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Re:Airlines are charging solo passengers higher fares than g... by garciasn on Thursday May 29, 2025 @04:09PM (#44129811)
For two reasons:

1. I don't want to stay in a hostel. See below for more on this; but, hostels, at least the ones I have researched, have bunk rooms and shared facilities. Hard pass for me.

2. I don't like sharing a bedroom and, especially, a bathroom in someone's home when they may be there. There's simply a different level of security (potentially false, I understand) in a hotel vs a rented room in a house.

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Re:Airlines are charging solo passengers higher fares than g... by tshaddox on Thursday May 29, 2025 @04:13PM (#44129865)
Families who travel together also share rooms and facilities, so if that's a hard pass for you then you wouldn't be happy with the "discount" of traveling as part of a family either.
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Re:Airlines are charging solo passengers higher fares than g... by garciasn on Thursday May 29, 2025 @04:16PM (#44129898)
I appreciate the pedantry; but, there’s a significant difference between several random someone(s) having travelers diarrhea in a shared bathroom and my family.
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Re:Airlines are charging solo passengers higher fares than g... by jeremyjh on Thursday May 29, 2025 @04:31PM (#44130083)
The point is multiple people sharing facilities get discounts. It’s nothing more sinister than that. The hotel charges per room, and rooms include facilities. The costs for the hotel don’t depend on how many people are staying in that room.
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Re:Airlines are charging solo passengers higher fares than g... by tshaddox on Thursday May 29, 2025 @04:57PM (#44130327)
Right, but my point is that you're now no longer complaining about the concept of offering discounts for room-sharing. Now you're complaining that there's no one you would be comfortable sharing a room with.
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Re:Airlines are charging solo passengers higher fares than g... by garciasn on Thursday May 29, 2025 @05:45PM (#44130690)
No; I’m complaining about the alternatives listed.
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Re:Airlines are charging solo passengers higher fares than g... by dlisboa on Thursday May 29, 2025 @04:26PM (#44130020)
Reframing it to how it sounds to me: you'd like to temporarily reserve a massive amount of real estate (relative to your human body) from a city's housing reserve and not be forced to pay any more for that than the family who would put 4 people in that same footprint.
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