(MONEY Magazine) – Q. I am 26 and love to travel. My problem is finding reasonably priced short vacations for the single traveler. I've tried Club Med, and I'm not interested in cruises like Singleworld's. Any ideas? Lauren Landesman Alameda, Calif.

A. We suggest the new soft adventure travel packages that feature hiking, biking and the like. Here are a few options: -- Tours of California's wine country or Virginia's Shenandoah Valley and dozens more come from Backroads Bicycle Touring (1516 Fifth St., Berkeley, Calif. 94710; 800-533-2573). Some trips are specifically for singles. Two-day camping trips in the wine country run $179. -- For horseback riding, American Wilderness Experience (P.O. Box 1486, Boulder, Colo. 80306; 800-444-0099) offers many short trips for solo travelers ($295 for three-day weekends in Wyoming's back country). -- You might consider Womanship (137 Conduit St., Annapolis, Md. 21401; 301-267-6661), an unusual all-women sailing school, with two- to nine-day ) trips in five locations. The seven-day San Juan Islands tour costs $998 (July through October).