Are Solo Travelers Less Desirable To The Move Industry?

  Solo move past times air......might endure 1 of the solo friendly modes of transportation...

As I started today's post on Does the Travel Industry Hate Solo Travelers, I began to mean value of what move services are solo friendly.

1.  Airlines:  although I create non relish the physical care for too physical care for of flying, arriving three hrs early, checking inwards amongst a machine, wearing my heaviest article of apparel too thus I run across the 1 handbag weight rule, safety banking enterprise fit in..... I don't ask to elaborate, y'all lead maintain all been there.... the dreaded gist seat, hot plane, smelly deport on food, delays, nosotros tin all add together to this list

With all their faults too costs, the airlines create NOT accuse me to a greater extent than for traveling SOLO

2.  Trains:  I am non charged to a greater extent than for a educate trip inwards Europe.  Yes in that place are promotions for what I telephone telephone the ark people, those traveling inwards two's or families but overall I experience I am paying the same every bit other travelers.  Here inwards the USA, does AMTRAK accuse solo passengers more?  I was told past times an AMTRAK traveler that y'all pay for a ticket too tin buy a roomette for an additional cost but she is NOT charged to a greater extent than for using the roomette solo.

3.  Rental Cars, Ferry Trips, Bus Tickets:  these are all priced per person.  There may endure discounts for the groups listed inwards #2.

4.  Two for One Advertising:  Next to the cruise lines this is 1 promotion I have several times a calendar week that continues to infuriate me.    The offering is oftentimes for packet tours too cruises.*  

5.  Cruises:  Perhaps the most offensive handling for this solo traveler is the 200% solo supplement.   Paying twice every bit much every bit other passengers must aggravate other solo travelers every bit well.   On a recent trip several passengers seem dissatisfaction amongst the 'value for the price' they received every bit solo travelers. 
*Cruises besides offering 2 for 1 pricing but volition non allow a solo customer to pay the advertised toll unless they select or too thus other passenger.

VacationstoGo.com has a listing of 'single' cruises (not hosted unmarried cruises) on their spider web site.   Often in that place are several real good priced sailing.   "Or y'all tin telephone telephone for the solo toll on whatever cruise listed", according to the CEO, Mr. Fox.  I suggested to Mr Fox that changing the championship to solo vs unmarried cruises would endure to a greater extent than appropriate.   Solo is NOT ever single.

Several of the cruise move agents lead maintain started to post solo prices or solo promotions.   Cunard has offered 'no solo supplements' too the river cruises had a especial recently.  

I lead maintain been forced to banking enterprise fit weekly for prices that may lead maintain been reduced to level, where double the toll powerfulness endure affordable.  Example:  if the per twenty-four hours toll is offered at $100 a twenty-four hours than the cruise volition endure $200 for a solo.....if the itinerary is 1 I am interested inwards too the ship has amenities I desire (enrichment classes) than I volition consider paying a 200% solo supplement.

6. Restaurants:   Casual restaurants or diners (in the USA) topographic point solo clients amongst the exactly draw of piece of employment organisation to go out a 4 or six topographic point tabular array available for larger groups.  Invariable I have the same query when I go inwards or sit, are y'all alone? 
On farther reflection I await the hold off staff is non happy amongst a solo traveler......table used for the same length of fourth dimension amongst 1/2 the return.

7. Hotels:   Until I heard a comment from Arthur Frommer on his Dominicus radio program http://bit.ly/SjF7hx   I had non idea of hotels every bit having a split policy for solo travelers. 
Pricing:   I checked Booking.com for prices for solo vs double rooms inwards a ii cities.  Booking.com:  Rome on a Booking.com sample listed solo rooms at $10 to $20 less than a room for two.   In Philadelphia the hotel room prices create non alter for 1 traveler!  Mr. Frommer is correct, hotel rooms are not solo friendly!
I volition endure doing to a greater extent than enquiry on this.

8. Travel Agents:   If y'all know of whatever move agent who wants to operate amongst solo travelers, delight permit me know.   I empathize committee sales (after 22 years) too working amongst 1 customer limits your income.    
Apparently solo fares on cruises too packet tours must endure priced amongst the supplier, past times the move agent.   There seems to be NO key reckoner computer program that volition provide a listing of fares for a solo travelers on cruises.   I search 100 or to a greater extent than sailings a week, looking for a fare that is 'affordable', 1 time I double the advertised price.

Travel agents must non endure willing to lead maintain the fourth dimension to create this sum of work.  They volition electronic mail me or telephone telephone me if they reckon something affordable that comes across their desks.  Often I know nearly a sale earlier they do.
  
Are solo travelers to a greater extent than operate for a hotel?  For a cruise line? For a tour group?   Let's address that next.