It's not good to be single when you travel! Traveling solo costs on average 53% more than for a person traveling as a couple, according to the results of a survey conducted by the UFC-Que Choisir and that Europe 1 was able to consult. And on some trips, the difference can go from single to double. The consumer protection association thus denounces a grossly unjustified overcharging.
Every year, for Gaétane, a 40-year-old Parisienne, it's the same problem: finding the right offer for her solo holidays. "All online travel sales sites calculate the price on the basis of two people.The bill is much higher if I went as a couple," she reports to Europe 1. "This is not not fair, it's almost double each time. "
Rates that fly away on cruises
This overtaxation is not surprising Mathieu Escot, head of studies at UFC-Que Choisir, because on certain types of travel, a single person can even pay more than a couple as a whole. "In a club, the supplement for the single person exceeds 40%, it even approaches the 50% at Fram or Marmara," he says, also at the microphone of Europe 1.
"Where the extra costs are the most massive, it is on cruises.There is a shock average of 96% at MSC Cruises, but the pomp is for Royal Caribbean is 149% more expensive for a single. the impression of attending a clubbing singles.It is the good vein and we can not be satisfied, "says Mathieu Escot. On all types of trips combined, traveling alone, one week, costs on average 400 euros more than for a person traveling as a couple.