discrimination against solo travellers
 

Not talking about cruises and single supplements, nor restaurants with different seating policies, but just hotels.

You pay the same amount as another person, who has 2 or more. And yet you get less benefits.

Breakfast benefit? Only for one person. Even though supposedly it is "free breakfast" and not a discount. What if it is a tiny amount and you want two portions? Or if it is a food and beverage credit?

I'm convinced that as a solo flyer, I must be wearing a sign that says "Ask me to switch seats with you" so that you and your spouse/partner/friend can sit together.

It's more than offset by the advantage of having an entire hotel room to yourself. And all the pillows.

Oh, and the bathroom. You can leave the door open.

And set the temperature to a nice cool setting and no one steals the blanket.

And don't forget about control of the remote.

EDIT: never mind.

(but it's "fewer")

Why should you get a different price for occupying the same room?

Yes, two people sharing a room and a bed require an extra towel and maybe use more bath water. What do you think that totals up to, $5?

Consider that if singles had a substantially lower price, you might actually find yourself turned away when the hotel expects to be full because they would rather extract more revenue by having two people occupy the same room.

If a hotel room for a single person were half the size of a hotel room for two people, then charging by the person would make sense.

But you are paying for a room of the same size, whether you stay in it by yourself or you share it with three other people. The marginal cost of towels, hot water, and breakfast is de minimis.

It's not really a "free" breakfast. It is baked into the price of the room or the extra mysterious fees. I suppose if a group of 4 is one room and are not paying a per person rate, they get more.

For me, it's the presumption that those with companions outrank those flying solo when it comes to seat swaps. Not in this day and age of seat selection fees and extra revenue seats.

Besides, I don't care about your companions or your family. Take it up with the airline.

This - aren't the breakfasts always buffets?

The marginal cost of a typical hotel free breakfast is about 50 cents.

In the UK for a lot of travel there's a "single supplement" - they openly actually charge single individuals more for the same trip/hotel room/whatever. I guess from they're point of view they're still making less money than they would from a couple, but it's annoying nonetheless.

wg

Also in the UK, and especially in hotels that began life as large private homes, there are often single rooms that are barely big enough for a single bed, a tiny desk and a TV mounted high on the wall. Those rooms go for a lot less than a room that two people could occupy and can be real bargains for a low-maintenance solo traveler who's more concerned about location and price than about being able to swing a cat. You won't find them in a late-20th-century Hilton or Marriott, though.