The shelf · Travelling alone
Does The Solo Traveler's Handbook hold up?
The Solo Traveler's Handbook, by Janice Waugh (2012)
A practical guide to planning, budgeting and staying safe when travelling alone, with first-hand accounts from other solo travellers.
The short answer
Its one checkable claim holds: more people are single, and they marry later.
The claims, checked
The population is becoming more single and people marry later.
Holds One-person households are 29% of US households (20% in 1975). Median age at first marriage is 30.8 for men and 28.4 for women.
Evidence: US Census Bureau, 2025