Brits are shedding the shackles of friends and family members and heading off on holidays by themselves in increasing numbers.
Follow two difficult years of coronavirus lockdowns, the chance to leave the country once more has led many to seize the day and book a big trip.
EasyJet Holidays is encouraging people to head off by themselves by extending its solo traveller promo code.
Whether it’s independent wanderers wanting to explore Europe, or one adult families wanting to make memories together on the beach, holidaymakers can save £50 per adult and £25 per child on holidays with a minimum spend of £800, by using the code ONEADULT when booking.
The discount launched in February this year, and has been in high demand with one adult bookings increasing by nearly 350%, reports the budget brand.
Seven out of ten of these bookings have been solo travellers, while the rest have been single parent families.
The tour operator is extending the code to bookings made by the end of September 2023, on all holidays departing until the end of October 2024.
It has highlighted the following destinations as ones solo travellers may want to visit.
- Seven nights at the 4* Kolymbia Bay Art Hotel on a bed and breakfast basis for £760 for a solo traveller, including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Edinburgh on 16 June 2023.
- Seven nights at the 4* Mareblue Beach Resort on an all Iinclusive basis for £808 for one adult and one child, including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from London Luton on 18 April 2023.
- Seven nights at the 5* Cook’s Club Adakoy on a half board basis for £842 for a solo traveller, including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from London Gatwick on 2 May 2023.
Paul Bixby, easyJet holidays’ commercial director, said: “Since launching our one adult discount back in February, we’ve seen a significant increase in holidaymakers choosing one adult breaks, so we’re really pleased to be offering this great value deal for another year.
“It’s so important to us to make sure our unforgettable holidays are accessible to everyone, so I’m really proud that we’re enabling single parents and solo travellers the opportunity to holiday their way, across our selection of Europe’s most loved hotels.
“We look forward to providing more brilliant holiday experiences for our customers.”
Earlier this summer Rachel Coote told of how she met now best friend Rhain Browne while travelling solo around Mexico.
The like-minded East Londoners had both decided to throw caution to the wind and head to South America in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown.
Having always gone abroad with her friends from home, Rachel wanted to stretch her wings and meet new people by joining a group of solo travellers.
"I have been on the standard girls' holiday, but I'd never been one for solo travel or going far afield," the marketing executive told The Mirror.
"I had always wanted to do that, but the people I was with weren't interested in that kind of holiday. I decided to take that plunge after Covid."
