# Cruise ships as a single traveler?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-ships-as-a-single-traveler/458090>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 29, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-ships-as-a-single-traveler/458090 "2008-07-29T15:19:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-ships-as-a-single-traveler/458090/1 "2008-07-29T15:19:36Z")

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Anyone have experience with this? In looking around some of the sites, it looks like they generally want around 100% supplement if there’s only 1 person in a room, and don’t even give you the full choice of rooms. Seems ridiculous to me… if it’s going to cost me double, I might as well bring someone along.

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-ships-as-a-single-traveler/458090/2 "2008-07-29T16:05:10Z")

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Have a look at [Holland America.](http://www.cruisemates.com/articles/single/HALSingleCruising-082907.cfm) They’re one of the more singles-friendly lines, and generally charge less than other lines for one person in a double-occupancy stateroom. They even have one or two ships that have some single-person cabins.

They also have a “matching” program, but it’s fairly random - they’ll set you up with someone of your gender, but there’s no telling what their age or personality will be. As a temptation, if you happen to be the only person opting for this program on any given cruise, or there are unbooked cabins available, you’ll get a cabin all to yourself, but only pay the regular fare.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-ships-as-a-single-traveler/458090/3 "2008-07-29T16:05:40Z")

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If you’re paying, I’ll go! 😃

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-ships-as-a-single-traveler/458090/4 "2008-07-29T16:22:31Z")

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My sister went single on Holland America.