Traveling with friends is the best — but it's easy to spend the whole trip in your own bubble. Simple ways to meet new people as a group, no splitting up required.

Chat flight or headphones flight? How to read the signals, start a conversation with the person next to you, and exit gracefully when it's time.

Solo travel can get lonely, but usually in moments, not for the whole trip. Here's when those moments hit and how to plan around them.