<p>I have a few close friends, most of whom are married. I am single and my kids are just about grown. I would like to start going on vacations, but I don’t want to go alone. Does anyone know of any groups where you can find people to travel with? I would like to become friends on line before I actually travel with some stranger. lol</p>
<p>I think they’ve changed the name of it, but I know a number of people who are not the “tour” type who have really enjoyed Elderhostel trips.</p>
<p>I know REI does group tours.</p>
<p>Elderhostel is now Road Scholar. I’ve also heard good things about their programs.</p>
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<p>and if you want to be matched up with a travel companion:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.allsinglestravel.com%5B/url%5D”>www.allsinglestravel.com</a></p>
<p>you might want to read this NYTs article on traveling single:
<a href=“Singled Out (for the Single Supplement) - The New York Times”>Singled Out (for the Single Supplement) - The New York Times;
<p>I know it’s not what you asked, but I would highly recommend trying solo travel, at least once. I love doing solo travel, both foreign and domestic, and I can’t recommend it enough!</p>
<p>My friend met her boyfriend on one of those REI tours (both were single and over 40). :)</p>
<p>Traveling solo has its advantages! You dictate your own schedule and pace. 
When Mr B got tangled up in a very urgent work assignment, I flew to HI all by myself and enjoyed the beach for a few days. Ahhhh… total zen. Of course, he came to join me and ruined my peace. I’m convinced that he has “beach ADHD” - he cannot simply stretch his body on a towel and relax, instead, he always needs to “do something”, like take pictures, chase after crabs, go for a walk… :)</p>
<p>I have been on hiking/biking trips with a company called Backroads and a company called Sojourn. They were both wonderful. I know that Backroads does not have a single up charge IF you are OK being put with another single of the same sex. I don’t know about Sojourn, but am guessing they are similar. There were multiple single people on the Backroads trip. You don’t get to meet them ahead of time, but it seems like to do group travel you need to have a fairly tolerant personality. Another idea… Join a local ski club. Many have trips and activities all during the year.</p>
<p>Some of your married friends might enjoy traveling with you, leaving their partner behind. I occasionally do trips with other friends, to places my husband isn’t interested in.</p>
<p>I have a friend who does bike trips with his wife all over the world. It is for all levels. He is always pointing out several singles on the trips when he shows me the pictures. So I know that at least on the trips he has done, there are usually singles and they fit in just fine. PM me if you are interested in me finding out the name of the tour company they have used.</p>
<p>me too. i have been getting the trips from MIT or alumni and family, but do not want to be only single on trip. also, i am more interested in land trips than a cruise.</p>
<p>We recently took our first trip with Overseas Adventure Travel and liked the tiny group we traveled with and the great tour leader. Two of the women on the tour had met up on a previous trip and decided to share rooms to save money on their next adventure.<br>
Every other person on our tour of 14 had done an OAT tour before (except for DH and I).</p>
<p>Look into whether your college/university offers trips for alumni. Sharing that college connection is a good icebreaker to have with the other travelers on your tour.</p>
<p>Yes, I went on a great sea kayaking weekend on an alumni outing from my undergrad university several years ago! I went solo (was married, but H stayed home with the kids while I went for a long weekend).</p>
<p>Many universities offer travel groups. We often receive some very interesting travel mailings from U of Minnesota</p>
<p>Sort of in the same situation here. Sort of, because I have sufficient folks to visit, including kids and other family members overseas, so rarely want for travel plans. </p>
<p>However, have also thought an exploring sort of vacation with someone my own age might be fun at some point. As I live alone for the most part, vacationing alone has less appeal than it has at other points in life. However, I do enjoy the bits of alone time at the start or end of a trip, as I did in Paris recently. </p>
<p>If you have never traveled alone, you might want to try it, and see what shakes out en route. A woman I met in Paris made me think about this more. She had traveled alone-Turkey! But was giving herself a day of cooking classes. Our B&B had communal breakfasts, where we met. We discussed dinner together, but I was moving on. From what I’ve heard, there are a few restaurants in Paris that seat folks together. There are various day trips to join. </p>
<p>Even the French class I took pre trip contained folks who obviously had the same interest, and a few were the right demographic. </p>
<p>The point-get yourself out there, taking classes, doing things to explore an interest, and appropriate travel companions might just come your way. </p>
<p>Some cities also have Meet Up groups, and in my area there is some sort of Meet Up travel group.</p>
<p>dkitty, depending on your interests, there may be career-related or service-related trips that are mostly vacations, but that would give you great opportunities to connect with folks who have shared interests. I always have a blast going to conventions and conferences by myself, even though I would not want to spend a week alone at one of these nice resorts. You go to as many of the events as you feel like going to, and mostly you enjoy the social side of the occasion and explore the host city with your peers and new friends.</p>
<p>Just as an example, I’ve signed up for a couple of college-consortium tours aimed at guidance counselors. The colleges are not dumb, and they arrange these trips at appealing times (October in rural New England, summer in the Rockies, etc.) and include time at non-college attractions (like national parks). It’s a professional opportunity for me to meet guidance counselors who may refer clients to me, but I plan to have a great time and personally view it as a vacation.</p>
<p>I have considered travelling alone. I tend to be somewhat introverted, so I would be happy with a book…lol. I would like to meet new people though. I want to see a lot of places in the USA as well as elsewhere, so I need some sort of group (or forum like this) where I can say “Hey who wants to go to New Orleans next month?” and I can find someone to hang out with on vacation.</p>
<p>I’ve always traveled solo, but I was intrigued by a Danube river cruise offered a couple of years ago by [Women</a> Tours and Vacation Travel](<a href=“WTT”>http://www.women-traveling.com/). They offer trips capped at 18 women, both domestically and abroad. (Disclaimer: I haven’t actually gone on any of their trips, but I’ve considered it.)</p>
<p>We should start a CC travel group. We could go visit college campuses. 
Oh, wait, we have spent the past several years doing that already. Maybe a greatest hits tour?</p>
<p>Several years ago my parents used to belong to a travel club called the Nomads. It was pretty unique. They owned their own plane that flew out of the Detroit airport, and got a catalog a couple of times a year with upcoming trips they could sign up for. The club handled hotel reservations on the other end, tours, got them on cruises, etc. They paid a few hundred dollars a year in membership, then for whatever trips they wanted to go on. Singles and couples went. They might go for a long weekend to San Diego or fly to Spain. They went bankrupt a few years ago, but it was a pretty sweet deal until then. My parents met some people they are still friends with on those trips, since everyone was from within about a four-five hour radius of Detroit.</p>