{"id":12285,"date":"2018-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flashpack.preview.uk.com\/2018\/01\/15\/no-dating-no-drama-just-single-people-travelling-together\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T21:12:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T20:12:19","slug":"single-travel-not-dating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.flashpack.com\/us\/solo\/relationships\/single-travel-not-dating\/","title":{"rendered":"No dating, no drama: just single people travelling together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here at Flash Pack, 80% of our customers are single. We specialise in holidays for solo travellers, drawn together in the framework of a group. Yet, our adventures are about as far from a messy singles getaway to Magaluf as you can hope to get.<\/p>\n<p>Why? The people who join our trips aren&#8217;t looking for the travel equivalent of match.com.<\/p>\n<p>They are independent professionals in their 30s and 40s with an ability to fly solo around the world, and a shared sense of wanderlust. Ergo, most happen to be single, too. But it&#8217;s not a defining characteristic of Flash Pack trips.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-498\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/It-SriLanka3.jpg\" alt=\"Flashpackers enjoying a local dinner\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Instead, being single just happens to chime well with the high-octane adventures that we curate, from scooting through the streets of Spain (above), to swimming with seals off the <a href=\"\/adventure-trips\/south-africa-garden-route\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cape Peninsula<\/a>\u00a0and trekking in the lava fields of\u00a0<a href=\"\/adventure-trips\/costa-rica-small-group-tour-solo-travellers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Costa Rica<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, you could do these things if you were in a relationship or had kids, too. It&#8217;s just easier and more appealing to do them when you&#8217;re single, with fewer ties to hold you down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The perks of being single<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JIjqIXCH3gc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve come a long way in the past 100 years, but society still <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.flashpack.com\/solo\/travel\/solo-travel-tips\/single-travel-group-strangers\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">perpetuates the myth<\/a> that marriage and mortgages are somehow the best option in life. Even now, there&#8217;s an unsaid pressure for people to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/elisadoucette\/2012\/12\/28\/make-your-facebook-news-feed-stop-the-rings-and-babies\/#33609942265b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">couple up and have babies<\/a> once they hit their 30s. If you don&#8217;t happen to follow that script, you can feel like a bit of an anomaly.<\/p>\n<p>One advantage of Flash Pack adventures is that you get to meet a whole ream of successful single people of a similar age and life stage as you, who are also breaking with the tired old convention of &#8220;settling down&#8221; (to borrow a deeply depressing phrase).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Read more: <a href=\"\/insights\/2017\/10\/10\/solo-travel-major-happiness-habit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Solo travel fuels this major happiness habit<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And by sharing an adventure together somewhere far-flung, you grab a timely reminder &#8211; if you even needed it &#8211; of why being single can be brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>This has nothing to do with hooking up with other people, and everything to do with meeting travellers who hold a similar outlook on life to your own.<\/p>\n<p>And it can be a powerful boost for those lost within a myriad of married friends.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FSeD3Xb-9Ek?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If only Flash Pack was around when I was single in my 30s, it would have been perfect,&#8221; says Lee Thompson, co-founder of Flash Pack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having a group adventure is just a lot more fun than travelling by yourself. We\u2019re doing epic experiences and you want to share these memories with other people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.flashpack.com\/solo\/travel\/my-experiences-of-solo-travel-as-a-man\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;How I learnt to embrace solo travel as a man&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Meeting a whole group of like-minded people, who also happen to be single, can really make you feel great about being single. It\u2019s about surrounding yourselves with like-minded people and making new friends&#8230; and just living for the moment, and being proud of the fact that you are actually single.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>No hook-ups here<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FI4CV0FWSE4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dating is so far removed from the Flash Pack experience that it doesn&#8217;t even come into the equation. Neither does the gender balance of our trips, which typically stands at around 60% women to 40% men (but the latter category is growing).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was almost as if there was not an awareness of the fact that there were like, 10 women and two guys,&#8221; says Oliver, who joined us on a Flash Pack trip to <a href=\"\/adventure-trips\/myanmar-solo-adventure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Myanmar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because everyone just got on. And everyone was on holiday on their own, not on holiday to hook up with someone. Or not on holiday <em>with <\/em>someone. It was just people on holiday together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d-gIAspLAoI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Flashpacker Victoria, who travelled with us to <a href=\"\/adventure-trips\/finland-digital-detox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"\/adventure-trips\/jordan-adventure-holiday-for-solo-travellers-aged-30-40\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"\/adventure-trips\/myanmar-solo-adventure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Myanmar<\/a>, agrees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Instantly, we all gelled and started to find similarities and just became friends,&#8221; she says. &#8220;The single thing is not the big feature because it\u2019s not a hook-up holiday. The most important thing is that it\u2019s a bunch of people who are like-minded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, if you&#8217;re ready to embrace your singledom by meeting a bunch of travel buddies who share your interests and values, get set.<\/p>\n<p>2018 is bursting with opportunity for travel and adventure. Kick-start yours by scoping out a wish list of places to visit <a href=\"\/adventure-trips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos: Flash Pack<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here at Flash Pack, 80% of our customers are single. 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