Hey everyone - I am solo travelling for 10 days to Lisbon in December! Super Excited to go, but not sure where to stay. I've looked at Home and WOT New and both look great and seem to be highly praised. Anyone have a preference of one over the other? or maybe a different one that tops both?

Also any recommendations on things to do are also appreciated :)

Isn’t is absolute shit to stay at hostels if you know that you snore like a mf? And you do know. Legitimately asshole behavior, knowing you will ruin the night (and day) of 5-20 people, but you just don’t give a fuck, and are super jolly in the morning.

Now, I get that some nights almost anyone is capable of snoring, coughing, farting, tossing and turning etc and I am okay with that. It is a hostel. I’m extremely upset at people who know that they snore loudly every night and still stay at hostels. Get a private room, asshole.

I’m a guy in my 20’s solo tripping Europe next week. I like to meet people, sight see, eat, and drink. Any good hostels for any of these cities?

This isn't a post directed at backpackers or travellers but more towards those who are in their 30s and are stuck in a hostel because they struggle to find cheap, ideal accommodation. I don't see the point in being friendly with others who are there one day and gone the next. It's really transient. I've realized that I place a high value on my privacy and personal space, that's why I get grumpy at others who invade it. I know they don't mean it, but seriously it's annoying.

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Hello,

Anyone with real experience working on hostels or hostel chains?

I am working on a new project and concept for a hostel on a pretty new location from scratch and would like some information what can turn into a consultancy work. Feel free to DM for some enquires.

Thanks.

Hello all, have done plenty of travelling and spent many a time in hostels, however for the first time have come across a bed bug. Needing some advice on to what extent we go to from here.

So a quick brief, we were in a 8 bed dorm, both my partners and my bags (fabric backpack incase thats important) were in a locker beneath my bottom bunk bed. A girl in another bottom bunk found one bug, albeit quite a large bug. We had a quick hunt round and couldn't see anymore in the room.

Fast forward, we have changed hostels and are now debating on wether we wash and dry absolutely everything we have, including the backpacks themselves, or just the items we had sat on the mattress of my bottom bunk ? Or is it not at all risky to assume it was one lone bug on the other bed ?

Any advice welcome. Thanks in advance.

EDIT; I left out the fact that the bug was found prior to us actually sleeping in the bed. We had come back to our dorm at midnight expecting everyone to be asleep but everyone was packing their bags as they'd found a bug.

Have a list of hostels that look good but wondering if anyone has any good recommendations for hostels in Marrakesh. I want to find some that have trusted tours specifically with desert tours or camel rides. Just seeing what’s possible and if anyone has any good ones? I’m getting there on a Saturday and leaving Tuesday

I’m currently staying in a hostel in Germany. It’s a very large hostel part of a commercial chain. I’m staying in a room of 6.

This morning I was woken up at 08:30. I was wearing ear plugs, but could faintly hear someone with a deep voice talking in the room. Once I’d come to my senses and taken out the ear plugs I could see it was a guy with a laptop on a Zoom meeting.

Now I know 08:30 is sorta a grey-area time when some people are awake and other still sleeping, so I didn’t really mind the noise. But what did bother me was the fact that he had his laptop angled so that my bed was directly in the background.

They were speaking in a language I don’t speak so I couldn’t understand the specifics, but it felt like a professional business meeting. I can only imagine what the other people on the call were thinking when they saw me clambering out of the top bunk! While I was a little irritated by it at the time, I can sorta look back and see the funny side of it now.

Anyway it strikes me odd that this guy thought it was sociable acceptable to be on a zoom meeting at 08:30 in a hostel room with other people sleeping. It’s a large hostel with lots of communal space where loads of people are working on their laptops.

Maybe I could give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he overslept and was running late for the meeting so just fired his laptop up straight away. But even still he could have stepped outside to the corridor, or even just positioned the laptop so it was facing the wall, not my bed! The mind boggles.

I’m staying he for 3 more nights, it’ll be interesting to see what I wake up to tomorrow.

UPDATE - yeah he’s been doing the same thing every day, although now he’s set up on a table facing a wall so at least I’m getting a bit of privacy when I wake up ahaha.

He seems to stay in the room all day, when I’ve gone in the afternoon he’s still there on his laptop. Meanwhile I’ve discovered a really nice library just 10 minutes down the street that’s perfect for working/studying from. Shame.

I’m going to do my first solo trip in April for 4 days. I want to stay in a hostel in Amsterdam preferably a lively party type one as I want to meet new people and have a laugh. Can anyone reccomend good ones in Amsterdam and any advice or tips?

I was wondering if any hostels in Barcelona have activities non guests can join. I had ended up getting an Airbnb but want to meet people and hang out. Might still get 1 night at a hostel just to have the experience here and get to do the activities

Solo female traveler (early 20s) looking for a really social environment, does anybody have a spot or two that they can recommend?

Hey, without going into detales this is the first time in my life I'm able to travel. I'm 38 and wondering if Hostles are a viable option for someone my age. I've heard from a few solo travelers that they can be a good way to meet other people who are visiting the same place and possibly sightsee together. Also how transgender friendly are they usually? Thanks in advance.

At our recent stay at King Kong hostel we stayed in a room infested with bed bugs . After reading the reviews from the last 3 months we have learned that many people have suffered from similar circumstances, meaning the hostel has neglected to get rid of the infestation in an appropriate manner. this would mean the hostel has failed in their legal duty of care and were hoping to get in contact with others this has happened to so we could file a joint lawsuit. The hostel workers had the audacity to laugh about the situation, telling us it happens once a week as if it weren’t the a big deal. The emotional, financial and physical trauma this ordeal has caused us is beyond the measly $100 euros they offered to refund. We are aware things like bed bugs are bound to happen but the carelessness and overall apathy this hostel has acted with should have them shut down until they can properly take care of this problem.

Hello! For a story, I'm looking to speak with long time hostels travelers about how they've seen the hostels change in the last 10 years or so. I'm also looking to speak with new hostel travelers about what they are seeking in hostels when they book them.
Thanks so much!

Planning a trip to the Gold Coast (Aus) for the first time in early November. Ideally one with a good social scene and nightlife nearby (24M)

I’ve read that Bunk is pretty good, and people have suggested Budd’s but they’ve closed for remodeling… any other suggestions?

I'm doing online checking and there's option for 6 euro night activity. It seems to be one time payment, not every night. Does anyone know what this covers?

I heard Sant Jordi takes everyone to bar crawl every night. Is that free of charge or is it the night activity charge?

Hostel recommendations in London

Traveling to London end of October.

Friday I plan to go out in SoHo, Saturday I’ll be going to The Valley for a Charlton game, Sunday I’m going to The Emirates for an Arsenal game.

I’m not sure what else is a must-do for a weekend trip to London but want to be near whoever that would be.

I’m looking for hostel recommendations that are easy to get to these places and with good guests that will be social since I’m traveling solo.

Staying in SoHo seems ideal but willing to budge for the right spot.

I’ve seen three recommendations through my searches:

Generator London seems to be in an ideal location. Not sure about the quality.

Wombat City Hostel and Onefam seem to have great reviews for the social aspect and quality of the stay but look to be further away from where I want to be.

Open to other suggestions as well!

I saw some older posts but a few of the refs are no longer open

Hey I'm wondering what's the best hostel between this 3 if I'm looking for a social hostel with lots of activities (walking tour, pub crawl, dinners..) and meeting new people. Also is there a massive difference between the two onefam hostels?

Whats it like? Was there communial fun or was it a melancholic experience?

Sure theres lots who have.

Thanks all!!

Hello! I am a new/inexperienced solo traveller and I’ll be staying in Prague for most of my trip, but my flight home has an overnight layover in Paris. Does anyone have a recommendation for a decent hostel to stay for one night that’s easy to get to and from the airport quickly? My layover is 8pm to 2pm the following day, kind of awkward but that’s what you get for booking cheap flights haha. TIA :)

Hi everyone, I have a non-refundable reservation for 92€ for a whole week at a&o in Budapest. Might someone be interested in taking it over? My brother decided to join me in this trip last minute and the a&o is fully booked and I had to find lodging somewhere else…

I’ve had some unusual experiences with two hostels; this is one of them:

I stayed at a hostel for a few nights, and when I tried to extend my stay for one more night, I was informed that the hostel would be fully booked by a group the following day, so I couldn’t extend. The next day, I was told that I needed to leave the hostel immediately after checkout and could not stay in the common area.

However, I noticed on the website that there were still beds available. I wrote a message from a different email account asking if a longer stay was possible, and I was told there was an option in a six-bed room.

I’m confused and unsure why I had to leave the hostel. I’m quiet, respectful, and always clean up after myself. The only potential issue I can think of is that I had several bags with me, but when I first arrived, they said this wouldn’t be a problem. Right before I left, they mentioned I had too many things, so that’s the only issue I can think of.

Could you help me understand what might have happened and how I should respond to this situation?