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This may be the wrong forum, so moderators please feel free to move it. I did not want to go in whine and cheese as I really am seeking an answer and not complaining…. but maybe it fits best there. Anyway, maybe someone in the travel industry can answer this as it has bugged me for a very long time.
I write this sitting in a great dive resort somewhere is SE Asia. The staff is awesome and the diving everything they promised. I am having a great time. As I often do, I am traveling by myself. Most of my friends do not want to dive the same sorts of places I do. Often they want nightlife, to also surf, or they just do not have the skills and experience to take on some of the places I go. Nothing wrong with that. I cannot surf half the breaks some of them do. In turn, I love heading out by myself to enjoy remote, challenging dive locals on my own terms.
Anyway, inevitably I am always hit with a “Single Supplement’ charge. For instance, here I paying $15 Euros a night extra for a single room and meals. Ok- I am fine with that in many ways- mostly because it was never a hidden cost, clearly stated on their website, and documented on my invoice. I agreed to those terms and wired my money. I can understand why liveaboards with six cabins charge such as they may have to turn away two paying guests due to a single occupancy. Here, however, the resort is about 40% full. There is no way they are turning away anyone this week. If I were not here the room would be sitting empty.
So my question: What exactly is a single’s supplement? What am I supplementing besides the owner’s wallet? What exactly about a guest who travels alone and books in advance necessities higher costs to the resort?
Alright, I am whining a bit, but isn’t the money from singles and single travelers the same as everyone else?
Thanks, and I am looking forward to some insight from y’all.
I write this sitting in a great dive resort somewhere is SE Asia. The staff is awesome and the diving everything they promised. I am having a great time. As I often do, I am traveling by myself. Most of my friends do not want to dive the same sorts of places I do. Often they want nightlife, to also surf, or they just do not have the skills and experience to take on some of the places I go. Nothing wrong with that. I cannot surf half the breaks some of them do. In turn, I love heading out by myself to enjoy remote, challenging dive locals on my own terms.
Anyway, inevitably I am always hit with a “Single Supplement’ charge. For instance, here I paying $15 Euros a night extra for a single room and meals. Ok- I am fine with that in many ways- mostly because it was never a hidden cost, clearly stated on their website, and documented on my invoice. I agreed to those terms and wired my money. I can understand why liveaboards with six cabins charge such as they may have to turn away two paying guests due to a single occupancy. Here, however, the resort is about 40% full. There is no way they are turning away anyone this week. If I were not here the room would be sitting empty.
So my question: What exactly is a single’s supplement? What am I supplementing besides the owner’s wallet? What exactly about a guest who travels alone and books in advance necessities higher costs to the resort?
Alright, I am whining a bit, but isn’t the money from singles and single travelers the same as everyone else?
Thanks, and I am looking forward to some insight from y’all.
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