The Social Hub is for the bride whose hen brief was essentially: can we just go somewhere good instead? It mixes hotel rooms with coworking, lounges, restaurants and enough communal space that meeting downstairs doesn’t mean twelve people standing beside reception pretending not to block the door.

Bedrooms are mostly made for one or two rather than squeezing everyone together, so the appeal isn’t clever room capacity. It’s what happens outside them. There are sofas, games, work-and-hangout spaces and a rooftop that now does sharing plates, DJs and cocktails until late. Basically, everyone can actually spend time together without turning somebody’s double room into an unofficial dressing room.

And then there’s Merchant City outside. Dinner, drinks and the rest of central Glasgow require very little planning from here. It’s social without being “hen hotel” social — which, for the person who has categorically opted out of having one, is rather the point.

Important: The Social Hub’s current policy does not accept hen parties. This listing is for genuine bridesmaids or girls’ weekends where the bride has opted out of a traditional hen, not for re-labelling a hen booking.