A MELBOURNE woman is seeking an exemption from anti-discrimination laws to set up a women-only travel service for women sick of tour groups centred on booze and bed-hopping.

Erin Maitland, a former tour guide, got the idea for her new business venture when several women friends told her they could not find a tour company that catered for their interests.

Erin Maitland is seeking to set up Travel Sisters, a women-only travel service. Credit:Rebecca Hallas

Ms Maitland is seeking to set up Travel Sisters, a women-only travel service. Her case is one of only a handful such hearings to come before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal since the Victorian Charter of Human Rights was introduced three years ago.

This year, a party company specialising in dance events for lesbians and bisexual women won the legal right to ban men. A Melbourne primary school was granted an exemption to employ a male handler for a violent pupil who would be a danger to women.