To want a female only dorm in a bunkhouse?

[Firefightress1]

Im doing a long walk next month in the highlands of scotland. Accomodation is limited to hostels and bunkhouses in some locations. Apparently they are no longer able to ask your gender so all rooms in the bunkhouse I am staying are unisex.

I've asked to be put in with another female and been told the other bunk is booked but because of gdpr they can't tell me if I am sharing with a male or female.

Is this not completely bonkers? Am I being unreasonable to want to know who is going to be in the same room as me while im sleeping or is this just normal and the risk you take?

I'm perplexed and a bit stressed about it.

OP said hotel rooms were available but she couldn't afford to stay in hotel

My DH would hate to share with a random female

Two strangers in a room should be same sex

Eventually, if enough people vote with their feet, suppliers will have to provide what customers want

Scotland is an example of how truly bonkers the Leftists will get if allowed. Makes you worry about letting Labour in. However, to get this country back on track The Fake Tories must be destroyed so we will have to suffer Labour for a while at least.

The Equality Act still applies in Scotland doesn't it?

OP ute that at them.

I have never known a "bunk house" to have separate male & female accommodation

By nature of the name of "bunk house" it means everyone in together

If you want female only accommodation, suggest book a pod or a B&B

Or look at youth hostel

Ask them if you can camp in the grounds? Will be a pain carrying the gear but you could courier it ahead.

I think you will find that YHA offer single GENDER accommodation, and despite having the ridiculousness of this explained to them, refused to back down.

admittedly, I haven’t checked recently as I simply stopped using them, and have never gone back.

Or carry your tent

I have stayed in lots of bothys, bunk houses predominantly with males

I have never experienced any issues

Most people will be sharing a common love of the out doors, nature, hiking, biking, climbing, photography, weather etc

No, it wouldn't.

That’s great.

But I am sure you now realise that some female people will have trouble sharing a two bunk room with a male person. They may even not want to share with one that they know well.

I thought the point of a bothy/bunk house was that it’s essentially a stone shed with bunk beds in- one room and everyone shares? So the whole thing would have to be single sex because there aren’t multiple rooms?

Or are there different types I haven’t encountered?

But if it’s a bothy/bunkhouse with only one room and two beds in the building (which is what they are like in my experience- can’t see if op has confirmed it has multiple rooms)- then the whole thing would need to be made single sex.

So it’s as likely to be made male only as female only, and then op wouldn’t be able to stay at all?

Surely it makes more sense for it to be available for anyone who wants to use it and those that don’t feel comfortable choose somewhere else?

It' s not a bothy, it's a bunkhouse with rooms for 2, 4 and 6 people.

Not cheap, either - £44 per bunk without breakfast, £54 with, towels £2.50 each

I am confused. It doesn’t seem feasible that this is a trip with two people only and they have the only accommodation available. Is that what you are saying the trip is?

It's in Scotland, you can wild camp anywhere. There's plenty of wild camping available just yards from the bunkhouse, and even a row of portaloos

It feels bad, but from their Pov if they have just 2 beds, it's not like they can unbook the other person who booked before you.
Could you ask the venue to pass your details to the other person as it's be nice to introduce yourself beforehand? Then if they were nice they would probably reach out? But again it may not be clear what sex they are, unless you explicitly ask! If it's a deal breaker, don't book if it means you'll be stranded with nowhere to sleep if they turn out to be male.

This is sort of a hybrid between a bunkhouse and a YHA. Concrete floors (no frills at all!) and rooms of varied sizes with these chunky wooden bed pods in them. You can hire a whole room for your party (it's no kids, but couples for example could book a room with two beds) if available, or just buy a bed and get put into a room with others. Rooms vary in size / number of beds. The OP has had to share as this is in a place with few other local options and is very popular and there's no capacity for them to have a full room.

I don’t understand how this is a GDPR issue. GDPR protects personally identifying information- so something that can be linked back to the individual. If they say “it’s a woman” that can be linked back to 4 billion people- it is in no way identifying

No- I thought the op was travelling alone and staying in a bunk house:

in my experience these are old stone sheds converted into a single room with bunk beds in (with a rudimentary bathroom and space for a camping style gas ring).

They are cheap and what’s available in the middle of nowhere on moor walking holidays.

Some are bigger than others and sleep more people, but the op has booked a particularly small one with only 2 beds.

have I got that wrong?

Thanks- seems I was wrong about the set up, I haven’t come across this type before. I can see why it feels odd to the op in this case- I guess they have you over a barrel annoyingly.

The problem is this stupid policy puts women at risk. Maybe that doesn’t even register with you as a problem, but for many women it is, and this sort of shit restricts our lives.

I've only ever stayed in hostels which are mixed sex? don't stay there if you don't like it. I can't see why it's a big deal. From a business perspective, having single sex rooms is stupid because they could be fully booked for one sex, but still have loads of beds available.

People seem to say ‘GDPR’ for all manner of things it doesn’t actually apply to.
They can have single sex rooms and they could ask on booking - same as many places ask for details when booking.
GDPR would prevent them telling you things like the persons name and address!

So you’ve shared a double room with just one single bloke you don’t know, all on your own and nothing happened, so that will also be the case for all women who share rooms with men they don’t know, is that what you’re saying?