Single supplements: travel consumer issue

Travel Single supplements: By and large, hotels and apartments justify the single supplement rate by claiming that if there is only one person staying in a room they lose out.

Which is completely ridiculous, that room has been paid for many times over, so the claim by hotels that it costs the same to heat, light and clean the room, regardless of how many people stay… Is nonsense..

So after researching the single travel options for the lowest single supplements, here are the results. Based on a DIY package deal – where you book the accommodation and flights separately.

• Single room 25th June for a week, Manchester to Ibiza, DIY package.
• 1x Flight £161.00 – Hotel Room b&b £211.19 – Transfer £21.27
• Total Price £393.46 for a single room inc flights and transfers.

• Hotel 3 Star Anfora Playa Hotel
  Es Cana, Ibiza, Spain
  Single Room – Bed & Breakfast -1 Adult.

If you want to book with the Tour operators, here are the cheapest options.

1. Low cost comes out top charging on average just £30 more
2. Portland direct add just £42 on a half board deal.
3. Thomas cook charge on average around £90 extra.
4. Jet2holidays around £60 single supplements.
5. Virgin holidays charge just £126 for Single Florida deals
6. Thomson came bottom charging over £150 more for a single travel deal
7. Libra holidays had no single holidays

Take this apartment with Thomson, for a couple the cost per person is £193, as a single traveller the cost is with supplements £385

Protur Atalaya Apartments
Cala Millor, Majorca 7 Nights

Thomas Cook offer

Cap Salou
Costa Dorada, Cap Salou, , Half board, 7 nights

2 Adults Total £632.40 Single person price Total £395.25

However as we said in a previous article, the cheapest options for a Zero single travel supplement, is to book the accommodation online then add flights.. otherwise known as a DIY holiday deal.