Booked a coach holiday alone. Have anxiety disorder.

Well done for booking it Desdemona.
That's that done.
How long for? Yes a change of clothes for the evening would be good and whatever you like doing, take it anyway. Book, screen, knitting etc.

There will be chatty types but some like you
I haven't plucked up courage yet so you are ahead of me.
Let us know how it goes please and if it was good I'll be asking about the company!

All my trips are solo now, to places I know and love, but I have done a couple of coach trips on my own. I found I could spend as much or as little time as I chose with others, with no pressure to join in any activities. I’d say you’ve done absolutely the right thing booking a coach tour, and you can take it at your own pace, getting as involved as you’re comfortable with, and your confidence will definitely build. Well done!

Hi Desdemona, I booked a coach trip to Bruges on my own 2 years after my husband died. I don't know what came over me but it turned out really well! There's always a few people on their own and I was lucky enough to get chatting to 3 others and we tended to eat together in the evening and also went around together on the trips out. You don't really need to dress up, just smart casual type of things for the evenings I would say.
I've been on several other coach trips in this country since then but with a friend, but there are always other people on their own and we have often got chatting to them and quite often the single people can sit together for their meals if they want to.
Hope you have a great time anyway.

I ve never been on one myself as I get phobic about needing the toilet on buses and coaches I think it stems from a coach trip to London (cheaper than the train then) and the loo was broken so I worried the whole journey because it’s a phobia of mine at the best of times however my best friend made a lifelong friend just by sitting near a lady and getting talking on a coach trip a lot of years back they are still firm friends
Well done
I too am a procrastinator now I love dogs and plan loads of things that I never do
You relax and enjoy your holiday

Desdemona

Thanks for your advice. I don't even know what happens on a coach trip - no particular need to wear anything too special for evening meal etc.?

Nope, unless you have booked a ‘turkey and tinsel’ trip, in which case you’ll dress up for the main meal. Clean and tidy for travelling and maybe a change of clothes for the evening so you feel fresh if you want to.

Lincoln is lovely; pack comfortable shoes for walking as one of the tourist streets is a famously steep hill.

I hope you have a good time.

The hotel dining room will probably be quite warm, so I like to change out of the t shirt and fleece day wear. Just a bit nicer
t shirt or thinnish jumper.

Oh, well done you Desdemona!
Your actually brave enough to follow-up on an exciting travel- plan.
I'm a terrible dreamer & hardy procrastinator who rarely follows through! You'll have a wonderful time I'm sure & you'll be so glad you did it. "Fortune favours the brave"
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Thanks for your advice. I don't even know what happens on a coach trip - no particular need to wear anything too special for evening meal etc.?

I always have a bad feeling about going away. I’ve come to accept it as one of my unfortunate quirks🙄

- worst case scenario, if you absolutely hate it, you can get on a train and come home.

Though actually I think you will really enjoy yourself.
Coach holidays are one of the very best ways to take the plunge. Good decision!

Company when you want, solitude when you want, and everything organised for you😁

It won’t be bad at all, try to stop agonising beforehand and start looking at the upside to this, you are going on a lovely holiday to a beautiful part of the UK. If you want to avoid conversation on the coach read a book or do crosswords etc., the same goes for when at the hotel - I imagine there is a hotel - just quietly look occupied. But if someone, also alone, appears friendly and looks like your kind of person, nothing wrong with passing the time of day.
This is your holiday, do it your way, and try to relax.
All the best xx

Well done Desdemona - fortune favours the bold.
My experience of trips is that most people are welcoming and friendly. Take a book in case one evening you need time off being sociable.
I hope that you have a really good time.

The coach trip is to the Lincoln area with various days out planned so how bad can it be?