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Chapter 21 of 30 · 1 min read

Adult Camp Harassment, Conflict and Room Problems

Publish clear conduct expectations and a private route for raising concerns. Assign someone to respond fairly, record facts and arrange practical next steps. Include privacy, noise, harassment and room problems in the hosting plan.

Publish conduct expectations before booking. Guests should know the rules for harassment, discrimination, privacy, noise, property, and unsafe behaviour.

Give people a direct way to report a problem. Provide a route outside the person involved and outside the main facilitator where possible.

Respond promptly and privately. Listen to the report, protect immediate safety, record facts, and follow the reviewed process. Do not force a complainant into public mediation or a group forgiveness exercise.

A room disagreement may be about routines; harassment is more serious. Do not treat every concern as a simple personality clash. Seek appropriate professional or emergency help where needed.

Have practical options: a room change if available, separated activities, a conduct warning, removal under the terms, or another safe response. Do not promise options you have not funded.

If a guest leaves, arrange clear belongings, payment, and transport communication. A fair conduct process does not remove the need to avoid an unsafe departure.

Your task: Rehearse a complaint about a popular facilitator and a room problem when no spare room is available.

Put this chapter to work

Optional · Putting your plan into practice

Using Bookify for this goal

This part starts with your own planning and judgement. Use the guide and its worksheets to work through it with your team.

When you are ready to put your camp plan into a booking system, you can explore a sample camp in Bookify or see what the software can help you do.