contact us We welcome your comments and love to hear from you. However - please do not use the addresses below for availability enquiries.All email addresses and SIH business, is run entirely by dedicated and hardworking unpaid volunteers so please be clear and precise with all your questions so we can respond to you as quickly as possible. Membership questions Want to join the largest national network of Independent Hostels in the world? Looking for information on starting a hostel? Speak to the Membership Secretary Murdo Morrison, who runs Bayfield Backpackers in Portree, on the Isle of Skye. membershipsecretary@hostel-scotland.co.ukComplaints Our Members' establishments are inspected annually by VisitScotland's Quality Assurance Department. However, despite hostel owners’ best efforts, very occasionally things can go wrong. If you have already complained to the hostel owner/manager, but would still like to take the complaint further, please contact the SIH team, who will assure you that all complaints are taken seriously and investigated thoroughly in liaison with VisitScotland's QA Department. sih@hostel-scotland.co.ukGot a problem/suggestion for the website? Please contact our webmaster with any relevant link requests and any other suggestions/feedback you have. webmaster@hostel-scotland.co.ukAdvertising We are actively seeking advertising partners and our Marketing Group would be delighted to hear from you. adverts@hostel-scotland.co.ukThe other board members Our hardworking and very vibrant SIH Board of Directors are:
Paul Allen Andrew Donaldson - SIH Vice Chairman. Andrew is one of the employee owners at Comrie Croft Hostel. He's very happily married to Malize (sorry ladies!) and they have two wee boys. When he's not reading or writing emails for SIH he likes nothing better than doing anything involving mountains
Rosemary Samios - Secretary Rosemary lives at Sydney, she's married to Jim, a lawyer. She takes the minutes by BT Conferencing. Rosemary was a physiotherapist in her previous incarnation. She owns Portree Independent Hostel and is a proud grandmother.
"Patricia is one half of Abernethy Bunkhouses now ending its 27th year. She trained at the Royal Ballet School yet now describes herself as a computer avatar because she seldom leaves the office! She does so only to put on one of a diverse series of tourism hats and go for adventures with her grandson. Her husband Richard keeps the customers amused during their visits and her 2 daughters have flown the nest." Murdo Morrison - Membership Secretary Murdo owns and runs Bayfield Backpackers in Portree.
Mahmud Malik Since February 2010, Mahmud owns and runs Alba Hostel Glasgow in the West End of Glasgow. Previously, he owned and managed a care home for the elderly for 19 years. Before that, Mahmud operated a number of businesses across various sectors. In his spare time, he likes keeping fit, going to the gym, walking and travelling around the world, from the dusty streets of Lahore to the hustle and bustle of Manhattan. Mahmud is married to Sajida and has five children.