Flash Pack's Solo Travel Trends in 2024

Flash Pack has seen another year of impressive growth across the solo travel market.
These are Flash Pack’s top insights for solo travel trends in 2024 and emerging trends for 2025.

A Flashpacker: 39 years old, 70% female, 99% travel solo, 80% single

Top 10 Most Popular Trips Taken In 2024 (USA)

 

01. Portugal

 

02. Japan

 

03. Greece

 

04. Turkey

 

05. Croatia

 

06. Morocco

 

07. Costa Rica

 

08. Belize

 

09. Argentina

 

10. South Africa

Top 10 trips booked globally in 2024

01. Sri Lanka
02. Japan
03. Portugal
04. Turkey
05. Greece
06. Mexico
07. Bali
08. Croatia
09. Morocco
10. Argentina

Group travel has evolved into social travel

Social travel has led to over 160,000 new friendships created by Flash Pack, with 50,000 formed in 2024 alone, underscoring the communal aspect of solo travel

Sarah, Sam, Andrea and Jamie all live and work in Chicago. They met and bonded on an adventure-packed Flash Pack trip to Argentina, and still remain friends to this day – regularly meeting up in the city, and traveling together

Read their story

Top reasons for booking with Flash Pack

  • Connect with like-minded individuals and forge new friendships
  • Don’t have time to organise a trip
  • Partner isn’t available to travel
  • Hoping to meet someone new
  • Enjoy expertly organized trips without the hassle of planning
  • Embark on adventures even when your friend or partner is unavailable

Top Flash Pack experiences for solo travellers

 

 

01. Camping on the private Ginto island in the Philippines

 

 

02. Staying in roaming Bush Rovers on safari in Tanzania

 

 

03. Vespa food tour in Vietnam

 

 

04. Hiking Mount Batur at sunrise in Bali

 

 

05. Water purification ceremony in Bali

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