To want to go on a singles holiday

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...but too chicken to book it?
I’ve travelled alone to meet people/coming back from holidays, and I know I’d be fine, it’s more the fear that the holiday I choose will be horribly overpriced, or the group are too young. Or too ‘seasoned’
Has anyone had any good singles holiday experiences? Or are they crap, and I just pay for a normal holiday?

...anyone...?

I'm tempted BUT it's getting the age range right, I don't want a group of youngsters who think it's love island and nor do I want a bunch of retirees who are all in bed by 9pm. Are there singles holidays for 40-55 year olds ish?

A colleague at work went on a holiday with JustYou. Apparently everyone was a solo traveller but some were married with a partner who didn’t want to go on the holiday, others were single, divorced and widowed.

She had a great time, amazing photos and has now booked to go to India in November and South America next year.

Well, you're never going to find out if your prediction is true or not unless you go.

Option 1: they could all turn out to be monster freaks/weirdos/too young/too old.

Option 2: they could all be quite normal and decent bunch of people to spend time with.

Either way, it's a few days of your life, and I'm sure you are not all made to sleep in dorms and participate in team assembly, so even in absolute worst possible case scenario, you do your own thing in a nice place; or even come home. Plus side, you get to see the pyramids/secret paris/sail round the caribbean/whatever.

There's also a halfway house which is a group holiday but not a specific "singles" one. Would that be any easier to mingle in for you?

Explore and exodus, been on good group holidays with both. Real mixes in the group, all ages. Lot of teachers at certain times of th3 year. Been to places I’d have never gone on my own.

Most of these companies - Just You, Flash Pack etc - are NOT cheap. Most tend to fall more to one age bracket than another - Flash Pack is younger, Just You is older (sweeping generalisation but more accurate than not). I looked into them and they were SO expensive. If you're happy to go properly solo, then organise it yourself and go on your own. It will be cheaper - even allowing for paying full whack/single supplement for a hotel room to yourself - and you won't end up stuck with people who are too old/too/young/nothing in common for a week/two weeks.

What about Neilsons/nelsons not sure of spelling, water sports based company? Then you can do activities or just relax depending on the day?

Watching this thread as I've got to be brave enough to do this soon.

I usually holiday on my own, and have looked into group holidays for walking, but they were very expensive and I had the fear of being landed with the group bore (or being the group bore!) so didn't bother.

I much prefer going on my own, so I can do my own thing and suit myself without having the compromise for others. It is also much cheaper!

It's something mn should think about a mn single holiday company. Aimed primarily at solo holiday's for mn users. A place for users to go on holiday with a group because in your own life it's hard to have enough people all free to go away with or due to family life a lot of your friends aren't in a position to go away.

Loads of women and probably men would use it because you would probably find yourself in a group who's a similar age to you.

It could be split into categories like under 35, 35-60, 60+ or walking holidays or 35-60 food adventures etc

There's a huge cross section of mn users who are past the 18-30 holiday type holidays, who's children are up a bit or out of the house already but who aren't at the as someone here said retirees going to bed at 9pm stage.

Obviously this whole post is generalisations but I bet it would be really popular!

I did a week in Greece with Solos a few months after a long term relationship ended. A bit expensive for what it was, but I had a lovely time. I was the youngest at 32, there were three women in their mid to late thirties and most of the other people were 40-60. Roughly two thirds female, one third male. Our group got along well, and age wasn't really a factor in whether I clicked with people. I did book a holiday with a particular age range (25-45 I think). I believe the 'all ages' holidays skew a bit older, but I'm sure they would have been absolutely fine. This was a few years ago but I doubt much has changed.

Since then I've also done two long-haul trips - one with Intrepid and one with G-Adventures. On the Intrepid one in particular I made some brilliant friends, and even though we live in different countries, we make an effort to visit each other. I found both companies good but preferred Intrepid; the standard of accommodation was better and the group had a good mix of ages. About half of the group were solo travellers. G Adventures was more basic and skewed a bit younger, but I wasn't the oldest on the trip by any means and I had a great time. Our young 'uns were lovely and had no interest in any mad partying.

So all in all - DO IT!

I go on holiday on my own.
But I always go on activity holidays.
Great way to make friends fast

Also meant to say, if you see a trip you like the look of, ring the company and ask for information about the group booked onto it. They'll give you an idea of the age range and whether there are other solo travellers (there almost certainly will be). Obviously they don't give out personal details, but will give an idea of what to expect.