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10 Struggles Every Backpacker Who Has Slept on a Top Bunk Will Understand
All of us have been there. You check into your hostel, and someone on staff shows you up to your room. He opens the door, he points out your bed… and it’s the top bunk. The top bunk. No backpacker in the history of backpacking has ever been excited to sleep on the top bunk […]
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Hostel Etiquette: Dos and Don’ts For Being a Good Hostel Mate
No one likes a bad hostel roommate. You know the type: smelly, messy, rude. The guy that spreads his stuff out all over the room, the guy who doesn’t understand personal space, the guy who doesn’t understand personal hygiene. The guy who doesn’t understand hostel etiquette. Don’t be that guy. When staying in hostels, a […]
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Backpacker Hostel Pranks to Pull in a Hostel
It’s almost April Fools Day — one of our favorite holidays here at The Backslackers. No matter where you’re traveling this year, you can celebrate April Fools by pulling epic hostel pranks on your hostelmates, fellow travelers, or even your friends and family back home. Stumped for ideas? No worries, we’ve got you covered. Here’s […]
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10 Types of Hostels You Might Stay at When Traveling
You might think you know what a hostel is, but do you really know hostels? Gone are the day of cookie cutter backpacker accommodation where you know what to expect. Nowadays there are hostels of every type for every type of traveler in every location you might want to travel to and at every price […]
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Ten Travel Conundrums Every Backpacker Has Faced
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost There comes a time in every backpacker’s trip where they face a travel conundrum, where they have to make a choice. Sometimes it’s a quick decision that really doesn’t […]
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Where & how to have sex in a hostel.
You know it’s going to come up. You meet a hot Swedish chick on a gap year. You hit it off, have a few buckets, and she’s ready to go. The only problem is that you’re both staying in a hostel, and hostels aren’t exactly known for their privacy. Plus, most hostels prohibit sex on […]
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Five Ways to Get Free Accommodation in a Hostel
No one has the budget to travel forever. No one. You may think you have enough money in savings but eventually it will all run out. Every cent of it. But there are ways to stretch your travel dollar. Accommodation will be one of your biggest expenses when traveling the world. Unless you take an […]
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10 Annoying Things Backpackers Do in a Dorm Room
There are plenty of things to be annoyed about when staying in a hostel: early check out times, crappy free breakfast, flooding showers, dirty sheets. The list goes on and on. But sometimes the most annoying thing about being in a hostel is the other backpackers and the annoying things backpackers do. Load, rude, obnoxious: […]
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Five Hostel Rules You Don’t Need to Follow
The best parts about hostels: the drinking, the people, the community. The worst part about hostels: the hostel rules. All hostels have them, those laminated sheets of paper taped up all over the common room, all over the bathroom, and all over the dorm rooms telling you what you can’t do. What you can’t do? […]
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Free E-Book: How to Choose the Right Hostel
When you’re traveling around the world you are going to stay in a lot of hostels. It’s really the only choice for accommodation. But, with so many options to choose from, it’s hard to know which place to pick. How do you choose the right hostel?