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Originally Posted by NM
Say the room costs $100. Also included in the tour costs is breakfast and sometimes dinner. Say Breakfast costs $20.
For the base price as twin-share, the actual cost to the tour company is then $140 for the room and two breakfasts. So that is then charged to you as $70 per person.
Now if you want a single-occupancy, it is then $100 for the room plus $20 breakfast, making it $120 for a single person. That is an increase of $50 or 71% higher than the twin0share rate.
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NM I understand your point but that is not how it works in practice. Why? Because I have done the tours before and I have seen the difference between the single room and the double rooms. I would understand if the quality of the rooms was the same but they are not the same rooms yet the single person gets charged a supplement. I remember one room in Munich when I put my suitcase down and there was hardly any room to turn around.
When I said earlier that there is a 30%+ single supplement on tour price it is actually something like $930 for 15 nights. More than $60/night extra for the room and yes including a useles continental breakfast (which to me is worth $1) and no dinner. Now I know for a fact that hotels do not rent rooms on a per person basis, except for a small fee providing a useless cot for a 3rd adult, so who is making the money here? Tour operators love single people more than anyone else.
Enough ranting from me. If you want to sleep alone on an escorted tour then you have no choice other than to pay the supplement. Some tour companies will not let you share with someone else if you are travelling alone anyway, where as others have guaranteed share. Bottom line is I accept having to paying a single supplement.