Single divers and room sharing????
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Pearldiver07
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Only problem I find is when Im on vacation I like to party, and often make some noise knocking stuff over in my drunken stupor when I come home.
And that's more of the problem than the gender! There's a lot more involved in rooming with someone than gender. I snore like something fierce, and that can be VERY annoying.
And on a dive trip I am so exhausted that partying isn't on the agenda. And I can get grumpy when a drunk roomy wakes me up.
But on the gender side, a friend of mine's wife bought him a live-aboard trip for a present. The dive shop insisted that they would either find him a roomy or refund his $$. When they came back with a female roomy and this wasn't acceptable with them (he and wife), the dive shop got awful irk'd when he insisted they refund the $$$.
My friend is on this board regularly too, so I hope he chimes in with more detailed (and maybe accurate) information on the topic.
Only problem I find is when Im on vacation I like to party, and often make some noise knocking stuff over in my drunken stupor when I come home.
Yep, that would be a deal breaker.
Also, gender would not be a major issue for the missus. I've shared a room with a female buddy before. No big deal.
altaskier
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I showed up to a liveaboard as a single and was asked on the spot if I minded rooming with a woman. It was OK with both of us. We also ended up diving together and that was good too. When it came to mealtimes etc. we ended up gravitating towards different groups, and that made it all easier. I was wondering what my wife would say about it when I got home, but I guess she knows me too well; she said nary a peep.
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Twenty years ago I planned a trip to the Galapagos aboard the Reina Silvia on the spur of the moment. Although married, I was in the habit of vacationing alone because my wife didn't dive and I took a lot more vacation than she did. Reina Silvia told me there was one spot left and I'd have to share it with a woman. No problem, I said, but let me check with my wife, out of courtesy, before I pay. My wife was incredibly cool without a jealous bone in her body, so I was sure she would have no problem with the plan. Wrong. She said, "No way!" and was pretty emphatic about it. So, yes, somebody should be asking their wives.Shouldnt we be asking their wives?
We can share a room.Only problem I find is when Im on vacation I like to party, and often make some noise knocking stuff over in my drunken stupor when I come home.
Years later I found myself newly single and living in Singapore. I booked a trip to Derawan through my dive shop, single occupancy. They called on the day I was to leave and asked if I would consider sharing with another diver--female--at a reduced cost. I said, "absolutely not." I was not price sensitive and envisioned the worst, but I did allow them to give the woman my phone number at work. She seemed incredibly sweet over the phone and explained that she was a poor graduate student and she couldn't afford the trip going solo, so I relented. I arrived in Jakarta around midnight and quietly crept into the room trying not to wake my new roommate. I'm a realist, so I didn't have any illusions about my roomie's appearance. After all, what are the chances you'll get randomly paired with a sweet woman who is also beautiful? Slightly greater than zero, as it happens, because the woman who popped out of the other bed to greet me was both pleasant and beautiful, and we had a romantic week together, and continued to date afterwards.
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Ok, you all have been great. So when I want to set up "singles" who are willing to share I have a plan in place...
keep a room open for alternative options
a quicky check list (will my rattle your roomie out of bed with your snoring, partier or not?, etc).
Roommate male or female or does it matter?
Ok, great, I will get going on planning a "singles trip then!"
Liz
keep a room open for alternative options
a quicky check list (will my rattle your roomie out of bed with your snoring, partier or not?, etc).
Roommate male or female or does it matter?
Ok, great, I will get going on planning a "singles trip then!"
Liz
I've never travelled as a single diver but my perception has always been that liveabords will accept single bookings subject to the proviso that they will have to share if the all the other cabins are booked and there's another single willing to share. I've been on boats where there have been 3 or 4 single divers and each got their own cabin because the week was lightly booked.
As for land-based operations, especially non-AI, it seems like there'd be no reason to turn down a single booking unless there was revenue lost at the margin and you could fill a room with two people who would both be spending money on things other than the hotel room.
As for land-based operations, especially non-AI, it seems like there'd be no reason to turn down a single booking unless there was revenue lost at the margin and you could fill a room with two people who would both be spending money on things other than the hotel room.
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dvrliz1
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tvictory,
I don't think it is so much about lost revenue. We never turn down a single booking, it is just that the "single booking" is more expensive for the single diver. Budget accommodations are just that, and as for us our cost to "open" a room vs. what we actually charge is a relatively low margin. We then have to charge the full room rate whether you are a single or two persons.
We find that most singles love our prices at the pp price of double occupancy, but then when we refigure it for single occupancy, it is approximately $200-300 MORE than the double occupancy prices per person. That can be a breaking point for the single diver.
I am just looking for a way for the single diver to come to Bonaire and enjoy the diving, at a cost effective price, especially during this tough times.
Liz
I don't think it is so much about lost revenue. We never turn down a single booking, it is just that the "single booking" is more expensive for the single diver. Budget accommodations are just that, and as for us our cost to "open" a room vs. what we actually charge is a relatively low margin. We then have to charge the full room rate whether you are a single or two persons.
We find that most singles love our prices at the pp price of double occupancy, but then when we refigure it for single occupancy, it is approximately $200-300 MORE than the double occupancy prices per person. That can be a breaking point for the single diver.
I am just looking for a way for the single diver to come to Bonaire and enjoy the diving, at a cost effective price, especially during this tough times.
Liz
I've been very fortunate in that almost all of my dive buddies are attached females (not to me) and their SO's have never had a problem with us traveling together, and on some occasions even sharing a bed together. I am someone who can be trusted totally... a curse if I do say so myself!
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