Selected travel deals in response to the uncertainties caused by the coronavirus crisis

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Last update: 04/30/2020

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Why

These days we are all experiencing a severe personal and economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The focus should certainly be on health care and mutual help and care at the moment. But at the same time we have to keep ourselves in good spirits to have energy for this difficult time and to prepare for better times to hopefully come soon!

One way of distraction as well as support for travel companies that are hit particularly hard by the crisis and the quasi travel stop (like also Solo Travel), is to devote oneself to beautiful travel opportunities and to plan the necessarily postponed holiday.

At present, it is difficult to predict how long the problems will last (closed borders, risk of infection, cancelled flights, etc.). However, this is precisely why many travel providers are offering useful “crisis booking options”, crisis deals so to say.

Thus, there are often considerably extended and simplified cancellation options offered. These allow you to cancel the booked tour, vacation, flight, hotel etc. sometimes without giving any reason until relatively shortly before departure (for if you still feel insecure until then or the situation in general is still uncertain).

What you have to pay particular attention to in this time of crisis, despite extended cancellation options or the like, is the solidity of the companies you book with (or possibly an appropriate travel insurance, which might protect you financially in the event of possible bankruptcies). Due to the high competition and price pressure in the travel industry, it is unfortunately generally not uncommon that insolvencies occur (think of low-cost airlines, but also of large corporations such as Thomas Cook). And due to the current crisis situation, further insolvencies are to be expected.

In the following review of “crisis deals” we will therefore limit ourselves to our selected, high-quality travel partner companies, which we clearly trust to survive the crisis without problems.

We hope the information about “Crisis Deals” below will help you to use the current “house arrest” productively to plan your next trip and to book it safely despite the crisis – or at least to pleasantly dream of it.

Maybe you can save yourself some money by booking early (and safely) despite the current crisis, before the “run” on travel offers starts after the hopefully soon end of the crisis. In any case, by booking soon, you are giving some hope to travel companies as well as to the people in your travel destination and you’ll support them in recovering from the crisis!

Tours for Solo Travelers & Singles Holidays

Intrepid Travel – extended rebooking options:

“Due to the ongoing global impact of coronavirus .. and the likelihood of international borders remaining closed for an extended period of time, Intrepid Travel has suspended all tours* globally until at least 30 September 2020.” “If you were booked on a tour that has been suspended due to the pandemic, you will automatically receive a credit of 110% of monies paid (of your deposit or full payment). This excludes additional flights or insurance as they will have their own booking conditions.”

(As seen when we last updated this page – for the latest news and all details see here*)



Tourradar – extended rebooking options:

Tourradar* is offering flexible booking options* for many tours* from many tour operators* (among them also providers of tours for solo travelers)

(As seen when we last updated this page – for the latest news and all details see here*)



Tours for Young Adults

G Adventures – extended rebooking options:

“Effective now until May 31, book travel with us departing before December 31, 2020 and you can cancel and rebook up to 14 days prior to your departure date, or for tours departing between January 1st 2021 and May 31, 2021 you can cancel and rebook up to 30 days prior to your departure date. Terms and conditions apply. Travel Credits linked to Suspended Tours in 2020 can be applied to bookings under this policy.”

(As seen when we last updated this page – for the latest news and all details see here*)



Intrepid Travel – extended rebooking options:

“Due to the ongoing global impact of coronavirus .. and the likelihood of international borders remaining closed for an extended period of time, Intrepid Travel has suspended all tours* globally until at least 30 September 2020.” “If you were booked on a tour that has been suspended due to the pandemic, you will automatically receive a credit of 110% of monies paid (of your deposit or full payment). This excludes additional flights or insurance as they will have their own booking conditions.”

(As seen when we last updated this page – for the latest news and all details see here*)



Contiki – extended rebooking options:

“Once you’ve made a booking with us, if you need to change your travel plans for any reason – or for no reason at all – you can rest assured that your money is protected. As long as you cancel at least 30 days before your trip departure, we’ll never charge you anything to change your trip, and our FlexDeposit guarantee means you can use your deposit with another trip, gift it to someone else or even use it with one of our amazing sister brands.”

(As seen when we last updated this page – for the latest news and all details see here*)



Tourradar – extended rebooking options:

Tourradar* is offering flexible booking options* for many tours* from many tour operators* (among them also providers of tours for young adults)

(As seen when we last updated this page – for the latest news and all details see here*)



Tours for Everyone

Intrepid Travel – extended rebooking options:

“Due to the ongoing global impact of coronavirus .. and the likelihood of international borders remaining closed for an extended period of time, Intrepid Travel has suspended all tours* globally until at least 30 September 2020.” “If you were booked on a tour that has been suspended due to the pandemic, you will automatically receive a credit of 110% of monies paid (of your deposit or full payment). This excludes additional flights or insurance as they will have their own booking conditions.”

(As seen when we last updated this page – for the latest news and all details see here*)



G Adventures – extended rebooking options:

“Effective now until May 31, book travel with us departing before December 31, 2020 and you can cancel and rebook up to 14 days prior to your departure date, or for tours departing between January 1st 2021 and May 31, 2021 you can cancel and rebook up to 30 days prior to your departure date. Terms and conditions apply. Travel Credits linked to Suspended Tours in 2020 can be applied to bookings under this policy.”

(As seen when we last updated this page – for the latest news and all details see here*)



Tourradar – extended rebooking options:

Tourradar* is offering flexible booking options* for many tours* from many tour operators*

(As seen when we last updated this page – for the latest news and all details see here*)



Hotels

Solo Travel Hotel Search:

When searching for hotels and rooms, you have the option to choose a flexible rate as usual (unless a hotel or other accommodation doesn´t offer it). In many cases you can cancel your booking free of charge until shortly before arrival. After having executed the search, you will also find a new filter option “Flexible rate” (on a laptop in the left filter column, on a mobile phone at the top via “Filter”). This way you can search directly for deals with flexible rates.



Flights

Solo Travel Easy Flight Search – new “changes allowed” filter for later rebookings:

When searching for flights for your next vacational or business trip with our easy flight search, you’ll find a new filter option “changes allowed” after having executed a search (if corresponding flight offers are available for the route and dates chosen). This way you can select flights whose dates are changeable after booking.



Qatar – extended rebooking options:

“If you have already booked or planning to book for travel up to 30 September 2020, you can choose one of the following options: 1. Change your travel date free of charge 2. Exchange for a future travel voucher with 10% additional value. 3. Refund your ticket Terms and conditions apply.”

(As seen when we last updated this page – for the latest news and all details see here*)



Vacation Packages

Solo Travel Vacation Packages – new rebooking options:

When searching for flight & hotel packages for your next vacation, you’ll find a new filter option “changes allowed” in the flights section (if corresponding flight offers are available for the route and dates chosen). This way you can select flights that are changeable after booking. For hotels, you have the option to choose a flexible rate as usual (unless a hotel or other accommodation doesn´t offer it).



* Deals and prices are subject to availability and can change at any time. All deal and booking advance information above is orientative and meant to help you with most relevant content, but with no guarantee of correctness. Details may have changed since the time of publication or last update of this deals page. Images are for illustrative purposes only. Like any booking platform, we get a small part of the revenues our selected booking partners receive. This doesn’t increase the price for you, our quality booking partners simply have to share the revenue they receive anyways with us! Instead of being more expensive, your bookings through Solo Travel should be accompanied by more beautiful trips and significant savings, hopefully as intended, thanks to our ongoing efforts to provide you with the best possible booking tools, offers and prices. Additionally, you indirectly, i.e. without extra costs, support our engagement for Solo Travelers! The more bookings, the better we can work and the better argument we have for travel providers, tour operators, airlines, hotels and more to offer great deals for solo travelers & friends. Heartfelt thanks for any booking ❤