10 Things You Didn’t Know About Hostels (from Hostelbookers)
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Hostels (by Hostelbookers)
http://www.travmonkey.com/2009/09/20/10-things-you-didn%E2%80%99t-know-about-hostel/
- The 100th anniversary of youth hostelling was celebrated this year
- Flashpacking hostels are here to stay
- They take up a huge portion of the current travel industry – "It is now estimated that there are two million hostels across the globe."
- Prisons make great hostels
- Planes aren’t just for flying (Jumbo hostel)
- They’re for everyone
- Mixed dorms are not a rule
- The Facilities are as good as Hotels
- Famous people like them too
- Hostels have kitchens
[2 million hostels? Is that a typo?]
- Comments
15 years
What about famous people? Any stories?
We had a fairly well-known Hollywood actor staying at a hostel I worked at.
The former bass player of a famous hardcore/thrash band was drinking in another hostel's lounge (had to be tossed out).
15 years
Nice. Some italian football players and a singer of Articolo 31 (italian band) stayed with us in PLUS Florence :)
Nothing in Prague though :(
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