Do you enjoy travelling and holidays?

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I want to at some point go abroad to different countries because the weather where I am is not very great and there is not much sun even in the summer. I also want to see different parts of the world, frankly. If I had the money this is what I'd really like to do, like going to hot countries in Europe (I'm from UK)

But I can't help thinking going abroad must be a very anxiety-provoking thing, as well as something you could enjoy. I imagine it can be for anyone, but maybe this is magnified if you have ASD?
At moment it is kind of hard for me to go to a different place in my country let alone somewhere else in the world. I think about stuff like how good would the medical care be in case you needed it or if you could access it, and the dangerous animals and bugs you could come across (I hate bugs) What you could eat (I always have same food I'm familiar with and vegetarian) I also have big toilet anxiety.

There's also the steps you need to do before you even get there like uncertainty of planes and making sure you get this and that. In my mind I can't help but think these anxieties would stop me enjoying a vacation if I had money for one. A lot of people travel by themselves I don't know how they manage everything and know what to do, and this would likely be me as I don't plan to have any family, or at the very least travel with a partner.

Anyone else feel same way and what other anxieties when going aboard could come into play?

I enjoy travelling very much. I do get anxiety from time-to-time when I'm in a "foreign" place where people speak languages other than English.

But it is all worth it to me.

I love travelling and going on holiday. Even packing my suitcase feels so exciting.

But the only thing is airports. I get flustered at airports. I get in such a muddle when putting my stuff on the belt things. I have to carry a lot of drugs (motion sickness pills, prescribed medication, and other medical stuff), and I have to make sure I put it in a clear bag and I worry that they might not let me take one of my medical stuff on board. And when waiting in line to put your bags on the belt thing, people are impatient and I get stressed having to take off my coat and shoes and put it all on to the belt, whilst people behind me are impatiently eager so I feel I have to rush. The airport security staff are so strict, and strict rules have always made me anxious. I know they have to be strict because of terrorists (then everyone wonders why Donald Trump wants to ban muslims from entering the USA, I know it's only a small number of muslims that are terrorists but you still never know who's a terrorist and who's just a genuine muslim until it's too late), but I still get flustered. One time the machine beeped when I went through, and I had to be searched up and down in front of everyone, with like 3 guards standing around me.

God, why did 9/11 have to bloody happen?!

I absolutely love travelling, but I couldn't do long-distance trips on my own. I can't do public transport and would be lost dealing with an airport and getting the right timings and the right places. But I love different cultures, different locations, different lifestyles. In the UK I'm fine as I can drive to where I need to be, and I can manage the basics of checking into accommodation (though I couldn't do B&B style where I feel like I'm in someone else's house. I love hotels!), but I'd definitely need support for anything further afield.

Once I'm where I need to be, I'm fine. I love getting absorbed in a different way of life for a while.

I tend to satisfy my need for travelling with one-night (or perhaps a few nights!) hotel stays. I love being in a hotel just for the change of scenery, and to me it genuinely doesn't matter if it's 10 minutes down the road as long as I can avoid places I usually go and convince myself of the 'different way of life' I'm living for that moment.