Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
‘Help solo travellers’
THE travel industry must do more for solo travellers being hit with higher accommodation and insurance costs combined with poorer service, a guide book firm has said.
A Lonely Planet survey of 4,000 travellers found more than a third (36%) have felt disadvantaged when on holiday on their own.
The cost of solo travel is the biggest barrier to booking such a trip at 27%, second only to safety concerns (32%).