It's that time of the year to start planning vacations. I personally took a lot of vacations by myself to explore and enjoy the many great vacation spots the U.S. has to offer. I really enjoyed taking in the scenery, but felt kind of lost when seeking places to find women. I was unfamiliar with where the "hot spots" were to meet single women.

So, with this problem in mind when taking a vacation by yourself, let me offer some advice as an alternative selection for a vacation in which you will be around lots of single women in a confined environment. And that choice would be going on a single's cruise.

So, what is a single's cruise? These are specially designed vacations catering to singles. There's plenty of "hot action" (if you know what I mean) and shipboard romances are the rule. Everything is so conducive to romance. There's just so many planned activities where you are thrown together with lots of single eligible women.

All you've got to do to meet women on these cruises is to simply say, "Hi." That's what they are there for, to meet a guy like you. Also, they are far away from home and more inclined to be free and loose. They are more open to having a good time, being wild and crazy and inclined to having a shipboard overnight fling.

If you are thinking about taking one of these single's cruises, I would suggest checking out these sources:

• http://www.singles-cruise.com

• http://www.cruisingforlove.com

• http://www.cruisecritic.com - look at their Find a Cruise Section and select "single" under their heading of Lifestyle.