help and advice needed on finding a destination and brochure for singles holidays. Looking at maybe going in August or September this year depending on cost, avaliability, weather etc.

Thanks

Hi. I dont know whether this is any help, but my mum (she isnt old) goes on holiday on her own sometimes with travelsphere. Although there are couples too there are also alot of single people too. She was given the option of sharing a room with another single lady or on her own.
Not sure all of the destinations they go to but she went to china.
Also we went to cuba in may (playa pesquero hotel) and there was no single room supplement and loads of singles there having a great time.
Good luck

Hi there - I went through this process for my first holiday alone 4 years ago. I couldn't find any decent "singles" holidays that were brochured as such that went a little more off the beaten track and that weren't hugely expensive. Then I came across the Somak brochure and found that they covered Kenya at reasonable rates and their single persons supplement was exceptionally reasonable. So I bit the bullet....had a great holdiday - best ever. Stayed at the Travellers Club all inclusive with 1 free safari and paid just over GBP800 in August (4years ago). There was one other female single traveller there of a similar age (am assuming you are female?) and there were a couple of groups of men but I never felt as though I stood out being a lone female etc. Safaris are more expensive to book if you're on your own as the supplements are pretty high. Never had any "hassle" from men or anything - only confusion as to why a woman of a certain age had no "papa" with her!! Anyway, can highly reccomend. Good luck in your search - let us know what you decide and how it goes!!

Hi
They may not be in existence anymore but a few years ago I went to Kalymnos with Sovereign Small World.

Thanks Shelly.....It's my sister who is the single person and she has suddenly decided that after a traumatic year she is in need and deserves a holiday, but its so difficult to find many singles holidays and brochures especially this time of year. Think she would love a safari as she is such an animal lover. Will pass the information on to her.

Sandra

Thank you Micky & Whyzippyisorange
the information is for my sister which I will pass onto her.

Whyzippyisorange.......could you please tell me what the average age was on the soveriegn holiday. My sister is in her early forties and would hate to be away on holiday with a group of twenty year olds.

Sandra

All ages.

This company specialises in singles holidays:

http://www.solosholidays.co.uk/

Kind Regards
Stewart

Thanks Stewart..........will forward information on to my sister but I have already looked at the website and I'm sure there will be something there that will interest her.

Hi! I travel by myself too, and I have found that some singles holiday companies are much too expensive for me. For example, I have just seen a holiday in Crete advertised on the website mentioned, and a very similar holiday booking with a major travel company, and paying all the single supplements etc, works out 150 quid cheaper!!!!! Obviously you don't have the benefits of being on a totally "singles" holiday doing it that way!

I have also been on coach holidays by myself, where I want to see a country I am not happy to travel to alone, and have made good friends with the other travellers.

Thanks Madsue

must be hard to be a single person travelling with lots of strangers. know a single lady who has travelled on her own and she said that its not a problem during the day but its not so nice in the evening. Not much fun going out to dinner on your own. Thats why I thought a holiday with other single people might be more suitable for my sister. She makes friends very easy. Isn't it a shame people get penalised for being on their own.

I've been watching this post with great interest. From time to time my kids go and stay with their Gran for a week, leaving me with time on my own. I've never managed to persuade my boyfriend to come on holiday with me (he hates sunshine and hot weather) but I would love to get away for a few days. I've been pricing up for a week in mid-August, but it's very expensive when you're on your own and I feel a bit uncomfortable about being Billie-no-mates in a big hotel. It's good to know there are options for single people. Although it would still work out expensive, at least you're with a group of other singles to chat to!

Yup Sandra, the evenings can be a bit sticky , so I usually take a guide book or something to the table with me. I don't actually sit and read it, but it's there as a prop if I feel very uncomfortable!!!!

As well as being quite a bit more expensive, I worry that a singles holiday would really make me feel I was billie-no-mates, or even worse whether people would think I was on the pull.......and at my age too

Well, couldnt HT start up a forum for singles holidays. Singles alike could chat and maybe arrange to holiday together. Im sure there are many people in the same boat. Obviously safety is paramount and a simple vetting procedure (for want of a better term) could apply.

I have been looking round for a single holiday myself and found general cost starts at about £400-500. If I take my 14 YO son (who lives with his mum) the cost goes up to about £700. However by booking as 2 adults the cost drops to about £600.

The court is still out on whether I go on holiday or get new windows for my flat.

The idea of a singles holiday section sounds good. Like minded souls could arrange trips not necessarily holidays.

I went on holiday by myself this year for the first time.
I looked at single holiday sites but they were all too expensive.
So I called http://www.latedeals.com the day before my holiday started and they offered me Bulgaria AOA 3 Star. Paid £220 for bnb.
I had a great time, stayed at Pomeroi Hotel in Sunny Beach, lovely hotel, room was first class, balcony, tv and phone, great shower.
I met 3 other older couples and spent time on the beach and met them at night for a drink and walkabout.
I felt very safe there and would go again, now I know the place.
Food was reasonable, designer clothes and handbags were cheap.
Had a back massage on beach for £4.
If you like to be pampered, there is a salon next door to the hotel, had a facial there for £12.
Anyway thought you might like to know what a single experience was like.
Cher
ps u can pm me for any other info

Thank you all for your replies.

Its easy to go away on holiday if your a group of single eighteen year olds but if you are a 40+ divorcee and all your friends are still married that singles holiday doesn't seem so much fun. Shame some hotels can't accomodate certain off peak weeks for singles only holidays.

Like the idea of a singles forum. Come on HT how about it?

I've been reading this thread and I'm amazed at how many people go on holiday alone. 3 years ago I got well and truly fed up with my husband refusing to go anywhere hot, so decided to go alone. (I've always been happy with my own company). As soon as others at work got to hear of it though, they soon volunteered to keep me company! I've since travelled with 2 or 3 other friends up to 4 times a year and my solo trip never did happen! I think most women (and probably men) of 40ish are looking to travel independently. Our circumstances have often altered and we are now free to enjoy ourselves without the hindrance of being someones wife, mother, daughter, general go-for,- we can just be ourselves. It's a liberating experience and should be made compulsory on the NHS. My advice would be to make the trip even if you have huge reservations, because once others get to know about it you probably won't be alone for long. Have fun!!

Hi Micmacmob,

Does your sister have any special interests? Such holidays tend to attract a fair number of people travelling on their own without being 'singles' holidays as such and it solves the problem of what to do of an evening problem as you know that you'll be with like-minded souls. I'm a keen salsa dancer and have done dance holidays in the past where more than half the group were people travelling on their own. In fact I have just returned from a salsa holiday in Cuba were there were 14 in the group and everybody was travelling on their own. The age range ran from early 20s to mid-50s and it wasn't a problem because everybody had something in common, namely salsa dancing. Most were single but it included some whose partners weren't into dancing. It was great fun and it's possible to do dance holidays in almost any style dance you can think of. I think she'd find that language holidays would be very similar.

SM