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Male traveling as solo

tjcurransr021704
tjcurransr021704 over 4 years ago

In reading through the posts regarding solo travel I have only seen posts from women.  Does anyone have any experience where there have been a number of men in the group traveling solo?

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  • larrylobo42010500
    larrylobo42010500 over 4 years ago
    I've posted on several threads about solo travel and I believe I've seen postings from other male solo travelers.
    Since my only RS experience was my first (and so far, only) trip in Jan/Feb, and I was the only solo, I can't speak
    about trips where there are 'a number' of other men also traveling solo. Yet I'm pretty sure there must be.
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  • eryan28042925
    eryan28042925 over 4 years ago in reply to larrylobo42010500
    We wish!! I’m a solo traveler. Not by choice. Lost my husband but not my enthusiasm for traveling. I always hope there will be more solo men traveling. It adds a certai J’en sais pas to the trip
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  • larrylobo42010500
    larrylobo42010500 over 4 years ago in reply to eryan28042925
    Reply to eryan : Though I've only been on 2 RS trips (3rd one coming in Sept), both times as a solo, I don't recall any solo women on either trip. I would guess that it's more unusual to encounter solo women than solo men on RS trips,
    even though RS generally caters to older and in many cases, retired people, and even though women statistically
    survive their spouses. Why are there not MORE solo women on these trips. I've noticed single women coming on
    both trips, but they were already paired up (friends, relatives, etc) with other women.
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  • TravelHound
    TravelHound over 4 years ago in reply to larrylobo42010500
    Your trips may be the exception or mine are! Women seem to request roommates more so than the men and therefore appear to be "paired up". Kinda like going to the loo. I have noticed that there are more partnered women and men traveling solo. I have yet to meet a married man traveling without his wife. Either their partner does not travel, has passed or is still working and we have reached an age where waiting is not an option :-) I have not found RS to attract people looking to meet other people; rather it attracts people interested in other people if that makes sense.
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  • TravelHound
    TravelHound over 4 years ago in reply to larrylobo42010500
    Your trips may be the exception or mine are! Women seem to request roommates more so than the men and therefore appear to be "paired up". Kinda like going to the loo. I have noticed that there are more partnered women and men traveling solo. I have yet to meet a married man traveling without his wife. Either their partner does not travel, has passed or is still working and we have reached an age where waiting is not an option :-) I have not found RS to attract people looking to meet other people; rather it attracts people interested in other people if that makes sense.
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  • rneal11020315
    rneal11020315 over 3 years ago in reply to TravelHound
    Makes total sense to me.
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