Tips for Solo Travelers
Solo doesn’t have to mean Alone (groups)
- Small group tours
- Topical tours (Gardening, Culinary, Wine tasting…sports)
- River cruises
- Cruise Lines with single cabins
Best Cruise Lines for Solo Travelers (Avoiding Single Supplements)
- Norwegian Cruise Line
- Single studios with shared social space “Studio Complex and Lounge”
- Inside cabins with single supplement are often cheaper
- Holland America
- The line's biggest ships, Koningsdam and Nieuw Statendam, offer 12 solo cabins. The solo cabins are all ocean view and range from 127 to 172 square feet. They feature all of the same amenities of a double-occupancy cabin, but with a twin bed.
- Singles are invited to dine together (by advance request), and, on most voyages of 30 days or more, gentleman hosts are available for dancing and dining.
- Royal Caribbean International
- Royal Caribbean International's Quantum of the Seas, Ovation of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas each feature 28 dedicated "studio" cabins for solo travelers on each ship, a mix of virtual and actual balcony cabins (These units all come with full-size beds and range in size from 101 to 119 square feet.
- Harmony of the Seas offers 15 single cabins (inside & oceanview only)
- Crystal Cruises – Reduced supplement (30%)
- Crystal is one of the most popular luxury lines for solos, who make up to 25 percent of the line's passengers on some sailings. Solo travelers are attracted by the wide range of activities onboard, plus singles' parties, gentleman hosts for dining and dancing, and supplements that can be as low as 30 percent for certain categories.
- Silversea Cruises Reduced supplements of 25%-75%.
- Don’t have “single cabins, but offer reduced supplements. Most voyages of more than 10 days also have gentleman hosts onboard as dance partners and shore excursion escorts.
- Cunard Line
- Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria each have nine midship single-occupancy cabins; eight are ocean-view cabins, while the ninth is a standard inside cabin. Queen Mary 2, meanwhile, has 15 ocean-view single-occupancy cabins.
Tours with lowest single supplements
- G-Adventures
- Most G' Adventure trips do not have a single supplement. This means that the accommodation is on a twin share basis and, if you are traveling on your own, you will be sharing a room with another G Adventures traveler of the same sex. Some tours have an optional single supplement or rarely a mandatory single supplement.
- An optional service that may be available is called "My Own Room". This service allows solo travelers to request their own private room while on tour. The cost and the details vary by trip
