SOLO TRAVELERS DESERVE BETTER.
We're left absorbing costs that were designed to be shared because the entire travel industry was designed around couples, groups, and families.
For decades, that's been considered normal. We don't think it should be.
That's why we're leading the fight to End The Solo Tax™.
Welcome, Roamers
When people ask why I built Roamate, they expect a startup story. The truth is more personal.
In 2021, I lost both of my sisters three weeks apart. A few months later, I booked a flight.
Because what else do you do when life shows you how short it is?
Someday isn't guaranteed.
Since then, I've met travelers from every walk of life carrying their own reasons for finally booking the trip. Divorce. Retirement. Burnout. Loss. Reinvention. Adventure.
What they shared wasn't a destination. It was a decision. To stop waiting.
My original Roamates.
So we built something different.
SOLO BUT SHARED™
You shouldn't have to choose between traveling completely alone or joining a rigid group tour. Keep the freedom of solo travel.
Compatibility First
Finding someone available isn't enough. Travel compatibility matters. Roamate's Vibe Check helps travelers match based on destination, budget, travel style, pace, and personality.
- ✓ I'm real.
- ✓ I verified my identity.
- ✓ I'm serious about travel.
And in a world full of anonymous profiles, that's a powerful signal.
We have Cleared to Roam.
Cleared To Roam™
The first travel platform integrating identity verification, optional criminal background checks, global watchlist checks, and sex offender registry checks.
THE WORLD IS FULL OF ROAMERS
You won't find strangers here.
Museum wanderers.
Food tour obsessors.
Sleep-in-laters.
Sunrise catchers.
The kind of people who roam the way you do—maybe even where you do.
It's about finding someone who gets the way you travel.
THE WORLD IS TOO BIG TO
WAIT.
And you were made to roam.
When people ask how I came up with Roamate, they expect the usual answers:
I saw a gap in the market.
I got tired of paying double.
There was a trip no one could join me on.
And all of that’s true, but it’s not the whole story. I didn’t set out to build a travel company. I set out to survive grief.
In December of 2021, I lost both of my sisters, Shannon (36) and Destiny (34), just three weeks apart. Five months later, I booked a flight—because what else do you do when life shows you how short it is?
At first, travel was my escape. But grief follows you, even across oceans. So I stopped trying to outrun it. Travel became the way I carried it, and the one place I still felt them with me. And on every trip, I met others who were carrying their own version of loss. Those connections kept me going. Trip after trip.
Sometimes I wanted to roam solo. Sometimes I didn’t.
I’d find myself in places so beautiful they almost felt too big to keep to myself. I’d think: If only they were here to see this. Then I’d think: Why am I paying more just because I’m alone?
I paid double on every cruise. Hotels weren’t cheaper solo, and there was no one to split costs with me. Tours usually came with a two-person minimum. So I started doing the math.
In the last four years, I spent over $20,684 extra on the “solo tax.” That’s 11 cruises. One trip to the British Isles. And a lifetime of memories I almost didnt make because going alone costs more.
They built the whole travel industry for “plus ones.” Not the solo ones. Not for people like you and me.
So I built Roamate. Because if losing my sisters taught me anything, it’s that if you don’t go now, you might never go. Destiny never made it to Hawaii, like she dreamed. Shannon never got to go on that safari.
In quiet moments, staring out at oceans or looking down from airplane windows, I kept wondering: How many of us are still waiting? Waiting for the right time, the right plan, the right person.
Sometimes there isn’t any more time.
I wasn’t going to wait anymore.
And I didn’t want you to have to either.
Roamate is for the ones who are done waiting. For the ones who want to go, but not always alone. For the ones who know solo travel is liberating, but are tired of paying the penalty. For the ones who are ready to go now, and finally, have an easier way to roam.
It’s time to END THE SOLO TAX™
Let's roam,
