Huge price hikes — and pokey rooms — often await when booking for one person only.
But there are a few operators offering holidays that do not punish those travelling on their own.
Here, we selects some of the best and friendliest trips…
BIG EASY PARTY
A singles specialist tour operator takes gangs of like-minded holidaymakers to New Orleans, pictured, for ‘Fat Tuesday’ celebrations
Few places ring in ‘Fat Tuesday’ like New Orleans. Singles specialist One Traveller takes a gang of like-minded holidaymakers to the Big Easy celebrations as part of a Deep South tour.
Flick up your quiff too, there’s also three nights discovering Elvis’s Memphis.
BOOK IT: A 13-night escorted Deep South tour to New Orleans, Memphis and Nashville costs £4,990 pp including Mardi Gras tickets, some meals and flights. Call 01760 722011 or visit onetraveller.co.uk.
ITALIAN GLAMOUR
Villa del Balbianello, the famous villa seen in Casino Royale, which lies on the banks of Lake Como in Italy
Voyage Jules Verne has no-supplement group sojourns to Lake Como, with waterside villages, manicured gardens and aperitivos sipped on roof-top bars par for the course.
Includes a boat tour to cinematic 18th century Villa del Balbianello, seen in Casino Royale.
BOOK IT: Seven nights’ B&B at the four-star Grand Hotel Menaggio on October 19 costs from £875 pp, based on sole occupancy. Price includes BA flights and excursions. Call 020 3811 5939, or visit vjv.com.
NEW FOREST RAMBLE
A solo travel firm offers expert guided walking tours of the bucolic sights of the New Forest in Hampshire, pictured
Go a-wandering around Hampshire’s back garden with seasoned solo operator Friendship Travel.
An expert walking guide will show you the bucolic sights before post-stroll grub awaits at an old Lyndhurst coaching inn.
BOOK IT: A two-night break on October 11, with guided walks, costs £340 pp including dinner, B&B at the three-star Beaulieu Hotel, Lyndhurst. Call 0289 446 2211; friendship travel.com.
BALI BREATHER
There are high end stays, reduced in price for solo travellers, to a lush jungle estate on the fringes of the Ubud River in Bali
Perfect for spa lovers seeking long-haul glamour.
Scott Dunn has high-end stays, reduced in price for solo travellers, to the COMO Shambhala Estate, which sits in lush jungle on the fringes of the Ubud River.
BOOK IT: A week at the Shambhala Estate costs £5,750pp, based on one person staying B&B in a Garden Suite. Price includes flights and transfers. Call 020 8682 5060 or visit scottdunn.com.
FJORDS FUN
Saga’s new ship Spirit of Discovery, has ditched solo surcharges and 20 per cent of staterooms are designed for single guests. It has sailings to the Norwegian Fjords, pictured
Saga is leading a sea change for solo travellers; its brand new ship, Spirit of Discovery, has ditched solo surcharges and 20 per cent of staterooms are designed for single guests.
Float up to the Norwegian fjords and step off for a close-up of the mighty Voringfossen Falls.
BOOK IT: An all-inclusive seven-night Norway’s Great Outdoors trip, departing Dover next summer onboard the Spirit of Discovery, costs £2,268 pp. Call 0808 278 3157 or visit travel.saga.co.uk.
CYPRUS CHIC
Cyprus has blue skies and warms rays, long after the high season masses have gone. Pictured is the promenade in Paphos
If only blue skies and warm rays will do, Aphrodite’s Isle has both long after the high season masses have gone. The Almyra Hotel, in Paphos, offers 30 per cent off for singles staying out of school holidays.
Splash in the 33-metre infinity pool, chow down on fusion food or promenade Paphos’s pretty harbour.
BOOK IT: Rooms at the five-star Almyra start from £93 a night, based on sole occupancy. Visit almyra.com. Wizz Air flies to Larnaca from London in September from £116 (wizzair.com).
INDIAN ADVENTURE
One travel firm rewards early bookers by cutting solo costs on tours including a trip to India
Abercrombie and Kent rewards early bookers by cutting solo costs on tours including a trip to India.
Start in Cochin, on the southern coast, and journey to take in a Munnar tea plantation, Periyar National Park and Kumarakom’s backwaters.
BOOK IT: Ten nights from £2,355 pp, including accommodation, domestic flights, tours and some meals. Call 01242 547 892 or visit abercrombiekent.co.uk. Flights to Goa from £769 with Air India (airindia.in).
DARLING DANUBE
An Emerald Waterways river cruise takes in the cities of Budapest, Bratislava and Vienna, pictured
Central Europe’s meandering ribbon of water promises fascinating urban stops.
The include Budapest, Bratislava and Vienna when you plump for Emerald Waterways river cruise.
BOOK IT: An eight-day, eight-stop all-inclusive Danube Delights cruise costs £1,645 pp, based on one person travelling on October 18. Price includes flights. Call 0808 274 6932 or visit emeraldwaterways.co.uk.
TENERIFE RETREAT
Tenerife, pictured, has fabulous excursions, and operators are fairer on solo prices
The most popular Canary Isle has fabulous excursions, and operators are fairer on solo prices.
Book a September week at the Hotel Botanico in Puerto de la Cruz and you won’t pay the usual £340 single supplement.
BOOK IT: A one-week B&B stay in September at the Hotel Botanico costs £1,499 pp. Price includes easyJet flights. Call 01425 480400, or visit prestige holidays.co.uk.