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Neilson don’t seem to want single travellers..

7 replies

MrsGuyOfChristmasBorn · 10/08/2026 09:02

Trying tto book Beach Club.
Dates show as available but then ‘sold out’ when I put for one adult.
If I change it to 2 people it shows ‘good availbility???

Have booked many Neilson holidays before a single person /including this resort..
Obviously expect to pay (a lot!) extra as single supplement but won’t b even give me the option…

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TulipsMakeMeHappy · 10/08/2026 09:04

That drives me mad. I once found similar trying to book tickets for a theatre. The algorithm was clearly set up not to allow individual seats to be left. I managed to trick it by choosing two then reducing the number on the final checkout page, but I doubt you can do that on holiday websites!

MrsGuyOfChristmasBorn · 10/08/2026 09:18

Have contacted them on WhatsApp to see how they wriggle out of telling me why 😂

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Bjorkdidit · 10/08/2026 09:23

If you're only booking the resort, ie flights separately, could you book for two people, one of whom 'doesn't turn up' or would that be even more expensive?

Can you book the same place using a different travel agent/direct/as a package etc

But I've just looked and it seems it's aimed at families, which might mean they don't accept bookings from lone adults without children? I heard that the same rules applies at the Eureka museum recently.

MrsGuyOfChristmasBorn · 10/08/2026 09:34

Bjorkdidit · 10/08/2026 09:23

If you're only booking the resort, ie flights separately, could you book for two people, one of whom 'doesn't turn up' or would that be even more expensive?

Can you book the same place using a different travel agent/direct/as a package etc

But I've just looked and it seems it's aimed at families, which might mean they don't accept bookings from lone adults without children? I heard that the same rules applies at the Eureka museum recently.

Have booked previously many times with them as solo and often meet other solo travellers at their resorts.
Needless to say their c usually helpful WhatsApp response is not responding to this query…
Dates selected are outside school holidays anyway so not many families woild book those dates.

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MrsGuyOfChristmasBorn · 10/08/2026 09:44

Thank you -yes that gives same result.
I think it may be because of flights but as they are s charter normally those are just covered by the single supplement

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MiddleAgedDread · 10/08/2026 13:12

that's odd, i did a search to go anywhere flying out of Edinburgh (they usually have an allocation of seats on Jet2 flights from there rather than it being a charter flight) and it offers me the Turkey resort only based on 1 adult, but also offers Sardinia and Cosmos based on 2 adults.
The Turkish resort says "For adults and families with older teens (16+)" so I'm guessing there's maybe a restriction on solo adults at the family friendly resorts. Which is odd because I've met solo travellers at them in the past!

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