Membership of SYHA Hostelling Scotland gives you access to all of our youth hostels in Scotland, and over 4500 hostels in 60 other countries around the world.

Our adult individual membership costs just £10 per year (students and juniors get free membership - details below), making it great value whether you are travelling at home or abroad.  Non-members pay an additional cost each night for temporary membership, but full members pay only the published prices.

Benefits of Membership

• Access to all the SYHA Hostelling Scotland hostels at members prices.
• Membership of HI, Hostelling International, gives you access to all the Hostelling International hostels around the world.
• Local and national discounts with leading name companies - for a full list click HERE
• Free copy of annual Hosteller magazine
• Quarterly email newsletter
• Support a charity - SYHA Hostelling Scotland would not exist without the support of its members

Membership Benefits

As a member, you can get discounts with a range of local and national companies by showing your membership card. Each youth hostel has a list of the local benefits available to members, and a list of national discounts is available here.

Join Today

• Online:  Buy Membership
• By phone: +44 (0)1786 891400
• By post: Download a membership application form HERE
• At a hostel: Buy your membership at any of our youth hostels (excluding Glen Affric and affiliate hostels) please bring photographic ID when joing at our Youth Hostels

Support a Charity

As a registered charity, we rely on the support of our members. By staying in our network, you are helping to ensure the survival of remote and rustic hostels in some of the most beautiful parts of the country.

A number of Members' Groups have been set up, to enable hostellers to pursue common interests such as walking, mountaineering, wildlife-watching or photography. 

As a member, you can choose to get more involved with the direction of SYHA Hostelling Scotland, by voting for Council and Board members, or by standing for election yourself. And of course, we always welcome volunteers who want to make a more direct contribution by helping to maintain, develop and run our youth hostels.

Replacement Membership Cards

Those who require a replacement membership card will incur the following charges.

Life Membership £5.00
All other cards £3.50

We are grateful to you for your continued support of SYHA Hostelling Scotland.

Postage & Packaging

Collection can be arranged at any SYHA Hostelling Scotland Youth Hostel, or a UK postal address free of charge.  Please contact the membership team to arrange.  All new Memberships that are required to be posted outside the UK will be charged a Postage and Packaging fee of £2.50.