People Singles: Solo travellers get a break on these new tours
There can be definite advantages to travelling solo, but singles looking to book holidays are often shocked at the extra cost involved in paying the single supplement. That's what tour companies charge single travellers who take up space designed to be shared by at least two people. Singles are often forced to pay at least a fare and a half, or almost the same amount as a couple, for taking up the same amount of hotel space even though they use half the hot water and half the...
People Singles: Young bucks,
The Prendergast report
YOUNG people, singles and part-time workers are the nation's best savers, according to a survey by National Savings and Investments.Sixteen to 24-year-olds saved the most at 9.8 per cent of their monthly earnings, single people put away 8.9 per cent, and part-time workers 8 per cent.The average is just 6.34 per cent among the rest of us. There wasn't much difference between men and women at 6.9 per cent and 6.6 per cent respectively....
People Singles: In the neighborhood
What's in an authentic neighborhood? The Web site www.newurbannews.com suggests these elements, among others: * The neighborhood has a discernible center.* Most of the dwellings are within a five-minute walk of the center.* There is a variety of dwelling types so younger and older people, singles and families, the poor and the wealthy may find places to live.* There are shops and offices at the edge of the neighborhood, of sufficiently varied types to supply the...
People Singles: SINGLE IN THE '90s
Looking for love in all the right places
Sidebar to the third installment of the series "Single in the 90s." A brief article on unusual places singles meet and develop relationships. Hunting down available prey that isn't taken, incarcerated or otherwise incapacitated can be challenging. Where can you find available, interesting people? Singles bingo games? Mail-order catalogs? The meat counter in the grocery store?- Check out the checkout line.Paige Brooks, 24, an Atlanta office manager,...
People Singles: GIVING UP THE LIVING ROOM MANY PREFER A FAMILY AREA
Living rooms could go out the window in favor of larger family rooms, according to a recent survey.Living rooms, associated with formal entertaining, are more highly valued by older people, singles, and people in the Northeast, but not enough to forgo a trade for a larger family room, the study found."Formal entertaining is not a high priority among activities centered in the home," according to the survey published in Housing Economics, the National Association...
