Comments on: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Hostels

By: Mandy Gore-Booth

Mandy Gore-Booth — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:13:21 +0000

I love this article. Grungy hostels are a thing of the past. There is really a new breed of chic and stylish hostels opening up – in London and across Europe. My point #11 would be that most now have en-suite rooms too. No more communal showers down the hall.

Thanks
Mandy

By: Carla

Carla — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:41:02 +0000

Another great ex-jail hostel is Hostel Celica in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It's awesome!!

By: When is a Backpackers Hostel Not A Hostel? | Travel The World | TravMonkey World Travel

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:25:56 +0000

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By: TravMonkey

TravMonkey — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:22:33 +0000

Hi Josh,

Thanks, I'll chase it up with Hostelbookers and see what they say. Interesting discussion anyway.

Thanks,

Paul @

TravMonkey.com

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:47:34 +0000

@Paul

Here is a 12-page discussion about it involving people from the hostel industry around the world:
http://www.hostelmanagement.com/forum/f15/definit...

The condensed version extracted from that discussion is here:
http://www.hostelmanagement.com/glossary/hostel.h...

The largest hostel booking engine in the world claims to list "29,439 Hostels and other cheap places to stay worldwide". I'm guessing that only about one third of their properties are actually hostels (i.e., ~8,000 to 10,000). There are many hostels that aren't listed on that specific website, but it's in the hundreds, not millions.

That's why I think it has to be a typo…

By: TravMonkey

TravMonkey — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:25:45 +0000

Hi Josh,

Yeh post the links, it would be an interesting read. To be honest I would have no idea how many hostels there are .

Thanks,

Paul @
TravMonkey.com

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:53:14 +0000

@Paul

I can only imagine that it’s a typo or a mistake that their editor missed. I’ve been in the hostel industry for 8 years and the “2 million” number is just not anywhere close to reality.

A guesthouse is a completely different class of accommodation than a hostel. Hostels have shared accommodation. There is sometimes overlap (a property might be a “guesthouse and hostel”), but properties without shared accommodation are not hostels. I could send you some links to discussions about it if you are interested…

By: TravMonkey

TravMonkey — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:16:05 +0000

Hi Josh,

You better ask HostelBookers.com the guys from their blog wrote the article. I’m not sure, it depends what you class as a hostel really. If you include guest houses, there are probably a huge amount.

Thanks,

Paul @
TravMonkey.com

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:07:15 +0000

There are not anywhere near 2 million hostels around the world. Maybe 8,000 to 10,000 would be a more reasonable guess.

By: TravMonkey

TravMonkey — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:49:12 +0000

Cheers M,

I think HostelBookers have it labelled incorrectly on their flickr account!

Paul @

TravMonkey.com

By: M

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:47:33 +0000

Definitely Plus Prague:

Photo 8

http://www.hostelbookers.com/hostels/czech-republ…

By: TravMonkey

TravMonkey — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:00:05 +0000

Hi D,

Not sure about the photo, it's one of hostelbookers and is labeled as the Pink Hostel.

Thanks for the comment,

Paul @

TravMonkey.com

By: D

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:48:54 +0000

Hi David,

A cool article again

However I think that the picture above does not belong to Pink Hostel, New York. It belongs to Plus Prague Hostel in Prague!

Sorry, I do not mean, I just have a good memory.

Awaiting for the new articles.

Thanks

By: TravMonkey

TravMonkey — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:11:20 +0000

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your comment. I’ve staying in many hostels and guest houses in Asia, as you say they tend to not have dorm rooms but you actually get your own room. Sometimes I found this a little less social, but other times it didn’t matter as the communal areas were quite good.

Thanks,

Paul @
TravMonkey.com

By: Christopher Day

Christopher Day — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:43:47 +0000

Its kinda funny I travelled when I was 18 to England stayed in Hostels Near London paid about 5.60 pounds per night , I fell in love and have travelled all over in them ,Wherever I was in Indonesia or In Vietnam , but have to say in Asia allot of the mini hotels call them selves hostels , which is cool ,cause you get a room all to your self for about the same price.

By: TravMonkey

TravMonkey — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:10:18 +0000

Hi Dave,

Yeh it's a big figure, although thinking about it… there are quite a lot of hostel around that aren't even on the web.

Paul @

TravMonkey.com

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:39:07 +0000

"It is now estimated that there are two million hostels across the globe."

I had no idea there were so many hostels!