Single person holiday costs

Laurette

My friends who are all in couples are going on holiday in September 2018 with First Choice. The price of the holiday is £1397.00 per person. The total cost of the holiday per couple is £2795.00
I am single and would like to go with them but the cost for me is £2468.00 without any extras. This is a lot of money for a single person. Is there anyway of reducing the single traveller's cost?

jackieblack

Find another friend to go with that you don't mind sharing a room with?

Basically a couple wil pay room cost + 2 flights between them (half each) a single traveller pays room cost + 1 flight, so more or less double less the cost of the second flight. (That's a broad figure rather than an exact figure but that's pretty much how it works.)

Doshwaster

Laurette wrote: »

My friends who are all in couples are going on holiday in September 2018 with First Choice. The price of the holiday is £1397.00 per person. The total cost of the holiday per couple is £2795.00
I am single and would like to go with them but the cost for me is £2468.00 without any extras. This is a lot of money for a single person. Is there anyway of reducing the single traveller's cost?

Check to see if you can book direct with the hotel and arrange your own flights. Package holiday companies are always bad value for singles.

Or set yourself a target of getting a boy/girl-friend before Sept 2018.

peachyprice

As above, see if you can book independently. It's not hotels who charge double for a single person staying in a room, it's often the same price or less, it's tour operators who penalise single travellers.

If you can't get the same hotel would a nearby one do?

maman

Just a tip if you choose to go down the independent booking route.


We recently booked Easyjet flights for next summer. My DH, my friend and I are flying together to the same resort. We were on the phone while looking at days/times etc on the Easyjet but my friend was getting different (i.e. higher) prices per person from me.


It seems that the flight costs get lower if you book for more than one person. It's something to do with the admin costs.


So if you are booking flights independently, try booking with your friends not separately.


Some hotels do have smaller single rooms (i.e. broom cupboards or dungeons;)) that they might sell to you directly. It's worth a try particularly if they know you're part of a large booking.

leylandsunaddict

maman wrote: »

Just a tip if you choose to go down the independent booking route.


We recently booked Easyjet flights for next summer. My DH, my friend and I are flying together to the same resort. We were on the phone while looking at days/times etc on the Easyjet but my friend was getting different (i.e. higher) prices per person from me.


It seems that the flight costs get lower if you book for more than one person. It's something to do with the admin costs.


So if you are booking flights independently, try booking with your friends not separately.


Some hotels do have smaller single rooms (i.e. broom cupboards or dungeons;)) that they might sell to you directly. It's worth a try particularly if they know you're part of a large booking.

Easyjet charge an admin fee which is why it's works out cheaper pro rata to be on one booking. Most airlines don't charge a fee, but obviously booking together to save on the admin fee only works if you're all departing from the same airport.

The friends are booked with First Choice so she they couldn't book flights with the OP anyway.

jackieblack

peachyprice wrote: »

As above, see if you can book independently. It's not hotels who charge double for a single room, they're often the same price or less,

How many hotels actually have single rooms though?
As a single traveller, I always book independently and direct with hotels but have never had the option of booking a single room :huh:
When travelling solo I've only ever stayed in double rooms. (And obviously if there's a second person to share the cost of the room with it's half the cost each.)
Although I only ever stay in hotels in UK or USA, maybe it's different in other places?

peachyprice

jackieblack wrote: »

How many hotels actually have single rooms though?
As a single traveller, I always book independently and direct with hotels but have never had the option of booking a single room :huh:
When travelling solo I've only ever stayed in double rooms. (And obviously if there's a second person to share the cost of the room with it's half the cost each.)
Although I only ever stay in hotels in UK or USA, maybe it's different in other places?

Sorry, I worded that badly, I have changed it. But it still remains that even though most rooms are doubles, hotels charge the same price for a room whether it's one person or two staying(excluding breakfast/meals) .

jackieblack

peachyprice wrote: »

Sorry, I worded that badly, I have changed it. But it still remains that even though most rooms are doubles, hotels charge the same price for a room whether it's one person or two staying(excluding breakfast/meals) .

I agree, but why wouldn't they? They still have to change the bedding and towels. The cost to them is the same.
If they charged less for a single occupant, by booking the room to a solo traveller they would lose the opportunity to book it out to a couple at twice the price.

The 'single supplement' charged by tour operators, whose price is usually quoted as 'based on 2 people sharing' (ie paying half the room rate each) is basically the other half of the room cost.

maman

leylandsunaddict wrote: »

Easyjet charge an admin fee which is why it's works out cheaper pro rata to be on one booking. Most airlines don't charge a fee, but obviously booking together to save on the admin fee only works if you're all departing from the same airport.

The friends are booked with First Choice so she they couldn't book flights with the OP anyway.

Sorry, I missed that but hope the tip helps someone anyway.


I think fairly modern, purpose built 'Lego' type hotels will be all double rooms but when I've stayed in more quirky or traditional buildings both in the UK and abroad there have been a few single rooms.

Bogof_Babe

jackieblack wrote: »

How many hotels actually have single rooms though?
As a single traveller, I always book independently and direct with hotels but have never had the option of booking a single room :huh:
When travelling solo I've only ever stayed in double rooms. (And obviously if there's a second person to share the cost of the room with it's half the cost each.)
Although I only ever stay in hotels in UK or USA, maybe it's different in other places?

I travel on my own a lot in the UK, and generally use booking.com. If I put 1 adult in the search criteria it usually brings up several smaller rooms with just a single bed, at a cheaper price than the doubles. Most of them have ensuites so I can usually find something suitable.

So they do exist.