Is India safe for women? 🇮🇳 My honest travel experience

In this eye-opening video, I share my travel experience in India. I delve into the realities of navigating India as a female traveller, discussing the challenges and the highlights of my journey. If you're considering travelling to India or simply curious about the safety concerns for women in the country, this video is a must-watch! Don't miss out on this candid discussion about women's safety in India.

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[Devildemon]

I’m shocked that women would even consider travelling to India alone. Even I as a man wouldn’t...

[justnowvideos]

Let me shock you, visiting Syria as a lonely female is 100x safer than going to india alone..

[turtlex]

Just travel to China, Japan and Korea. You will know eastern Asian are way different than Indians

[bishnusarkar]

As an Indian I would advise any womens not to visit India.. currently India is not ready to be visited..Many incidents are happening, I really feel ashamed 😢

[AntiWar_dude]

Solo woman tourist or travelers should be very careful in India 🇮🇳

[khanhhung]

Even indian is trying to leave india, why do you want to come here?

[shishirkushwaha]

Born and living in North India for 30 years. Most of us here are raised with little to no understanding of personal space, standing up for right and seeing foreigners as a human being. I'm honestly not surprised with what you experienced.

[SS-hpop]

I am an Indian woman. One of my friends in Australia was planning to go for a trip in India with her daughter. I warned her so many times. I offered my Indian phone number and everything in case if she needs it. she kinda got fed up with me. she was like "I have travelled alone a lot of countries. I will be safe". I didn't know how her trip went. You can try to avoid visiting India. If you want, go with a group please

[hcjet]

i spoke 100 times, female please do NOT visit India alone

[nickm]

*If you are a solo female travelling in India and feel threatened, immediately speak to an Indian female preferably younger ones, majority of them will be more than helpful* also share locations with your family all the time (this applies anywhere you travel in the world).

[deeppurple]

I have been to India few years ago, I was so surprised that in India, the Indian and their society don't have "discipline"in their mind or dictionary

[jays]

As an indian i can easily suggest this - DO NOT COME TO INDIA AS A SOLO FEMALE TRAVELLER, DO NOT COME WITHOUT LOCAL CONNECTS, AND DO NOT COME DURING SUMMER . It sucks to say it, but india is not tourist friendly much

[ksosddnisss]

Sorry to hear about your experience.. My girlfriend (white french) and I (korean american) traveled to india/pakistan last year. We did everything ourselves with no tour and only ate and hang around local places. Surprisingly we weren't harassed much. I think you are right. If you are a white female solo traveling, you will probably get harassed more. We did get approached everyday but they leave us after we tell them to f*ck off. We don't really blame the individual people harassing us but the shit system and education these people grew up with. Because to be honest we went to wealthy areas in new delhi and it was the exact opposite. people were very kind and no one was bothering you. No one staring, no one trying to sell you stuff. It just tells you the significant discrepancies in a population. I just hope things improve in india so that future tourists don't deal with such pain.

I also heavily blame your tour guides. I can't believe they took you too areas where you would get harassed more. That is a terrible red flag...

Next time, check out northern india like srinagar and ladakh! It is very beautiful and people are kind. And pakistan! We loved it there so much. Although parts of lahore and karachi you might face similar issue.

Thank you for sharing your experience and being honest! I think more people need to share their experience so they are prepared before going.

[WaveFlightSimulations]

As an Indian Aussie, its this gross behaviour like this that gives us a bad rep all over the world. People should feel safe from all this crap no matter where you are in the world.

[emmafraser]

You are amazing for speaking out and making this video so everyone is aware.

[ScarlettHarleyMadison]

India is really a tough place to be for western solo traveler, its really unfortunate what happened to you. I Had a similar experience during Holi festival a couple of yrs back and I was with my fiancé’ during those times..I’m glad you made it out in one piece Phoebe..

[lifebyjamie]

i hate that you went through this, phoebe!! I'm so angry for you. it's sounds terrifying and of course people can say "it's just a photo" but it's your sense of safety and security and personal space while visiting a foreign place. and the hotel room key stuff is horrifying. I got a door stop alarm off amazon, its SO loud but also jams the door and sits easy and small at the bottom of a backpack for travel. thank you for sharing this experience. it is so important to share these sides of travel. onto better days my friend, sending big hugs, love and strength!

[AshmitThakur]

indian man here and i am just ashamed how bad our country is for solo travellers like you sorry from our side we are a developing nation but i am optimistic we will reach a good level one day thank you so much for coming out and narrating your experience a lot of introspection is needed

[katell]

Thanks for sharing your experience Phoebe. Hope you're going ok now too, much love.

[traciewalker]

Oh my goodness, that is such an awful thing to happen.
I did India as a solo female but went with a well known group tour.
Our guide was fantastic but I stuck to him like glue as the 1 day I had on my own I felt very unsafe.
Thankfully we had about 15 in our group so we were never really alone during the tour.
The only reason I wanted to go India was to see the Taj Mahal but I ended up being pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
I have been solo travelling now for nearly 30 years and as female traveller we really have to be so aware and trust our gut.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us, it could ultimately save someone 😊