Expectation that colleagues should share a hotel room?

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Just that really, AIBU to think that professionals on business trips should not be expected to share hotel rooms to cut costs?

For context, I am a professional in the public sector. I live in Australia, and work in a large government department. It is not an entry level position, and both colleagues are female. The business trip is to carry out essential work (not optional training) and we would be staying in a hotel for just one night. We will be driving for several hours interstate to a regional town.

The colleague I’ve been asked to share with is lovely, but I haven’t known her very long and don’t feel comfortable sharing a room with her. A senior manager booked the room for both of us, I only realised he requested funding approval for one twin share room when I saw the email.

Thankfully I noticed this before we left, and was able to have a quick chat with my direct manager. I compromised by booking a family suite, so a small lounge area with two connecting but separate bedrooms and a shared bathroom at a small additional cost. My manager had not made the booking herself, and approved of the additional cost without hesitation.

YANBU.

The only thing to say to arseholes propose this shite is: I am an adult.I say who say who shares my room. cc HR/union.

Cmdr in every company I've worked for and with, there has been one travel policy that applies to everybody. I've been senior management for 10+ years and I would have a fit if the company I work for implemented additional travel benefits for the senior team. Senior staff are paid far more, that is their additional benefit.

I am sharing a hotel room with a colleague in a couple of weeks time.

Not happy about it at all.

Hairy, snoring bed-hogger.

And, just because I married him, they think I want to share a room with him! Needless to say, I've requested a twin.

I had to do this when I went on a management course in retail. Had to turn up and share with a stranger for three nights. Huge company but notoriously tight. We both slept appallingly as we were both uncomfortable sharing with a stranger and our beds were very close together so we were practically touching! The last night we were there we did each get our own rooms as she was driving from Manchester back to Watford at the end of the last day and just wanted to sleep well and they were able to move her. I don't mind sharing with friends or even my mum, but not a colleague ever again.

I am MoD alongside the military now. When we went away to an army base last summer the guys and visiting contingents all had to share due to space restraints but not the staff ladies- there were only three of us, too. I was only there part time so appreciated that I could lock my things up safely between visits. We have less space this summer but as I'm not subject to the same rules and regs as just about everyone else, I don't think they can force me to share! I snore, too, so I don't know who'd want me!

OP no way. As PPs have said you both need downtime and a good night's sleep. I listen to R4X and R4/world service, so while I can wear earplugs it's not great for any strange companion. And when I was travelling I wanted space for prepping the next day. Having said that, someone tried to book me on a cross channel ferry with a much older man (I'm female) in the same room and those eentsy en suites - we'd be crossing 11pm-6am and straight to work. We had so much kit between us it wasn't viable anyway. Crosstalk say no.