Traveling alone does not have to be an impediment to enjoying a good vacation. On the contrary. It is an alternative that brings multiple advantages, such as the freedom to make a trip tailored to one’s own needs, while escaping from routine and meeting new people. For this reason, more and more people decide to travel alone when planning their vacations, without having to agree with friends or a partner to balance dates or choose a destination.
In order to respond to the new leisure needs of those people who want to travel alone but within the safety of a group, the idea of creating the Yporquenosolo agency arose. This company is the only one dedicated to the Organization of all kinds of leisure and free time activities in which the only requirement is to go alone, regardless of whether the person has a partner or not. Thus, Yporquenosolo organizes exclusive trips, which are always carried out in small groups, made up of people united only by the desire to discover the same destination. Being small groups, there is more flexibility when planning the different activities.
The proposals of this company move away from the traditional contemplative beach vacations and seek a more active form of tourism. This company has specialized in unique trips that escape the typical tourist circuits, since they not only visit the most photographed places in each country, but also go into the most remote and exclusive places to find the authenticity of each culture. In addition, the visits are always carried out with native guides that show the traveler the true customs of the country. Among the exotic destinations offered by this agency are Libya, Canada, Jordan, Senegal, Slovakia, Thailand, India and Cambodia, among others.
Santiago Rey, director of Yporquenosolo, declares that his objectives for 2010 consist of “continuing to grow and continue caring for and surprising our clients. To do this, we will expand the destinations we offer, in addition to improving the programming of the different trips, so that our clients have a wide range of possibilities from which to choose their vacations. And of course, we will remain faithful to our philosophy: you have to come alone”.
New for 2010
Among the novelties incorporated in 2010, there are proposals for all tastes, such as the ascent to Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania) and Toubkal (Morocco), trekking in Scotland and Cappadocia (Turkey), New York, Ethiopia or closer getaways, such as be a cultural and sports trip through Asturias. As for the most popular trips in 2009 are Jordan and Morocco, the imperial cities and, in third place, Tanzania.
Santiago Rey explains that “traveling with Yporque not only It implies not carrying preconceived ideas, since you don’t have to give up anything or carry the labels that we all usually carry when traveling within groups of acquaintances”. Furthermore, he points out that this initiative is not designed to find a partner, “but for people who are looking for different experiences, since traveling alone entails the adventure of breaking with everyday life and sharing experiences with strange travel companions”.
Origins of this company
This company was founded in 2003 by Santiago Rey, who, after having organized trips for various groups, realized that the ones that worked best were those in which people did not know each other. In addition, his personal experience had shown him that most plans with friends or family ended up being canceled because there was always someone who couldn’t make it at the last minute. So he decided to create an agency that offered different trips in which the only requirement was to go alone, without having to count on anyone but as part of a group. Since then, one of his main objectives has been that his trips offer the client the freedom to do what they want, when they want and where they want.
Thus, he began organizing weekend getaways with activities in the Sierra de Madrid. They were classified into different types depending on the nature of the activities and their duration. Immediately afterwards, in response to direct customer demand, he decided to organize trips abroad. Little by little, the number of departures and destinations have increased until they have established themselves in the market thanks to word of mouth and good references from customers who have traveled with this company. For this reason, more than 60% of the people who have traveled with Yporquenosolo have repeated the experience.
Given the success of this initiative, its website It has been visited by more than 200,000 users in 2009 and has around 40,000 registered people who receive its news newsletter