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Top 5 Reasons Why Hostels Rock

Top 5 Reasons Why Hostels Rock Like the people that populate them, hostels come in all different shapes and styles. While many hostels now offer private rooms as well as dorms, the principal definition of a hostel is found in [...]

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Traveling Green

By default, backpacking and staying in hostels is already a fairly green way of travelling. Being on a budget implies that you don’t waste resources and backpackers tend to travel by bus or train and not by plane and will [...]

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The Art Of Booking A Hostel

Sometimes hostelling feels like a battle. There’s the enforced marching with heavy packs, the rationing of food, low standards of hygiene and, all too often, cramped and cheerless sleeping quarters. To assist you with fighting the war against travel fatigue [...]

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Youth Hostels History: A Little Insight : )

There’s a little saying that goes: “You can’t get to where you’re going unless you know where you’ve been.” In the same light, you can’t really appreciate a youth hostel unless you know all about the youth hostel’s history. In [...]

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Travelers: Get your story here

Your bus journey to Grandma involved a strange encounter? Rad! Tell us about it! You and your friends survived a cataclysmic event? Insane! Tell us more! You didn’t get to where you thought you would, but that place you been [...]

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