{"id":1652,"date":"2025-03-12T15:57:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/traveling-alone-avoid-the-singles-tax-and-choose-your-perfect-destination\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T15:57:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:57:22","slug":"traveling-alone-avoid-the-singles-tax-and-choose-your-perfect-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/traveling-alone-avoid-the-singles-tax-and-choose-your-perfect-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling Alone? Avoid the ‘Singles Tax’ and Choose Your Perfect Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Solo travel has soared in popularity over the last decade, and it\u2019s continuing to be a building trend in 2025 as holidaymakers seek trips that aid self-reflection and individual well-being.\n<\/p>\n

\n The American Express 2024 Global Travel Trends Report found that 76 per cent of Millennials and Gen-Z planned on taking a solo trip in 2024.\n<\/p>\n

\n 66 percent of participants mentioned ‘self-love and indulging in self-care’ as motivations for taking solo trips.\n<\/p>\n

\n Airbnb\u2019s spring trends report for 2025 found a 90 per cent growth in
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\n solo travel
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\n Searches indicate this trend, with Riviera Travel noting at a recent conference that solo travelers constitute one of the quickest-expanding groups reserving river cruises.\n<\/p>\n

\n But despite being an increasingly important group within the tourism industry, solo travellers still have to contend with challenges like package holiday supplements and safety concerns.\n<\/p>\n

\n Here\u2019s how you can avoid extra charges for travelling alone and the top destinations for 2025.\n<\/p>\n

\n How solo travellers can avoid package holiday supplements
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\n Although package holidays frequently appear with a ‘cost per person’ figure, such offers typically assume at least two individuals will be partaking together as one reservation.\n<\/p>\n

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\n Solo travellers
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\n can end up paying over \u20ac2,000 extra for their holiday package \u2014 frequently referred to as the ‘single supplement’ charge.\n<\/p>\n

\n Specialists from the travel booking organization
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\n Travel Republic
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\n suggest looking specifically for travel packages designed for solo travelers via their website.\n<\/p>\n

\n Other travel agencies have likewise started promoting journeys to
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\n single adventurers
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\n including TUI, Intrepid, and Jet2holidays.\n<\/p>\n

\n Riviera Travel provides exclusive journeys for individuals along the Rhine, Danube, Seine, Rh\u00f4ne, and Douro rivers without an additional charge.\n<\/p>\n

\n What are the best European destinations for solo travel in 2025?
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\n Travel Republic additionally suggests that vacationers peruse evaluations and investigate how welcoming a location is for solo travelers.\n<\/p>\n

\n To help you select your ideal destination, the high-end personalized tour company Kensington published a report earlier this year highlighting the top choices.
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\n solo travel spots
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\n in 2025.\n<\/p>\n

\n Among more common destinations for those travelling on their own like Thailand and Australia, four European countries made the top 10. Second place in the ranking went to Italy for its cultural riches and culinary prowess.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cTravelling solo here isn\u2019t lonely – it\u2019s liberating,\u201d the company writes. \u201cEvery museum, piazza, and trattoria offers a reason to explore deeper.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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    \n Spain came in seventh spot, described as \u201cthe solo traveller\u2019s playground\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

    \n \u201cTravelling Spain means living like a local – late-night dinners, street festivals, and endless sangria,\u201d Kensignton writes. \u201cTourism in Spain blends history with celebration, making it a top destination for solo explorers in 2025.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

    \n Numbering eighth, Iceland “stands as an idyllic getaway for individuals traveling alone who cherish unspoiled natural beauty and enigmatic vistas,” and it\u2019s also considered the top choice for solitary adventurers.
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    \n For photographers and intrepid adventurers.”\n<\/p>\n

    \n In ninth position is France, where individual travelers can savor the vineyards of Bordeaux, embark on river tours in the Loire Valley, or hit the slopes in the Alps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Solo travel has soared in popularity over the last decade, and it\u2019s continuing to be a building trend in 2025 as holidaymakers seek trips that aid self-reflection and individual well-being. The American Express 2024 Global Travel Trends Report found that 76 per cent of Millennials and Gen-Z planned on taking a solo trip in 2024. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[431,187,764,278,747],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventure-travel","category-travel","category-travel-advice","category-travel-destinations","category-vacations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AA1AMlgk-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}