If you’re fancy free and love to wander, the price might finally be right to travel solo.
假如你無拘無束、熱愛流浪，現在單人行的價格總算比較合理了。
Instead of punishing travelers who prefer to go alone with hefty surcharges, the travel industry is starting to woo them with deals that tickle their wanderlust without ravaging their wallets.
旅行業者不再收取高昂的額外收費來懲罰偏好獨行的旅客，反而開始用能夠挑起其漫遊癖好、卻又不至於掏空皮夾的心動方案，來吸引單人行旅客。
"The tour industry is making way for the single traveler," said Margie Jordan, spokesperson for the American Society of Travel Agents. "This is nothing that’s going to go away. The single traveler is going to have as many opportunities as anyone else."
「旅遊業正在替單人行旅客開路，」美國旅行業者公會發言人喬丹表示。「這並不是一時的現象。單人行旅客將跟其他旅客一樣享有更多旅遊機會。」
For years most travel deals were based on two people traveling together. "Single travelers would see a price on line and we’ve had to break the news that if you’re going by yourself, it’s 150 to 200 percent more," said Jordan. "They were left high and dry."
多年來，大多數的旅遊行程都是以兩人同行為基礎來規劃。「單身旅客在網路上看到一種價格，我們卻得向他們解釋，假如你是獨自一人旅行，還要再加收150%至200%的費用，」喬丹表示。「這使得他們進退兩難。」
But times are changing and Jordan said cruise lines in particular are stepping up. MSC Cruises is currently offering trips that waive the dreaded single supplement, which accounts for the price hike.
但時代正在改變，喬丹表示，遊輪業者跟上時代的腳步尤其快速。目前MSC遊輪公司已開始提供無需加收令人聞之色變的單人房差額之行程，而單房差額正是導致單人行價格暴增的主因。
新聞辭典
when one’s ship comes in：片語，指某人發財、功成名就，如When my ship comes in, I’ll build you a huge house in the country.（等我成功以後，就會替你在鄉下蓋一間大房子。）
solo：形容詞，指單獨的、無人陪伴的，如She flew solo from Anchorage to Miami.（她獨自一人從安克拉治飛到邁阿密。）
high and dry：片語，原指船隻擱淺，引申指處境艱難、孤立無援，如They pulled out of the deal at the last minute leaving us high and dry.（他們在最後關頭退出協議，讓我們進退不得。）
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