to ask for my own hotel room on business trip?

The largest conference companies make juniors share, or did within the last 20 years. Your experience isn't as broad as you think.
I was expected to share when pregnant!

How silly

A hostel is a choice I’ve done with partners and friends on my own terms not as part of my working life

as if anyone would accept to stay with Angela from accounts for work getting un paid for it and having to work with her the next day after her waking me up having a wee at 5am

Hostels - good for getting your head down cheaply when you're on holiday
Work trips - own room needed for privacy and to properly unwind.

Even if I stayed on after a work trip to go travelling with colleague and was happy to stay in a hostel, I absolutely would not want to share a room with that person during the work trip. They are very different situations.

When did society get this immature. I bet the concept of hostels must blow some people's minds.

“Expecting”…forward the email to HR and watch out the answer!

Seriously :/

I worked for the NHS before I retired and was once asked by my boss (HR Director) if I’d share with a colleague on a work trip. I asked him if he was sharing with the Director of Finance. He laughed and then realised I was serious. I didn’t share.

If it's not compulsory and the annual conference is a jolly, I can see why that might appeal to some. I'd refuse and be glad of the ability to duck out nowadays but would probably have agreed in my 20s. Suspect the fact the whole thing is a jolly makes the room sharing much more of a risk from an HR perspective, though.

Absolutely NBU.

I would refuse. If pressed I'd probably say something along the lines of "I'm a terrible room mate and don't want to upset a colleague". But think the classic "I would, but I don't want to." is just as appropriate.

I travel frequently with a family member of a similar age, so we’ve pretty much grown up together. As well as we get on we never, ever share a room. We’ve paid single supplements, sometimes extortionate, all around the world to ensure we can each have our own space.

I have shared a room with a colleague once, but she was also my best mate who'd snuck in a sneaky trip to visit me while I was nearish (we live opposite ends of the country) so it wasn't official and it was back in the day when we couldn't afford an extra room for her.

I also work with my husband and don't even share a room with him we have separate rooms at home so I expect the same when we're away for work. If I won't share with him, there's no way I'd share with a random person.

Not unreasonable to ask but companies have different policies. My company I worked for gave the staff a choice, continue with only middle and senior management go for an annual conference or everyone goes but hotel is cheaper, limited inclusive drinks and non management share - everyone agreed to share for the freebie. Years later I suspect staff could think “why are we sharing?” But reality is otherwise not as many staff will be taken

This, sleepwalking, late night film watching etc.

Whisper safeguarding, duty of care, privacy etc. I’m sure you’re not the only one to have concerns.

I had to share with my line manager never again!!!!

It's completely inappropriate and unreasonable for them to ask you to share a bedroom with a stranger. Speak to HR - I'm sure there are rules about this.

DIL had to share with the head teacher on a ski trip, hated every second. Would have gladly shared with the kids.

This.

Absolutely unacceptable, and I’m shocked any company is still expecting this. I’ve been travelling for business for 30 years with companies of different sizes, and none has ever asked or expected me to share a room with a colleague.

Please don’t, just say “I am not sharing, if I have to share I am not going”

I worked for nearly 40 years for a very well known corporate, and whilst we didn’t get wine with our evening dinner, the tight bastards, we did always get our own room. Ok, they had approved hotels in the booking list and it didn’t include the Intercontinental at my grade 😄 but I never had to share. Rather a Travel Lodge on my own than a Crowne Plaza shared.

I wouldn’t entertain the idea, but I know some of the younger staff would happily have some extra cash! I think it was an additional allowance of £30pp per night. And so probably not a lot of savings at all!

Hell no to sharing. There are actually a couple of colleagues I'd be happy to share with but generally, imagine the kinds of issues you could get from colleagues sharing. Yep, that. That, and oh yeah, that too.

Yanbu. Although it does make me realize once again what a different world education is from the corporate world. School residentials typically involve sharing (one was 6 adults to a room, with bunk beds). On duty until the last child is asleep (and awake with the first ones up). No extra pay. It's just expected you will do unless you have a very good reason not too.

No way would I share. I wouldn't even share with a colleague friend however much I liked them. I think sending a message saying that you are uncomfortable with this

Which raises the question about how much is this supposed to be saving ? If you have to pay extra to get people to sign up ?

I have made a possibly fatal assumption that cost saving is the reason here. It might be some form of enforced team building.

Interestingly this has just come up for me. The default is a room each but if anyone is happy to share, they’d be paid an additional allowance per night.

Even the NHS on a budget dont make us share! Its normallly a premier inn
or travel lodge but our own room!

I would not share, I prefer own room even when with friends! The only people I would share is mum or sister