I met "Alex," a 34-year-old software engineer, at a remote train station in the Swiss Alps. He was eating a sandwich alone, watching the fog roll over the Eiger.
The 7th Traveler has eaten alone in 50 restaurants and no longer cares if people stare. They have navigated a midnight train change in a country where they don't speak the language. They have learned that "lonely" and "alone" are two different countries, and they have a passport to the latter. 7th traveler
So the next time you book a ticket for one, don't feel the sting of the "single supplement." Feel the power of the prime number. You aren't missing half of the ticket. I met "Alex," a 34-year-old software engineer, at
The 7th Traveler doesn't wait for a friend’s vacation days to align. They don’t argue about which museum to visit. They don’t split the check. They have navigated a midnight train change in
Alex is the 7th Traveler. He had changed his flight three times that week simply because the weather looked better in a different valley. He had eaten dinner at a Michelin-starred restaurant by reading a book. He had gotten lost for four hours and discovered a waterfall that didn’t have a single geotag. Travel companies are finally catching up, but slowly. Cruises charge a "single supplement" that punishes the 7th Traveler. Hotels shove them into the smallest rooms near the ice machine. Tours charge them the same as a couple but give them half the space.
You do not need a mirror to prove you are having fun. You do not need a second opinion to validate a sunset.