Go it alone, skip the single supplement

Regarding “Time to Make It Easier for Singles” (Letters, May 25): I paid a single supplement once, and that was one time too many. The company gave me rooms that were like closets while couples received luxurious suites.

Now I make my own travel arrangements. In most places in Europe, Central America and the Pacific you can book a single room. You do not have to pay a single supplement, and the room is less expensive.

With a group, your chances of meeting locals are almost nil. I have traveled all over the world alone and recommend it.

Barbara K. Crowley

Malibu

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In my 20 years’ experience with group travel, I have found a single supplement isn’t the only disadvantage. Single rooms are not necessarily as good as doubles. Once, at a hotel outside Lucerne, Switzerland, a single asked some of us to come down to her room on the ground floor, directly behind the kitchen and with a strong odor of cows outside her window. For this she was paying extra?

Though married, I too have traveled as a single. I always request a roommate and have met some delightful women, who often become lifelong friends. I have noticed that the doubles almost immediately bond with each other, and the singles are left out.

Nancy Rorty

Palos Verdes Estates