UPDATE: There is now an entire forum section called Hostel Videos. Check it out!
I'm interested in listing examples of hostels that are using online video to promote themselves. Anyone using video to promote their hostel(s) online?
The best example I've seen is from Wombats Hostels (but the videos appear to be temporarily offline).
Here is an example of a hostel chain (Equity Point) using YouTube to showcase their properties:
16 years
we're about to start a 'video of the week' contest for our (mostly) long term staff - trying to get videos of 'life on the mountain'. basically, its to generate a heap of fodder for the website - and we'll be giving out prizes in the, so hopefully that'll generate a bit of business too. when it all kicks off, ill try and post a couple of vids.
16 years
Great idea... If they are YouTube videos, feel free to embed examples in the forum. The code is [ youtube ] (no spaces) then the code of the YouTube video (a short string of characters and numbers at the end of the YouTube URL), then close it with the tag [ /youtube ] (no spaces).
Like this example but without the spaces:
[ youtube ]4Kv2wrlEQ6w[ /youtube ]
16 years
Great idea... If they are YouTube videos, feel free to embed examples in the forum. The code is [ youtube ] (no spaces) then the code of the YouTube video (a short string of characters and numbers at the end of the YouTube URL), then close it with the tag [ /youtube ] (no spaces).
Like this example but without the spaces:
[ youtube ]4Kv2wrlEQ6w[ /youtube ]
no probs. you wouldnt happen to know a basic video editing program would you? we just want to try and watermark or somehow put our logo in the corner - something to link us to the video if its not being watched on our website (which hopefully is going to be updated sooner rather than later).
16 years
There is a list of free open-source video editing programs on Wikipedia.
Here are some free ones -- I haven't tried them though:
jahshaka.org - Home
Avid Free DV Software Support
Jumpcut - Be good to your video
I'm on Linux and just started experimenting with a video editor called Kino:
Linux Digital Video
16 years
I haven't heard of it, but it looks interesting. Have you seen it?
16 years
A friend made this one about life in Plakias Hostel.
I am reluctant to use it as a marketing tool . . . or?
Opinions please.
Max the volume!
16 years
Opinions please.
:D heh heh... good stuff.
I wonder if you could embed your URL in it...
16 years
We are in the process of adding hostel videos to the BUG website. BUG currently has three people on the road in Australia and New Zealand updating our information and also filming hostels.
We don't charge for the videos. Basically we want the information on BUG to be useful to travellers and a video gives a much better idea of what a place is like compared to photos and it is a great addition to the reviews that travellers or our own reviewers write.
So far we have made videos of around 80 hostels with an extra couple of hundred being filmed in the next month or so. Right now we are filming hostels in Australia and New Zealand (since we are also reviewing these for our guidebooks) but I hope to add videos for Europe and North America later in the year.
We are editing the videos right now and should put them online in the next month.
We will most probably use Vimeo rather than YouTube since it means that we won't have the YouTube watermark on the videos but it still lets hostels embed the video on their own site as well.
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