I found this article interesting. I certainly remember the days marketing the hostel before the Internet. We routinely used to make best friends out of the information desk people at the airport and bus stations.
Personally, I feel the Internet has had a least two down sides to hostels:
1. It's now possible to plan every minute of your trip - in advance of your trip. And because it's possible, many travelers do it. This leaves no room for the kind of spontaneity and serendipitous community backpackers used to have.
2. For some travelers it's very hard to leave their friends and family behind. Instead of enjoying all the great new friendships possible in the hostel, some travelers have a hard time getting off the email, Facebook and Skype.
Darren Overby
Pacific Tradewinds Hostel, LLC
San Francisco
12 years
Hi Darren and all other hostel managers and enthusiasts!
Glad you found the article interesting. In the meantime I published another one: First Hand Testimonials - How Did Hostels Communicate Before Internet. It was in 2010 I believe when I was doing a project for Uni about Communication of hostels in pre-inernet era compared to todays' internet era, and I have to thank everyone here on Hostelmanagement forum helping me with valuable information.
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