As the tourism industry looks to rebuild in a post pandemic world, touring brandsTrafalgar, Insight Vacations, Luxury Gold,Costsaver and Brendan Vacations are recognizing strong demand for solo travel by offering free or significantly reduced single supplements.
"The free and significantly reduced single supplement offer can be found across Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Luxury Gold and Costsaver on all of our tour series around the globe for 2022 and 2023," said Gavin Tollman, President of The Travel Corporation.
"We are excited to be able to offer this to solo travellers so they can get back to doing what they love, seeing and experiencing the world, with the complete peace of mind they experience when travelling with our all-ages guided brands. Importantly we are happy to also be supporting our agent partners in bringing new offerings to market which will help them sell more," he added.
Citing results from the Solo Traveler 2021 Reader Survey, The Travel Corporation says 66% of people say they "don't want to wait for others to see the world," with 42% stating they "want to meet new people" when they travel. The company says the solo trend was on the rise pre-pandemic with a 131% increase in Google searches between 2016 and 2019, and the trend has come back strong over the last few months.
The Travel Corporation says solo guests looking to share a room with a same sex traveller also remains a popular choice for clients and is available on most trips across Trafalgar, Insight Vacations and Costsaver.
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