Is it better to travel abroad alone or with a group?

It depends on personal travel preferences and needs. Here are some advantages and disadvantages for your reference:

Go by yourself:

Advantages:

-High degree of freedom, you can arrange your trip according to your own interests and time.

-You can learn more about local culture and life and communicate with local people.

-You can choose accommodation, catering and transportation more flexibly, which is more in line with your personal budget and taste.

Disadvantages:

-You need to make detailed itinerary planning and preparation, including visa, air ticket, accommodation, transportation, etc.

-You need to solve all kinds of problems and accidents during your trip, such as language barrier, inconvenient transportation and safety problems.

-You may feel lonely and unsafe when traveling.

Go with the group:

Advantages:

-You don't need to make detailed itinerary planning and preparation by yourself, but you can arrange it by a professional travel agency.

-With professional tour guides, you can have a more comprehensive understanding of local culture and history.

-You can make friends with other travelers and increase the fun of traveling.

Disadvantages:

-The itinerary may not be flexible enough to be freely arranged according to personal interests and time.

-You may encounter different levels of "shopping traps", and tour guides will lead tourists to shopping stores to promote local specialties and souvenirs.

-You may feel tired and stressed during the trip and need to act according to the rhythm of the team.

To sum up, whether to go abroad by yourself or with a group depends on your travel needs and preferences. If you want to know the local culture and life more freely and deeply, you can choose to go by yourself; If you want to have a more comprehensive understanding of local culture and history, you can choose to join a group.