The Singles Guide to Travel

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outlaw1 is offline outlaw1 Post #1  May 17,2009, 9:59pm

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Good article.  Also for younger travelers and those on a strict budget check out Youth Hostels.  The headquarters used to be on Spring Street in NYC.  If you are going to Europe, consider buying a Eurail pass for the trains.  There used to be a book series called "Let's Go!"  There was one for Europe (there's also Fromms? and probably other travel series books)  which I purchased.  A life saver, it gave you clues about where to eat, go, sleep, what to see, saftey and what to stay away from.  I teared out what pages I needed and stuffed em in my backpack.  Just don't let it any guidebook make you too inflexible.
For more expensive budgets I used Consumer Reports to find the hotel/s of my choice.  I love to get away from the tourists and have an adventure.  Sometimes befriending one local can give you inside secrets (like the guy/gal receptionist/other at your hotel.)  Hint, when traveling try not to be thee tourist!  (loud, obnoxious, rude, etc.)  Be friendly to the natives/workers, etc.  In return you can get the best intel!  Wherever you go, when you befriend people, they appreciate it.  And in return give you travel advice usually better than any travel agent can. 
Traveling solo allows you more flexibility and you meet more people.  Of course traveling with a friend allows you both to share in the same experience.  And memories. 
Happy traveling and good luck!   
 
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Forgot,  remember when on vacation, chill out!  I've seen some who are uptight and can't bend.  Go with the flow, allow yourself to have fun, meet new people, etc.  Sometimes, outside of your travel planner, you just have to wing it.  Bottomline, if you are always rushing to see this or that, consider seeing less things and having more down time. 
I'll tell you a story.  In Germany a few friends I met there & I met a young Japanese guy.  He was 16 or 18 years old.  He couldn't speak English, French or German!  We took him under our wing and he went with us one day to a museum.  After that we went to a beer garden for food and refreshments.  I was with Europeans, we took our time.  Laughing, good food, great company, women with large forearms (carrying liters of beer!) etc. 
Well the guy drank too much and got sick.  In fact he got very sick.  It was evening and we stayed with him outside the beer garden.  We went home and the next day he left to sightsee alone.  When I asked him why, he said we "were too slow."  Meaning we saw 2 major things a day.  While he had 4 sightseeing places to go daily!  Heck I'd rather have fun than rush around like a chicken without a head.  Maybe I'm wrong.  But the memories...will last forever. 
 
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Just don't go traveling europe solo and announcing that you're american...
 
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txbubba wrote :
Just don't go traveling europe solo and announcing that you're american...
In Western Europe you are correct. But in Eastern Europe (ex-Warsaw Pact countries) you ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG! There they really do like Americans!!
 
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DDjr wrote :
In Western Europe you are correct. But in Eastern Europe (ex-Warsaw Pact countries) you ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG! There they really do like Americans!!


I have a funny story about that.

The guy I'm having a LDR with came for a visit and I wanted to treat him to a fabulous meal at a famous French restaurant near me. This restaurant is always booked 2 months ahead but I managed to get a table. Between courses my friend went to the loo and the French head waiter came up to me and asked, "where are you from Madame?". I said, "I'm from Denmark but my friend is from Texas." With a serious face, the French head waiter placed a hand on my shoulder, leaned over and with pity in his voice he said, "that's okay Madame."
 
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Nice article but it overlooked one critical point of traveling single: the single supplement fee. Many cruises, hotels, tours, etc list a price based on double occupancy. If you travel solo, you get hit with an extra charge called a single supplement to make up for not having a travel partner paying their share of the charges.
 
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