Has Anyone Done This - Booking For “Two” people - but for a Single Holiday?

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I travel cheaply with Jet 2 early every December to the same Canary Island hotel, alas this year my companion can’t travel, I will go alone as a solo traveller.

The price pp for 2 people is v reasonable - say £800 each. (£1600 total).

Whereas the price for the same holiday, booking 1 person for solo use, is way more expensive - say £2k+ - and therefore very poor value.

Has anyone booked as a solo traveller but for “2 people” on their booking (eg using a relatives name as the second passenger) - and then turned up alone for check-in at the UK airport (other traveller was e.g. “unfit to travel”)?

Happy to pay £1600, the 2 person price - but just for myself - if it would reliably work?

Yes do it! I used to manage hotels. You can put your “partners” name down at check in, then tell them your partner was not able to make it a couple of hours later. Or don’t tell them at all.
Some hotels only want lead guest name.

Since you’ve stayed before you know how they work.

Only thing is for fire safety, if there is an emergency at the hotel, you would have to let them know they are not at the hotel.

Book and enjoy your holiday!!

Answer to your question- I’ve seen single occ stay for double occ booking many times in 11 years of hospitality. I’ve dealt with a fair few fire evacuations too!

I completely understand your nervousness about this. And I think (and please correct me if wrong) it is about the flights. The hotel will not really care if both of you, or one of you check in, you have booked a room and that is that (and yes, they will need to know who is staying there for H&S reasons, but once at the check in desk, you can explain and all will be fine), but the flights are a different matter. In some circumstances, if you do not check in for your outbound, then they cancel your inbound. In this case, YOU should be OK, because you have checked in and flown, but if there are two people on the booking, and one has not flown, then what happens ? Best case scenario (and most likely) is that all is fine. Have you had a look at separating the two things, i.e. flight (just you) and then hotel (OK, likely be faced with a room for two) I realise this might not give you the protection you need via ABTA for a package etc....sorry to not be able to give more advice, but worth a thought.. x