Any suggestions for travel partner Royal Caribbean

[Thechucker72]

Hi there. I have 4 cruises on Royal Caribbean scheduled and paid for already. I love traveling, but hate traveling alone. I am looking for someone to join me. Any recommendations where I can find a travel partner? I tried /r/travelpartners, but I do not have enough karma to post there yet. 😞 Any suggestions would be apricated!  Have a great week! 

 

Cruise dates:

5 night - Western Caribbean - July 22-27

3 night - Western Caribbean - Sept 9-12

6 night - Western Caribbean - Oct 9-15

8 night - Western Caribbean - Oct 29 -Nov 6

 

Happy Cruising!

 

By the way I am 49 year old Male

[Merion_Mom]

Sail solo and go to trivia and hang out at bars.  Everyone is very friendly.

[George C]

Make sure you join all the roll calls , trivia is a great way to meet people, my first dozen or more cruises were solo but they were a long time ago. 

[Thechucker72]

thanks for the replies!  🙂 

[shoptom]

If you figure it out, let me know!  I post near freebies for family and friends and usually no one will go.

[firefly333]

19 hours ago, Thechucker72 said:

Hi there. I have 4 cruises on Royal Caribbean scheduled and paid for already. I love traveling, but hate traveling alone. I am looking for someone to join me. Any recommendations where I can find a travel partner? I tried /r/travelpartners, but I do not have enough karma to post there yet. 😞 Any suggestions would be apricated!  Have a great week! 

 

Cruise dates:

5 night - Western Caribbean - July 22-27

3 night - Western Caribbean - Sept 9-12

6 night - Western Caribbean - Oct 9-15

8 night - Western Caribbean - Oct 29 -Nov 6

 

Happy Cruising!

 

By the way I am 49 year old Male

I've tried myself and taken women who promised to pay me back for their fees and taxes and I paid for the rest. I havent had great success in women paying the add on costs. Some did, most cost me more money and time for instance picking them up at hobby when they flew in.

 

It's even harder to find someone who lives close and relatives of mine are pretty much anti cruising. I paid twice for my sister and bil who stood me up both times. If it doesnt cost them anything to cancel why would they care. My bil decided he had enough in the navy. 

 

I've decided the extra pt on rcl is extra nice and enjoying having a full bed to myself at this pt. I gave up before covid. 

 

There is also to me a extra worry if I would take a total stranger and share a safe. I have cash with me. 

[LGW59]

1 hour ago, firefly333 said:

I've tried myself and taken women who promised to pay me back for their fees and taxes and I paid for the rest. I havent had great success in women paying the add on costs. Some did, most cost me more money and time for instance picking them up at hobby when they flew in.

 

It's even harder to find someone who lives close and relatives of mine are pretty much anti cruising. I paid twice for my sister and bil who stood me up both times. If it doesnt cost them anything to cancel why would they care. My bil decided he had enough in the navy. 

 

I've decided the extra pt on rcl is extra nice and enjoying having a full bed to myself at this pt. I gave up before covid. 

 

There is also to me a extra worry if I would take a total stranger and share a safe. I have cash with me. 

You never learned from your mistakes apparently.

[firefly333]

5 minutes ago, LGW59 said:

You never learned from your mistakes apparently.

Taking friends and family? Cant change my family. Friends are still friends. Not everyone wants to cruise. If getting money from them was a high priority I wouldnt have paid it ahead of time. I would take friends again, I can afford their taxes and fees. I wouldnt fight over money. I'm sorry for you if money is a high priority. My sister is a slow learner and money means nothing to her lol. Cant change family. In fact I've cruised with her a lot. My last friend I took and treated I was hoping to convert her to loving cruises. She would go again but said alaska with her husband. Most of my gf are married. 

 

Sorry OP. Some are rude on this board. 

 

I agree though it's hard to find someone who wants to cruise the same cruises as you and would make a good travel companion. I'm cruising solo these days. 

[MeHeartCruising]

I am a single guy who travels solo a lot.  Fortunately, I learned how to tolerate this during my many years of solo business trips around the country.   Now that I'm retired, I have zero problems traveling solo.  Sometimes I barely say a word to anyone else on my trips.  Sometimes I socialize some.  I rarely socialize a lot.

 

OP, don't you think you'd be more comfortable traveling solo than traveling with a near-total stranger?  I certainly would.  The chances that going with a total stranger will work out without some form of issues seems pretty slim to me.

 

If you really want to find someone to cruise with, between now and July 20th, I'd be out and about in social places every night and weekend in Chicago looking to meet someone and develop a friendship/relationship with them and then ask them to join you.

Edited June 15, 2022 by MeHeartCruising

[LGW59]

6 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

Taking friends and family? Cant change my family. Friends are still friends. Not everyone wants to cruise. If getting money from them was a high priority I wouldnt have paid it ahead of time. I would take friends again, I can afford their taxes and fees. I wouldnt fight over money. I'm sorry for you if money is a high priority. My sister is a slow learner and money means nothing to her lol. Cant change family. In fact I've cruised with her a lot. My last friend I took and treated I was hoping to convert her to loving cruises. She would go again but said alaska with her husband. Most of my gf are married. 

 

Sorry OP. Some are rude on this board. 

 

I agree though it's hard to find someone who wants to cruise the same cruises as you and would make a good travel companion. I'm cruising solo these days. 

Good on you if you are OK with someone standing you up more than once.  It is not a matter of the $$$, oh and yes for the record I do like $$$ and it is a high priority.  I'm just not a chump though.  

[George C]

I was lucky in my single days 1970- 1990 there was a travel agency called single world, nothing but singles anywhere from 15 to over 50 , they even had matched people to share cabins, I always traveled solo , we always had a host and they had great shore excursion. I also didn’t mind that the girls normally outnumber the guys 2 to 1. 

[brillohead]

I think I might actually be on the October 9th sailing with you... Explorer?

I travel solo most of the time.  I meet people in advance on Roll Calls, and I also tend to meet people just out and about.  I rarely feel "alone" on a cruise ship.

[NRWPA]

I've done numerous cruises solo. Since the re-start I've done all my cruises solo. I don't know whether I could ever share a cabin again! I go to the bars and talk to everyone around me. If they're not interested in conversation, I quit talking to them and turn to the person on my other side. Rarely do I not find someone interesting to talk to. This includes men, women and couples - gay and straight, young people, older people, people my age. I usually meet at least one person with whom I can have dinner or go to a show or even do an excursion. I've met people in line for an excursion who are also solo and offer to split on the cost of 2 beach chairs and an umbrella since most places charge that way. Sometimes I see them again on the ship, sometimes it's a one-time thing. I was never outgoing until I went on my first solo cruise. I decided then that I could spend my time alone or I could make new friends and have fun talking to all sorts of people. The only other suggestion I can make is to go to the solo functions. On some ships they're well attended, others not so much, but it at least gives you another venue to meet people. Good luck in your quest!

[Rogueperson]

Are you looking for just people to cruise with you, or trying to get someone to share the cost of the room with you?

 

If its the former, you can do what I did with my best friend, who because of this, is now my wife.  "If you want to go on this cruise, I'll get you on that ship, but you have to commit to me that that's what you want, because i'm out money if you bail on me".  She chose to go.  I went with her in another room.  We ended up together.

The latter is a LOT harder as you're asking someone to share a room with you who you may or may not know very well.

[TYMAN]

Would you take my wife? We're working on Pinnacle but I can only cruise 3 times a year due to work. She spends most of her time in the casino.......twitter me at #isbeingsingleinmyfuture? Lol! 

 

I was kind of just kidding, but it would help us get the points needed. 😉 

[Ourusualbeach]

3 hours ago, brillohead said:

I rarely feel "alone" on a cruise ship.

I've seen your hair after a couple of sea days...you are never alone😂

[brillohead]

10 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

I've seen your hair after a couple of sea days...you are never alone😂

Why do you think my name is brillohead?  Napoleon Dynamite ain't got nothing on my 'fro!!!!

 

 

 

[Thechucker72]

On 6/15/2022 at 2:08 PM, Rogueperson said:

Are you looking for just people to cruise with you, or trying to get someone to share the cost of the room with you?

 

 

 

I am not looking to split the cost.  I am mainly looking for someone to travel with me.  I have already paid for everything, and all costs are covered by me. 

[diadora]

to thechucker72. just go . just one time. youll see. those traveling solo will all be in the same boat and are usually outgoing and talkative. I'll do my first solo cruise next year and have been going solo on gambling junkets. always meet and hang out with somebody. Still talk to those people and are planning future junkets later in the year. Sis and I are doing Symphony Sept. 24th. We'll be the ones dancing. Lot older than you but join us for a meal.

[Travel R]

I have always cruised with my DW. However, even as a couple we have usually found others to talk to and even hang out with while on the cruise. I after reading many posts by solos over the years on CC, they all have had great times and met lots of people.

 

If it was me, I would solicit people I am already familiar with - from the gym, clubs/hobbies, religious institution, work, etc. (even that barrister that you talk to every day at the coffee shop)  instead of a random stranger - it could lead to trouble. Especially in this day and age.

 

I have to be honest, and I am sure you are a very nice person, but many people will be weary of going on a cruise with a total stranger soliciting willing to pay for them as a travel companion (especially if staying in the same cabin).

 

Enjoy your cruises and good luck.

 

I am following this thread, I want to see where it leads.

 

 

Edited June 17, 2022 by Travel R