If You're Seeking a Mate, Go on a Trip

Consider the many love connections you can make on a cruise. When you're not exploring exotic ports, you're communing with each other in your cabin or blissing out on deck watching the waves. With vacations to Australia, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Africa, Saga Holidays specializes in value-priced trips for people age 50 and over.

Saga is also loosely affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution, and offers educational "Smithsonian Odyssey" tours to Athens and elsewhere. The tours, led by scholars and museum experts, may appeal to culture vultures who enjoy learning about history and art in a group situation.

The international nonprofit organization Elderhostel offers a huge array of vacations to fire both the minds and bodies of those 55 and older. Imagine the romance and delight you'll share studying Shakespeare's love poetry and plays, jaunting through Europe's opera houses, taking a river rafting trip or, if you're a baseball fan, visiting spring training camps.