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Hi

I almost always travel alone

share your opinions about long term travel with partners
you love it ? or prefer to be alone ?
what's the more appropriate number, too much give more possibilities of differents opinions and making decision hard to take ?

solo or just 2 in some place is not safe for camping ?

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With someone

I always take one or two of my wives with me and as I'm the boss we never argue about decision making.
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The saying goes: Two's a company, three's a crowd. I've just spent 6 weeks going through Tibet and China with 3 others, two of which I didn't know at all before and it's hard at times. It was made harder by the fact that in China there is no way out, you must stay with the group.

Twice I have hooked up temporarily with one other bloke and it worked out very well.

My main advice is: be ready to part company at any moment (i.e. equipment-wise) and then you can, if there is a need. The parting can be temporary, e.g. you want to go one way to visit something or somebody and you re-join later.

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And when comes bed time , I got limited experience in noth america with hotels.... naturaly cheaper for 2 or 4 person to share the room ...Is it the same everywhere ? or ..I don't know ..in some less fortunate contry... did they full the bed they have, no matter how much you are or who is sleeping with you ?


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And when comes bed time , I got limited experience in noth america with hotels.... naturaly cheaper for 2 or 4 person to share the room ...Is it the same everywhere ? or ..I don't know ..in some less fortunate contry... did they full the bed they have, no matter how much you are or who is sleeping with you ?


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This thread is getting very personal - number of partners eh!

Well, your point is right in my experience - I am not the first to note the value of Formule 1 hotels (French owned, but across a lot of europe). There are beds for 3 in each room, and a room can cost around 25-30 euros, depending on if the hotel is in a popular area.
So split the cost 3 ways and you get a nights sleep for no more than 10 Euros and that includes a continental breakfast.
I have seen people get 2 more, or thereabouts, camping on the floor as well = even cheaper per head (far, far cheaper than camping of course).

Any hotel room I have ever "hired" has been by a "room rate" i.e. the charge is for the room and, therefore, shared across a number of people it can be very cost effective - whether you get extra people into that room depends on where it is in relation to the lobby/reception - motels in the US are easy to get extra folk into!!
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I find myself agreeing totally with Walkies yet again

F1 Hotels are in every major city, between two or three your solid gold. I use them to get clean check the bike, do the washing, LOVE THEM.

But what noones said is you do have to have the same riding style two different personalities is ok but riding styles can clash.

But best advice as always go with the Flow.
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