Single travellers given backing - Telegraph The Single Tourist Action Centre (STAC) has been set up by retired lawyer, Steve Lyden-Brown and aims to continue the work of the Single Travellers" Action Group (STAG), which ceased with the death of its founder Jean Jewell last year. Membership costs £15 per year, and the new website singletourist.org.uk gives full details of the campaign and the organisation. Last year Telegraph Travel named the treatment of single travellers as one of the 10 key things we would change about travel. "Most single people accept that they have to pay a little more for their holiday," we wrote at the time. They know that hotels and cruise ships are loath to accept half what they could earn from a double room or cabin. The problem is that singles often end up having to pay the extra cost even though they are given a single room - one that is too small to be sold to a couple. These are often at the back of the hotel, or the less desirable locations such as over the kitchens or service areas - they do not represent good value, or fair treatment. We added: "Some operators are becoming more imaginative about offering holidays free of supplements, though usually this is confined to the off or shoulder season. If a hotel or cruise ship knows it is not going to sell out, there is little excuse for exploiting solo travellers. Much more effort can and should be made to accommodate them at a fair price.