has any advice for me or could reassure me about how safe it really is over there as a solo female traveller I would really appreciate it. Thank you! --- **Post Details:** - **Subreddit:** r/solotravel - **Author:** u/ConstantReport7163 - **Score:** 5 upvotes - **Upvote Ratio:** 62.0% - **Comments:** 24 - **Posted:** 7/5/2025 - **URL:** https://reddit.com/r/solotravel/comments/1lsb66d/negativity_from_friends_and_family/