On package vacations, single travelers are often hit with a "single supplement" to the base price. To avoid it, you can agree to room with other single travelers or find a compatible roommate before you go from one of the many roommate-locator agencies. Travel Buddies Singles Travel Club (tel. 800/998-9099; www.travelbuddiesworldwide.com) is based here in Canada; runs small, intimate, single-friendly group trips; and will match you with a roommate free of charge. TravelChums (tel. 212/787-2621; www.travelchums.com) is an Internet-only travel-companion matching service with elements of an online-personals-type site, hosted by the respected New York-based ShawGuides travel service.
Many reputable tour companies offer singles-only trips. Singles Travel International (tel. 877/765-6874; www.singlestravelintl.com) offers singles-only escorted tours to faraway places like London, Alaska, Fiji, and the Greek Islands; its fall foliage cruise touches down in Halifax. Backroads (tel. 800/462-2848; www.backroads.com) offers "Singles + Solos" active-travel trips to destinations worldwide, including walking, cycling, and kayak tours in eastern Canada.
