OK, I need a private jet. I should’ve kept the boyfriend who had one but that’s fodder for another blog. Anyway, this frequent flyer loves to travel, solo or otherwise, but there are some things that just take the joy out of the whole experience. When these happen I need to find the nearest spa and decompress, literally and figuratively.
- The so-called “single supplement” – this gets me……a single will use the same hotel room as two people so why are we charged extra for using it alone? Would the hotels rather we pick up a local stray off the streets and add them as a guest? I find if you book the airfare and hotel separately you can often make out slightly better and beat the industry at its own game.
- Backpackers – they have absolutely no consideration for the fact that people on cruise ships, in airport lines, at museums, wherever tourists gather, may be smacked in the head with that big, inconvenient appendage they feel obligated to lug around on their backs. Most of them won’t even say excuse me after they’ve hit you. Note to all of you – you look like a bunch of geeks and nothing says tourist faster than a backpack and hiking boots in the middle of a city. Lose the knapsack.
- People who only shower once a year and board a plane about eleven months before or after their annual bath. It’s disgusting. I don’t care if it’s for religious reasons. Body odor is absolutely offensive and when other people must be stuck on a plane with you for nine hours or more it is repulsive. Excuse me if I miss the airline barf bag in my seat pocket and throw up in your lap.
- Airlines or travel websites (which say they answer to the airlines) that change airfares on a dime. Check an airfare at 10am…..take a lunch break at noon……..and return in two hours to find the airfare has jumped by $250. The price of gas doesn’t change hourly so why should airfare?
- Flight attendants who think they are doing you a favor because you are in economy class. In a way we are doing them a favor because we are making sure they still have a job. I can assure you that the flight attendants on the now defunct Concorde wish they were still flying. Therefore, they should be kissing our toes and not making a face if we ask them for a glass of water. They happen to be waitresses and waiters who work in a plane. If they are not meant to get a passenger a glass of water with a smile on their face then what is their purpose? Safety? Frequent flyers have watched those safety videos enough to know where the emergency exits are located and what happens if there’s a sudden drop in cabin pressure. LOL It’s the captain that’s going to land that plane – everyone else will bail when it happens.
Well, lest anyone think I’m a negative person, I will stop here because I really love travelling. So, coming up, top perks for solo travelers.
