11.   Members can ask for a profile that single travelers fill out when they join.

12.   Organizations to help single travelers find compatible companions appear to be growing in number.

13.   Rates are per room, per night, based on single or double occupancy, which is a boon for single travelers.

14.   Restaurant meals can be difficult, when the single traveler faces an empty chair, is seated by the kitchen door or receives indifferent or even hostile service.

15.   Selma Leib of New York is one single traveler who fights the system when it comes to the single supplement.

16.   She gives hotel, dining, walking and shopping suggestions for each, with single travelers in mind.

17.   Single travelers are more than a niche.

18.   Single travelers will find no single-supplement fees on selected all-inclusive tours from Grand Circle Travel.

19.   Taking cooking classes is also a good way to meet people who share interests, making them ideal for single travelers.

20.   The cruise single supplement is probably the biggest bane of single travelers.