Aloha Folks, I'm new to the group and this is my first post, so if I may add my two cents: our world is less safe. I'm 54 and have travelled my entire life, usually alone. We are very sheltered here in California as to the dangers of the big "out there". With populations exploding the numbers of poor and desperate are growing, hence the number of potential crimes against us travellers. Eight years ago a group of young thugs held a pistol in my face in Phnom Penh after tracking my routine. Yet I recovered everything (Passport, credit cards, and my beloved address book-minus two pages) except my cash, through my friends in the local police force. This was very inexpensive and, to me, a miracle in a city of a million+. Law authorities of various stripes around the world can easily be befriended and as I learned in Cambodia are invaluable allies. Even better is going in a group of both genders, and you ladies are every bit as important to overall security using eyes, ears and memory. Captain Guttierez, Colonel Sunn, or Attorney Smythe, once met, can be simply a guest at our dinner party---or the crucial anti-crime partner in the next AARP group's visit. So girls and guys, make travel safer for us all by meeting and recording the names of local authorities. Happy trails, Richard Sudden

You certainly sound sarcastic, whether intended or not, especially since I'm the Owner of the largest singles Group in Online Community, "Singles Perspective" .. which isn't a "dating service".

I am not traveling specifically to find a mate, but I'd much rather be in a mixed group of men & women, rather than one that just happens to turn out to be almost all women. And I might look at the men in the group just for enjoyable male company, not necessarily that I planned to select one for anything more serious.

Speaking for myself I wouldn't be looking to meet any man on a trip whether it be a group or just a couple of us.....trips to me are for fun and I'd just want other compatible women to enjoy them with.   I use online dating and have made some male friends on here....yes, the ratio is not in our favor but when I lived near DC I was told it would be impossible to find someone to date as the ratio was something like 10 to 1 then in my 40s.    I had no problem meeting men by using the Washingtonian personals then....had a ball in fact.    That was my first experience with personals and made a believer out of me.   

I also think that group travel is not a way to meet men. I think in general, there are 10 women for every single man in "our age range". So group travel is more for the travel experience and not having to pay a penalty for traveling alone. It's a lot more fun to be in a group, forget about meeting men!

You would make more efficient use of your time, dear,  if you joined a dating service.

I'm not being sarcastic,  I'm trying to be helpful.

They do work,  my cousin was widowed and she met several men through the service,

picked one and married him.  Men who are interested in finding a woman are there.

In a travel group,  men might not be interested in meeting women, but just in traveling with a

group for fun.   It would be as frustrating as those senior center dances I went to a few times. 

The man/woman ratios are really bad there too, similar to those you cited.

 AARP  has a Single and Mingle group that sometimes gets really active.   I don't know what other

types of groups there are,  there's probably a list posted somewhere.

Good luck, whatever you decide to do!