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Sailing Solo on Virgin Voyages in 2025
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Jun 15, 2025
Ready to sail solo in 2025? Whether it’s your first solo cruise or you’re a seasoned sailor, David from VV Insider breaks down exactly how to make the most of your Virgin Voyages adventure — solo style! 🙌 Join David as he covers must-know tips for solo travelers, including: ✅ Solo cabins on board Virgin Voyages ✅ How to connect with fellow sailors before you board ✅ How to find guides and smart ways to save money onboard ✅ Insider hacks to get extra onboard credit and Bar Tab Solo travel with Virgin Voyages is a vibe — and VV Insider will help you cruise smarter, cheaper, and with more confidence. ✨Book with VV Insider: https://vvinsider.com/book 🕵Track Virgin Voyages Solo Offers: https://vvinsider.com/tag/solo/ Links & resources mentioned: 📘 Complete Guide to Sailing Solo → https://vvinsider.com/guides-and-faqs/guide/sailing-solo/  👥 Find your sailing’s Facebook group → https://vvinsider.com/itineraries-and-facebook-groups/  🍹 Bar Tab Calculator – see if pre-paying drinks will save you money → https://vvinsider.com/bar-tab-calculator EVENTS: 🍹Grog Walk: https://vvinsider.com/on-board/event/grog-walk/
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solo travel is more popular now than
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ever and Virgin Voyages is becoming one
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of the top choices for solo sailor in
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2025 I'm David from VV Insider and I'm
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going to take a look at all the
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information we got across vinsider.com
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to bring together all the reasons why
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solo travel on Virgin Voyages is so good
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and what makes Virgin Voyages a real top
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option for solo sailor V Insider is the
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number one resource for the latest
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Virgin Voyages info guides and news From
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your voyage and saving money while you
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do it vincider.com has helped thousands
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Support our work by hitting subscribe
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us
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One of the first things to say about
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solo travel on Virgin Voyages is just
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how well the atmosphere and the vibe is
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perfectly aligned with the ethos of solo
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travel when it comes to self-discovery
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and socializing It's such a relaxed
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atmosphere on board and certainly one of
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the reasons that we keep coming back
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time and time again is just how freeing
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and how much you can express yourself
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and really be yourself on board the ship
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So let's go over a couple of the
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logistics first about traveling solo on
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Virgin Voyages before we jump into how
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to make sure that your solo voyage is as
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fun and rewarding as it possibly can be
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So what I'd like to cover first are the
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accommodations on Virgin Voyages for
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solo travelers So there are two types of
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cabins specifically designed for solo
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travelers And these types of cabins are
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the solo insider cabin and the solo C
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view cabin Both of those cabin types
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come with a single bed which is slightly
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wider than a twin bed And it's worth
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mentioning that Virgin Voyages is one of
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the cruise lines with the highest
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proportion of solo cabins available
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which is just one of the reasons why
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Virgin Voyages is such a good option for
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solo sailor So there's a total of 46
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solo cabins available on board That
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comprises of 40 solo insider rooms and
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then only six C view solo cabins So if
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you do want a C view and you're
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traveling solo and you want one of those
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solo rooms make sure you're booking
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early to grab one of those four solo C
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view cabins available These solo rooms
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offer the best value possible when
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you're traveling alone and you're not
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able to share the costs with another
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sailor But of course you do have the
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option to choose any room on board You
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could of course travel as a rockstar or
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a mega rockstar as a solo traveler but
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that of course is going to cost you And
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I say that because any of the other
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accommodations available on board you're
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going to have to pay extra if you're a
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solo sailor you're always having to pay
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for that additional guest even though
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they're not on the trip with you So for
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example if you really feel that you need
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a sea terrace or a balcony you can of
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course choose one of those rooms but
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that will be priced at basically what it
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costs for two sailors to sail in the
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same cabin So it's not great value for
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money normally There are however
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exceptions to this rule So there are
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sometimes offers that are available for
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solo travelers which is called a solo
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supplement offer And what this means is
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that there's a partial reduction in the
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price that you're going to pay extra for
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that second sailor that isn't traveling
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with you So although this solo sailor
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supplement offer doesn't necessarily
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make it half price to what it would be
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if you were traveling with two sailor it
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does bring the cost down quite
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significantly So do keep an eye out for
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those type of offers if you'd like to
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travel with a lot more space or make
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sure you've got a balcony access to one
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of those iconic red hammocks when you
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sell On VV Insider we keep a track of
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all the solo supplement offers available
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We have a section on our website which
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I'm going to link down in the
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description below that lists all the
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offers available for solo sailor So it's
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always worth keeping that bookmark and
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checking back every now and again to see
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if one of those offers has come up or
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alternatively subscribe to our
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newsletter or our channels and we'll let
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you know about the offers as soon as
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they happen So now you snagged your deal
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and you're on board What can you do to
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make sure that your sailing is as fun as
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possible well there are quite a few
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options available to make sure you're
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having the most fun even though you're
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traveling by yourself So as I mentioned
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before the laid-back atmosphere and the
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casual atmosphere on board the ships on
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Virgin Voyages is great if you're ready
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to just relax and take things easy But
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if you're somebody that wants to
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socialize and get to know new people
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there are a huge amount of events
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available to do exactly that And some of
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them are specifically designed for solo
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sailor So we're going to kick things off
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with something that happens on the very
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first day which of course is the best
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time to meet new people so that you can
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build a network of friends and familiar
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faces that you can see for the rest of
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your voyage So just before the sailway
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event on embarcation day there's going
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to be a solo meetup event that's hosted
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at the athletics club weather dependent
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They may bring that inside into the sip
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lounge or the social club if they need
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to But this is an event that solo sailor
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encouraged to go along to It's hosted by
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one of the happenings cast The idea of
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this event is to make sure that you're a
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bit more familiar with the other people
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traveling on board your sailing that are
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traveling solo This is a nice relaxed
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meet and mingle style event And because
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this event is hosted just before the
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sail away celebrations it's a great time
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to gather a group of friends and then
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head up to the aquatic club the pool
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area to celebrate the sail away and
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really set the mood for the voyage ahead
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Now fortunately this is not the only
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solo event available So if you miss it
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on the first day or you simply want to
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use this event as a regular meeting
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opportunity for your other solo sailor
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have a look in the lineup available on
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the Virgin Voyages sailor app and it
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will tell you where to meet If you've
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attended this initial solo event you'll
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be invited along to a restaurant that
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evening to meet up with the rest of your
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solo sailor This is a great opportunity
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to have a more relaxed conversation over
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food over wine with your fellow sailors
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They generally only have enough seating
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for every solo sailor in the first night
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of the voyage So what I would recommend
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is that you book dining for the rest of
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your voyage If you book dining as a solo
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sailor you will generally be sat in most
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restaurants at a table for two So if you
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do meet someone and you'd like to dine
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with them later on in the voyage the
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booking that you already have for
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yourself will be enough to cover two
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people But it's always worth arriving to
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the restaurant a little bit early and
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asking the restaurant manager if that's
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possible before you do that If you keep
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attending the solo meetups you will also
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have an opportunity to do more of the
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group solo dining experiences as well
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The Happenings cast will distribute
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tickets for dining for that evening So
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simply ask the Happenings cast if you'd
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like to be involved in that Now if you'd
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like to continue your socializing there
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are a few other opportunities to get
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involved with other sailor without it
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being an official solo event So the
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first one I would recommend and again
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this is a first night must do event It's
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called the Grogwalk And the Grogwalk is
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a really fun pub crawl style event that
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is hosted by the Happenings Cast The
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Happenings Cast will lead you through
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different bars There are also
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complimentary drinks included with the
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Grogwalk experience You do have to pay
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for the Grogwalk on the app so that will
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come out of your onboard credit or it
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will be charged to your portfolio but
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the cocktails and drinks during the
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event are included So it's still quite a
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decent value Now in order to get the
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drinks as you go through this experience
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you're encouraged by the Happenings Cast
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to take part in fun activities to get to
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know other sailors And this is a great
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opportunity for solo sailor to meet
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other sailors on board If the idea of
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that style of participation terrifies
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you don't worry because everyone's in
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the same boat It's always a little bit
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unnerving when you're talking to people
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for the very first time But the way that
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the grog walk works is they will start
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the flow of alcohol fairly early and it
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really helps to get the conversation
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flowing and the laugh started The same
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advice goes for pretty much all of the
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happenings events as well The happenings
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events are designed to be fun and
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interactive So if you see them in your
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event lineup it's well worth going along
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to them Things like trivia physical
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games puzzle events are a really good
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opportunity for solo sailor that want to
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meet new people as well because everyone
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wants to win and everyone wants that
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extra pair of hands or an extra brain on
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their trivia team So go along and you'll
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be everyone's best friend if you help
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make their team win or at least if you
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don't win you'll at least have a good
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conversation anyway So a few of the
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trivia events to look out for are things
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like salty trivia and risky quizzness
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Those two events are very different and
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we have a write up on VV Insider about
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how those events are run if you want to
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get a head start And there's also fun
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things like the speed puzzle challenge
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which is an event that happens
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throughout the day where you're given a
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jigsaw puzzle and you're given a certain
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amount of time in order to finish it and
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whoever completes their puzzle first
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wins a round of drinks So it's a really
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fun event and it's also very
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conversational Some of the physical
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games are really really fun as well So
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for example they play dodgeball in the
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activities area And also there's an
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activity called game on which is a
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series of fun physical activities run in
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a competition style So again if you're a
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solo sailor and you join a team and help
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them win you'll be everyone's best
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friends for the rest of the day Here's a
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bonus tip When it comes to dining if you
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book yourself into Gun Bay which is the
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Korean barbecue restaurant the way that
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the tables are sat in Gun Bay is you
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have tables of 6 8 or 10 If you go along
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as a solo sailor you will generally be
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added to a group This might sound a
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little bit daunting dining with
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strangers but Gun Bay is a really good
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experience for meeting new people
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because they play a fun Korean drinking
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game with a complimentary shot of soju
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And if you win the drinking game you get
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an additional shot as well But again
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it's a really fun and silly way of
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meeting new people and it's a really
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good icebreaker if you're sitting with a
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group of people that you don't know So
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it's well worth going along especially
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if you want to try Gun Bay the
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restaurant itself The food is really
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delicious there So don't waste the
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opportunity Don't miss it Now one of my
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final tips which is something that is so
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crucial to having a fantastic time when
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you're on board and that is to get to
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know your fellow sailors before you sail
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So you could actually get to the point
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where you're arriving to the ship
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already having a group of friendly
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sailors ready to hang out with for the
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rest of your voyage And the best way to
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do this is to find the Facebook group
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that is associated with your unique
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sailing This is such a crucial tip
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because what it is effectively is a
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community of people that are all going
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on the same vacation you are So if you
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have any questions at all about the ship
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itself about sailing with Virgin or
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simply about arriving to the port and
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staying in the port city on the night
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before you can ask and plan all these
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fantastic things around your voyage in a
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safe community that is simply designed
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for your sailing It's also a really good
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place to introduce yourself as a solo
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sailor and actually meeting new faces
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before you even set foot on the ship Now
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these Facebook groups sometimes can be a
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little bit of a wild west Some people
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set these groups up and then change
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their mind and abandon things Sometimes
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they're set up by tour operators or
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travel agents with the only goal of
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trying to sell you something And some of
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them are set up by people that don't
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care about moderation or administering
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the group at all and they allow bullying
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and spam to proliferate through the
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groups Now here at VV Insider we're
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trying to fight against this by building
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a list of trusted Facebook groups for
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every single Virgin Voyages sailing So
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we actually have a list of Facebook
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groups on vbvinsider.com
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that have to abide by a list of rules
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that we set out and we try our best to
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make sure that these groups are as safe
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as they possibly can be So if you're
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looking for a Facebook group for your
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specific sailing go to the tool on
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vvincider.com
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and search through the list for your
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sailing identify your sailing and join
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the Facebook group Unfortunately we
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can't have eyes everywhere So if you
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join a group and find that there's
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something wrong with it or it's not a
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safe place let us know and we can try
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and fix that for you Also if you go on
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our list of Facebook groups and you find
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that your sailing doesn't have a group
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yet if you click on the add Facebook
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group button we've got some advice on
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how to set one of those Facebook groups
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up So do feel free to go on Facebook and
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start one of these groups up yourself We
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got some advice for you to do that And
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just let us know what that group is and
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we can list it on our website for you so
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you can start building those
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conversations and start building that
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community of sailor before you even sail
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So that's all of our advice for sailing
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solo on Virgin Voyages So sailing solo
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doesn't mean having to sail alone So
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feel free to use our advice to make sure
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you're having a really fantastic Virgin
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Voyage And remember if you'd like to
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