Solo traveling with Tauck is great! you're only alone if you wish to be alone. Great welcoming travelers--always inviting the solo travelers to join in activities, meals, etc.
We have enjoyed meals with solos on many tours. However, sometimes we just want a quiet meal after a busy day, don’t want to talk much and want to get to bed early. At a table with a number of people, orders can take a while to be taken and served and it makes the evening longer than we might want. Before my husband retired, every moment on our own was precious on vacation. While we would never let a single dine on their own, please see a different point of view.
no worries - it never bothered me to eat alone as I do it at home every day. I do not travel with the expectation that I'd be included in anyone else's plans.
On my first Tauck trip, I traveled as a single. It was a group of 40. I was welcomed to join many couples at meal time. However there were 1 or 2 couples who were rather cool and dismissive of me … I didn’t let them affect my mood. The bulk of the group were very warm and inviting. Can’t please everyone. Since that time I have traveled with others but have always welcomed others to join us - singles and couples!
I just completed my 44th trip with Tauck - most as a solo - and have had a positive experience on each. As noted above, some others traveling in the group will be outgoing and others not so much. British noted that sometimes she and her husband really want some time to themselves and I feel the same way. If I want to eat or tour alone, I politely decline the request. I was in Zambia and Botswana last month and on the safaris everyone eats together for almost all meals. Just do it - I am sure you will have a great time no matter which trip you select.
I agree with dining alone unless, of course, it is a group meal such as a gala event in an elegant setting.
On river cruises, we prefer to dine alone. During breakfast we are planning for the day ahead; at dinner we use that time to reflect on what we experienced that day.
We are not gregarious individuals and merely enjoy being together. Our time for socializing is in the lounge before dinner where we always find like-minded travelers. We still keep in touch with a few of them and have actually been with one couple, coincidentally, on another tour several years later.
In my experience with solo travel on my only river cruise (MS Grace), the solo travelers often ate together and hung out together. If I wanted to eat alone or with others who were not solo, it was occasionally awkward as they would wave me over and I felt bad about declining, so I learned to time my meals differently than what was typical of the solo-traveler’s group. I also learned to read others’ body language and tried hard not to push myself on a couple or group, waiting to be invited rather than just showing up at a table and asking if I could join. The river cruise travel was more clique-ish than my solo land trip to AUS/NZ.
The land trip was heaven as a solo because I always got my own seat on the bus and because most of the dinners and lunches were group tables. Breakfast was always easy to eat alone OR find someone to sit with if the DR was crowded. It was interesting to watch the dynamic between couples. On the land tour, I could tell when a couple weren’t getting along as they would separate for the group meals and, if possible, when on the bus. One very sweet couple stole all our hearts—they had been high school sweethearts who got together 50 years or so later after earlier marriages ended. She was essentially blind, and he “showed” her all the sights and made sure she was with him when we walked extensively or in places with stairs.
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I'm a solo traveler who is an ardent fan of Tauck, though not an ardent fan of animals, so no safari trips for me! Feel free to message me.
I'm currently on tour #16. This is #11 solo. No issues whatsoever.
Solo traveling with Tauck is great! you're only alone if you wish to be alone. Great welcoming travelers--always inviting the solo travelers to join in activities, meals, etc.
be prepared as that is not always the case; I've been the only solo on a few Tauck tours and couples were not welcoming at all...............
We have enjoyed meals with solos on many tours. However, sometimes we just want a quiet meal after a busy day, don’t want to talk much and want to get to bed early. At a table with a number of people, orders can take a while to be taken and served and it makes the evening longer than we might want. Before my husband retired, every moment on our own was precious on vacation. While we would never let a single dine on their own, please see a different point of view.
no worries - it never bothered me to eat alone as I do it at home every day. I do not travel with the expectation that I'd be included in anyone else's plans.
On my first Tauck trip, I traveled as a single. It was a group of 40. I was welcomed to join many couples at meal time. However there were 1 or 2 couples who were rather cool and dismissive of me … I didn’t let them affect my mood. The bulk of the group were very warm and inviting. Can’t please everyone. Since that time I have traveled with others but have always welcomed others to join us - singles and couples!
I just completed my 44th trip with Tauck - most as a solo - and have had a positive experience on each. As noted above, some others traveling in the group will be outgoing and others not so much. British noted that sometimes she and her husband really want some time to themselves and I feel the same way. If I want to eat or tour alone, I politely decline the request. I was in Zambia and Botswana last month and on the safaris everyone eats together for almost all meals. Just do it - I am sure you will have a great time no matter which trip you select.
I agree with dining alone unless, of course, it is a group meal such as a gala event in an elegant setting.
On river cruises, we prefer to dine alone. During breakfast we are planning for the day ahead; at dinner we use that time to reflect on what we experienced that day.
We are not gregarious individuals and merely enjoy being together. Our time for socializing is in the lounge before dinner where we always find like-minded travelers. We still keep in touch with a few of them and have actually been with one couple, coincidentally, on another tour several years later.
In my experience with solo travel on my only river cruise (MS Grace), the solo travelers often ate together and hung out together. If I wanted to eat alone or with others who were not solo, it was occasionally awkward as they would wave me over and I felt bad about declining, so I learned to time my meals differently than what was typical of the solo-traveler’s group. I also learned to read others’ body language and tried hard not to push myself on a couple or group, waiting to be invited rather than just showing up at a table and asking if I could join. The river cruise travel was more clique-ish than my solo land trip to AUS/NZ.
The land trip was heaven as a solo because I always got my own seat on the bus and because most of the dinners and lunches were group tables. Breakfast was always easy to eat alone OR find someone to sit with if the DR was crowded. It was interesting to watch the dynamic between couples. On the land tour, I could tell when a couple weren’t getting along as they would separate for the group meals and, if possible, when on the bus. One very sweet couple stole all our hearts—they had been high school sweethearts who got together 50 years or so later after earlier marriages ended. She was essentially blind, and he “showed” her all the sights and made sure she was with him when we walked extensively or in places with stairs.