Backpacker hostels

I've stayed in youth hostels most places I've traveled too. My least favourite was a quite weird one in Nottingham and a couple of the ones I've tried in London, far too warm. And the very damp and weird one I stayed in at my first trip to Orkney. I liked all the youth hostels I stayed in on my trip to New Zealand, they had such nice beds. The ones in Australia was OK, we went for double rooms, not dormitories, so we got nice rooms but they were all a bit cold. Not sure if they were saving money or if they actually didn't have any heating. One of the best youth hostels I stayed in was the one in Lerwick on Shetland, it has 5 stars I think. Good beds, very nice and clean showers, friendly staff and we and the other guests were so tired in the evenings that everyone fell asleep no matter what. Unlike the 18 person dormitory in Rome, where people came and went all night. And I nearly forgot the happy French men in Dublin! How could I. It was a mixed dormitory, me and my friend and 4 French blokes that were there for the rugby. They came back at 3 in the night, happy and drunk and starting singing very loudly and dancing some kind of weird dance. Very strange. One had pink boxers with green frogs. Also very strang.

I've stayed in youth hostels most places I've traveled too. My least favourite was a quite weird one in Nottingham and a couple of the ones I've tried in London, far too warm. And the very damp and weird one I stayed in at my first trip to Orkney. I liked all the youth hostels I stayed in on my trip to New Zealand, they had such nice beds. The ones in Australia was OK, we went for double rooms, not dormitories, so we got nice rooms but they were all a bit cold. Not sure if they were saving money or if they actually didn't have any heating. One of the best youth hostels I stayed in was the one in Lerwick on Shetland, it has 5 stars I think. Good beds, very nice and clean showers, friendly staff and we and the other guests were so tired in the evenings that everyone fell asleep no matter what. Unlike the 18 person dormitory in Rome, where people came and went all night. And I nearly forgot the happy French men in Dublin! How could I. It was a mixed dormitory, me and my friend and 4 French blokes that were there for the rugby. They came back at 3 in the night, happy and drunk and starting singing very loudly and dancing some kind of weird dance. Very strange. One had pink boxers with green frogs. Also very strang.

All over Europe. They were great. In the UK you had to do a chore before you could leave. I'll never forget the time we were in Scotland and got assigned to do the dishes. There was a crew in there doing them already, so we said we'd come back after they did half of them. They left us all of them.

I would love to have the kind of experience you've had! I have never ventured out there as it were and taken a risk. It sounds very exciting all the same and would love to know how you pushed yourself to do something like that. I guess it's the cheapest way to travel and stay somewhere. As always, it all boils down to finance and where you are at financially. I don't have the funds to do something like that right now but would love to try and travel down this path in the future! Andrew

i have stayed in several backpacker hostels when traveling in vietnam also. other conditions on the hostels are all ok but i can't stand the low quality of the bed clothes what the hostels provided. the rough material may hurt us if we do not care it very much.but that's good to save money for most backpackers.

I stayed in Youth Hostels all over the USA, Canada and the UK when I was travelling in the late 90's. I found them to be great value for money and great places to meet some amazing fellow travellers as well as some very interesting weirdos...LOL I stayed in dorm rooms as well as private rooms. They ranged in price from around $6 or $7 per night in the USA to I think 20 pounds per night in London. That scared us big time when we got to England as it was the equivalent of about $60 Aussie dollars at the time. I was lucky that I had friends in London and was able to stay with them for a week for free after paying the top rate in the London Youth Hostel. I think my favourite one out of my whole trip was in Moab, Utah in the USA. It had a great atmosphere the nights we were there and we got really drunk with some fellow Aussie travellers that we met there. It was funny when we were travelling across the United States as we kept coming across the same girl in hostels as we went. We met her in Yosemite, California, then bumped into her again the next week in Flagstaff, Arizona and then again she was staying in the same hostel as us in New York City 3 weeks later!

In India youth hostel is kind of expensive. But I stayed in a dorm at this place when we travelled with school. But there are many guest houses and home stay facilities in my country these days, and that makes it much cheaper. And, there are guest houses and lodges especially for backpackers, mostly when we travel in the mountains, and they are all pretty comfortable and clean to stay. Also, the state of Kerala is amazing for travel conditions and stay facilities. So, I've stayed at places meant for backpackers but not at youth hostels.

I haven't stayed in the backpacker hostel yet. There is none in fact in our place. How I wish to stay there one day and meet many tourists from many parts of the world. Happy travelling. Happy mylotting too.

I've never done this but would LOVE to do it one day. How much does it cost and what did you find was the cheapest way to do it/place to go

hi maximax,i have not stayed in youth hostel till now,but i have styed in a tent for a week on NCC camp in my college days,the tent was built on the college ground itself,i think some 6 or 7 tents i have not remembered exactly,that is the thrilling experience to me that too away from home for one week that is the first and last experience of stay like that,have a nice day

I have stayed at youth hostels a couple of times. When I went to Latvia and Lithuania I stayed at two different youth hostels. In Lithuania the room was nice, but the bathrooms were a problem, because there was only one shower, and a lot of people had to share that one. I don't mind sharing the bathroom with other people, but the place was really crowded, and we had a spend a lot of time waiting in line. In Latvia there were 2 toilets and 2 showers and that made a big difference. There was also a nice common room where I met some of the other travelers. About 10 years ago I stayed at a hostel in Estonia, that was a bit more expensive, but it was a nice room. When I was a nursing student I had to spend my clinical at a hospital far away from my home, so I had to find a place to spend the night. I chose to stay at youth hostel, because that was the cheapest option. I was staying in a dorm room, but most of the time I was alone in there, because there were few tourists at that time of the year. When I had been there for a while another student arrived and we shared the same room for a while and we became friends.

Maybe there is a different life style between you and me, or I haven't ability to travel the places I want like you. As you know to travel will spend my time and money, it's still the expensive consuming for me. Yes, once a time if I have this chance I would visit these beautiful scenery in my brain for a long time, and I prefer the way you described, travel alone and think on the way, that may give me difference sense or significant feelings about the nature, culture, life time etc.