The travel industry obviously doesn’t like true solo travelers much: Almost all tours and cruises are priced on a “per person, double occupancy” basis, and most hotels charge the same rate for either one or two people. If, as a singles traveler, you just want to avoid a stiff single supplement, the industry often promises to find someone to share with you so you can, in effect, travel at the couples price. But if you really want to travel solo, your options are limited.
But you aren’t totally out of opportunities. Even the most hidebound travel executives are slowly awakening to the demographic changes that are leading to a sharp increase in the number of travelers that really want to travel solo. Here are five suggestions for vacation trips that are especially great for a true solo traveler. Beyond these five specifics, you can use this list as a starting point to generate your own ideas.
Cruise on Norwegian
More than any other line, Norwegian has zeroed in on solo travelers with a specifically tailored product: Its newer ships have between 59 and 128 “studio” cabins, grouped into clusters that include dedicated solo common rooms. You can mingle with other solo travelers but still have your own private sleeping and bathroom facilities. Other big cruiselines, too, have at least a few singles cabins, including Fred Olsen, Royal Caribbean, P&O, Costa, and Cunard’s Queens.
Of course, cruiselines often promote low or no single supplement for ordinary cabins, although that sort of de-facto discounting usually occurs only when vacancies remain when departure dates approach. The best way to track those offers is to keep current with cruise information sources such as Cruise Critic.
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Via Rail Canada‘s top train, the Canadian, runs a three-night, four-day “land cruise” between Toronto and Vancouver, with a substantial number of single-occupancy and single-priced sleeper “cabins.” The sleeper class fare includes all meals, which railfans report as being excellent, and the sleeper cars have showers. The best scenery is between Jasper Park and Vancouver, and the eastbound schedule gives you a bit more daylight travel through the mountains.
Another good idea from Via Rail is its Skeena train, between Jasper and Prince Rupert. Rather than operate through the night, it runs by day between Jasper and Prince George and between Prince George and Prince Rupert; you spend the night in a hotel in Prince George. That way, all you need is a cheap coach ticket plus a modest room rate.
For best prices on all Via Rail trains, check Via Rail’s weekly “Discount Tuesday” promotions. And consider travel off-season, October 17 through May 4. for minimum cost.
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The hospitality industry usually looks at travel the same way that Noah looked at his ark: two-by-two. Cruises, hotels, tours, and many other activities are geared—and priced—to favor couples, with the familiar “per-person, double-occupancy” (PPDO) pricing as the norm. But that’s no longer a realistic reflection of today’s travel market.