aka my favorite kind of travel. While I love travelling for short periods with friends/family and enjoyed meeting up with people at different segments of the long Australia trip, I wouldn’t trade the solo travel periods for anything. I got to wake up in the morning and do exactly as I wanted. I could change plans on a whim (Port Hedland, Kununurra), do nothing more than find a cool place to read (Darwin!) or walk around the city (Perth). Backpacking is a wonderful option for sole travelers because you’re virtually guaranteed to meet up with others when you want to and have as much time to yourself as you want. Unfortunately, the rest of the travel industry isn’t as sole-traveller friendly what with it’s single supplements, etc. However, that may be changing according to a recent New York Times article: One Is No Longer the Loneliest Number
Out of all the options discussed in the article, this is by fav my favorite:
Even individual spas and resorts are creating packages for solo travelers. The Westin St. John Resort and Villas is offering a three-night, $2,550 “solo-cation,” which includes a villa with a private pool, a private Jeep tour and a poolside cabana with butler.
While I’ll be able to afford it at a quarter past never (and think it’s a fairly obscene amount for a three-night vacation) it sounds positively decadent. It’s a good effort to capture the sole traveler market, especially since they’re considered to have a higher disposable income.
That does remind me that I need to finish my thoughts on the Vegas spas. Summary: Excalibur wins.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Cosima // Dec 6, 2007 at 18:42
I agree… when I drove to Seattle in June I did it alone I drove for 20 hours one day because I wanted to…. I stopped when I wanted, I blasted music and sang way too loud, I spent hours and hours in silence thinking, etc etc.
2 Cari // Dec 11, 2007 at 23:49
exactly, you follow only the schedule you want