Hi Stuart,
I've spoken to my colleague in the Groups department specifically about discounting and she has said that the group discount does not apply to Just You bookings on brochured holidays. Solus, group, Just You departures are tailor-made and by the very nature of them are costed individually.
To emphasise the point about mentioning groups at all, by including this in the brochure we do hope to identify groups that want the solo traveller experience so that we are able to cater for them without it impacting on our other solo travellers.
The team try to avoid putting large groups on brochured dates but if we have a small group of solos wishing to book, by going through our groups team, we are able to notify the individuals already booked on that date to see if they are ok with it. If they are, we also stress to the group organiser that because it’s a singles holiday they must ensure that their group integrates with the rest of the party and doesn’t expect special treatment.
However (and this is a huge however), the majority of groups’ Just You business is tailor-made or exclusive departures for solus groups that do not have any impact on those that are booking our brochure tours.
The biggest problem that we have, is that travellers aren't always using this facility, they book individually and we are therefore unaware of travellers that do/don't know each other on a holiday.
I hope this information helps.
Kindest regards,
Julia