How are different categories of housing defined and paid for?
• Housing is reserved and paid for according to occupancy, not capacity — i.e., according to how many people actually are in a room, and not according to the number of beds in the room. For example, one person in a room means it’s a single, whether or not the room could accommodate more than one. Two people in a room makes that room a double, three people makes it a triple, four-to-seven makes it a dorm, and eight or more (bringing own bedding) makes it an economy dorm. • So, for example, it takes four of the same gender to make a dorm. If fewer than four ask for dormitory accommodations, they are told that there aren’t enough people in that category to make a dorm, and they are then given other options — triple (not much different in cost compared to dorm), camping, double, etc. That’s one reason why it’s so important to ask each registrant for at least first and second housing preferences. If a given category is not available, the registrant can be moved to their second choice withou
