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Solo Travel Single room vs. Roommate
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Single room vs. Roommate

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Road Scholar over 6 years ago

As a solo traveler, do you prefer a single room or ask to be paired with a roommate? Why?

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  • PamInIdaho
    PamInIdaho over 3 years ago in reply to james9310010949 +1
    Oh my word...I would not be willing to sleep on a sofa bed! Nice that you had your own bathrooms though.
  • msztyk080105
    msztyk080105 over 3 years ago in reply to sandyoung030614 +1
    After whole day of being with people I like to be able to rest, read a book or watch what I want. Getting a good night sleep it’s very important to me when another loaded day awaits. I never had bad experience…
  • blmaloney5011250
    blmaloney5011250 over 3 years ago in reply to msztyk080105 +1
    I have taken numerous RS trips and I much prefer a single room. I just don't want to take a chance of getting someone totally incompatible after paying so much for the trip. Also after a long day I enjoy…
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  • hjones022832
    hjones022832 over 6 years ago
    As a male, i always get a single room. It seems to be a gender thing as almost no male will usually want to share a room with a strange male, but on RS trips many females are willing to do so. To me it is worth any extra cost to have a single room.
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  • james9310010949
    james9310010949 over 3 years ago in reply to hjones022832
    I totally agree with you., with one rare exception. Since Road Scholar limits the number of singles, it became necessary to agree to have a roommate on a 6-day trip to the Florida Keys. We were lodged at Key Largo in a one- bedroom, two-story condo unit with a bathroom on each floor. I slept in the bedroom upstairs, and my roommate slept in on the sofa-bed the main room downstairs. If Road Scholar used that type of lodging more often, I think many males would be willing to share.
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    james9310010949 over 3 years ago in reply to hjones022832
    I totally agree with you., with one rare exception. Since Road Scholar limits the number of singles, it became necessary to agree to have a roommate on a 6-day trip to the Florida Keys. We were lodged at Key Largo in a one- bedroom, two-story condo unit with a bathroom on each floor. I slept in the bedroom upstairs, and my roommate slept in on the sofa-bed the main room downstairs. If Road Scholar used that type of lodging more often, I think many males would be willing to share.
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  • PamInIdaho
    PamInIdaho over 3 years ago in reply to james9310010949
    Oh my word...I would not be willing to sleep on a sofa bed! Nice that you had your own bathrooms though.
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    mollysydney012712 over 3 years ago in reply to james9310010949
    I will not sleep on a sofa bed. It is unfair to pay the same price and one doesn’t get a bed.
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