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re: Anybody ever stayed in a Hostel before?
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:02 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:02 pm to Jim Rockford
See none of that sounds the slightest bit appealing to me. I like having my privacy and I don't trust others to not steal my stuff.
I like staying in a hotel and having the tv on in the room while I'm getting ready to go out for the evening. Like being able to sit on the bed in my underwear if I wish watching tv while I put my makeup up in the morning.
I like staying in a hotel and having the tv on in the room while I'm getting ready to go out for the evening. Like being able to sit on the bed in my underwear if I wish watching tv while I put my makeup up in the morning.
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Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:03 pm to lsunurse
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I like staying in a hotel and having the tv on in the room while I'm getting ready to go out for the evening. Like being able to sit on the bed in my underwear if I wish watching tv while I put my makeup up in the morning.
Just to be clear a lot of the hostels in Spain have private rooms. Not all though...
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:04 pm to lsunurse
quote:We like some of those things as well. Not the makeup one.
See none of that sounds the slightest bit appealing to me. I like having my privacy and I don't trust others to not steal my stuff.
I like staying in a hotel and having the tv on in the room while I'm getting ready to go out for the evening. Like being able to sit on the bed in my underwear if I wish watching tv while I put my makeup up in the morning.
This post was edited on 10/12/15 at 5:05 pm
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:05 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Poland. 1989.
It was the height of Batman mania, and a few of us went to Warsaw because that was the closest city where we could find a version in English. We had been on a nice tour group, and I was a freshman in college with a few buddies from a study abroad experience.
We made advance arrangements in Warsaw to stay at this one particular hostel that our tour group suggested because we would have to spend the night in Warsaw.
It was dank. It was dark, and I suggested that the three of us leave immediately to find a real hotel to stay at for the night. Somehow, I let them convince me to stay.
I refused to go to sleep. Stayed up the entire eight hours and 16 minutes we were there and left as soon as dawn broke to find a cab to get us the hell out of there.
The night that wouldn't end.
JK...Have never stayed in a hostel.
It was the height of Batman mania, and a few of us went to Warsaw because that was the closest city where we could find a version in English. We had been on a nice tour group, and I was a freshman in college with a few buddies from a study abroad experience.
We made advance arrangements in Warsaw to stay at this one particular hostel that our tour group suggested because we would have to spend the night in Warsaw.
It was dank. It was dark, and I suggested that the three of us leave immediately to find a real hotel to stay at for the night. Somehow, I let them convince me to stay.
I refused to go to sleep. Stayed up the entire eight hours and 16 minutes we were there and left as soon as dawn broke to find a cab to get us the hell out of there.
The night that wouldn't end.
JK...Have never stayed in a hostel.
This post was edited on 10/12/15 at 5:06 pm
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:06 pm to NYNolaguy1
But do they have private rooms with a private bathroom and a decent tv with basic cable channels? And a clean bed that won't give you lice or bedbugs?And wifi?
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:07 pm to lsunurse
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Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:07 pm to lsunurse
quote:Seriously nurse, since when did this bother you?
And a clean bed that won't give you lice or bedbugs
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:09 pm to Count Chocula
I'm not a germaphobe at all.....but where have you been?
Bedbugs are a huge problem in hotels in some places.
Bedbugs are a huge problem in hotels in some places.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:10 pm to PrivatePublic
Yes, stayed at a few in Australia and New Zealand when I was abroad. Had an awesome time at one in sydney when I met a bunch of british, irish and scots. They knew how to party
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:11 pm to lsunurse
quote:In places you shall never see the light of day... all over the world.
.....but where have you been?
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:11 pm to PrivatePublic
Several in Alaska but was long ago. One time it was in a church.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:15 pm to PrivatePublic
I stayed in the Christian Youth hostel when I went to Amsterdam. It was the only one that had vacancies. They were pretty friendly until I told the Boudreaux and Thibodeaux "Heinelick Maneuver" joke. Then, they got kind of cold on me.
Friggin' puritans.
Friggin' puritans.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:17 pm to lsunurse
Well, I've stayed at a hostel in Jackson Hole for $20/night when the going rate for a hotel room was $200+ a night, if you could find a room at all. All I wanted was a place to sleep and take a shower, and it was more than adequate for that. If you're spending a lot of time in your room on vacation, you're doing it wrong anyway. IIRC they had lockers with combination locks for your valuables.
Maybe you get lowlife transients in some of those places, but I've never found it to be the case. That particular time, it was mostly backpackers/climbers, and cowboys in town for the rodeo. One guy was an architect from the west coast. He could well afford a room, but why? He was headed into the backcountry the next day anyway.
Maybe you get lowlife transients in some of those places, but I've never found it to be the case. That particular time, it was mostly backpackers/climbers, and cowboys in town for the rodeo. One guy was an architect from the west coast. He could well afford a room, but why? He was headed into the backcountry the next day anyway.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:18 pm to blueboy
You were in Amsterdam staying at a religious hostel?
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:19 pm to PrivatePublic
I have stayed in two hostels. One in Dublin and one in Barcelona. They were fine, nothing terribly bad. But after using airbnb I would never stay in a hostel again. You can get your own room for around the same price as a hostel in most cities.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:22 pm to PrivatePublic
Stayed at Balmers in Interlaken, Switzerland in 2009. It was the tits. Parties at the bar under the building every night, and large beer garden setup on grounds out back. Only downside was the drainage in the communal showers, which caused the shower water to perpetually stay ankle deep. Wear shower flip flops and make sure not to have any open wounds on your feet.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:22 pm to PrivatePublic
Expect a creepy old British guy to be sleeping above you. He looks like he has never once clipped his toe nails and his feet hand eight inches off the end of the bed. And he traveled to Madrid for the sole purpose of buying an entire duffle bag full of Marlboro Reds, cuz they are cheaper there. True story.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:22 pm to PrivatePublic
Did it the whole time I traveled in Thailand. The only time I was there was to shower and sleep so it worked out well.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:23 pm to Jim Rockford
I guess those would be suitable for a single guy traveling. But would you stay at a hostel with a GF or wife?
I don't spend a lot of time in my room either on vacations..,,but the time I am(sleeping, getting ready to go out, etc)....I want to be comfortable. I'd stay at an Econolodge or Super8 or Motel 6 before a hostel if I was that budget crunched.
I don't spend a lot of time in my room either on vacations..,,but the time I am(sleeping, getting ready to go out, etc)....I want to be comfortable. I'd stay at an Econolodge or Super8 or Motel 6 before a hostel if I was that budget crunched.
Posted on 10/12/15 at 5:23 pm to blueboy
quote:
I stayed in the Christian Youth hostel when I went to Amsterdam. It was the only one that had vacancies.
I initially read that as 'vaccines' and thought it made pretty good sense.
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