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Youth hostel

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PerkyOchrePeer · 27/01/2025 16:25

I found a thread on this title but it wasn't able to be commented on so I've made a new one

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PerkyOchrePeer · 27/01/2025 16:35

I went travelling solo to two places in Australia and in both places I stayed at an Ibis

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Hillarious · 27/01/2025 16:35

Have booked a family room when the kids were younger, so five of us in one room. Great value and good fun for the kids. We’ve also stayed in the youth hostel in St Moritz in Switzerland on a cycling holiday and that was rather special.

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PerkyOchrePeer · 27/01/2025 16:34

I usually go to an Ibis hotel and they're not the most expensive and they're really good value for money and then nice and our clean and the staff are friendly

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FosteringNewbie · 27/01/2025 16:34

PerkyOchrePeer · 27/01/2025 16:28

If I was desperate to be somewhere and couldn't afford a hotel I don't think I'd go on the holiday I'd rather stay at home and save up the money until I could afford a hotel

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Well, quite. If money wasn't an issue then I assume hostels wouldn't exist! It's cheap for a reason.

Many people make the decision to just travel and stay in hotels (and only go when they can afford to!) But some (mostly younger travellers on gap years/uni students) are happy to stay in budget accommodation in order to travel.

Lyn348 · 27/01/2025 16:31

When I've travelled solo youth hostels have been a cheap option and a good way to meet others. It's not clear to me what you hated about the hostel. If you didn't like making breakfast with others in a shared kitchen then why didn't you just go out to a cafe?

NotthinglikeaBondGirl · 27/01/2025 16:31

CloudywMeatballs · 27/01/2025 16:29

Hostel/Hostile/Hospital?

Surely you realised that was a typo not a Freudian slip?

CloudywMeatballs · 27/01/2025 16:29

Hostel/Hostile/Hospital?

NotthinglikeaBondGirl · 27/01/2025 16:29

Depends on your circumstances and the hostel. There are some very good ones, but I wouldn't take under 16's to them due to possible abuse issues. But then, due to childhood abuse I was a rather over-protective parent.

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PerkyOchrePeer · 27/01/2025 16:28

If I was desperate to be somewhere and couldn't afford a hotel I don't think I'd go on the holiday I'd rather stay at home and save up the money until I could afford a hotel

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FosteringNewbie · 27/01/2025 16:27

PerkyOchrePeer · 27/01/2025 16:25

What are people's reasons for staying in a hostile on the holiday do you do it because it's cheap when you can't afford a hotel

Mostly yes. It can be a fun way of meeting new people but overall it's because of cost.

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PerkyOchrePeer · 27/01/2025 16:25

What are people's reasons for staying in a hostile on the holiday do you do it because it's cheap when you can't afford a hotel

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neverknowinglyunreasonable · 27/01/2025 16:25

YABU

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