International Drop Hostel World Day. Down with the giant.

By now most of you know that Hostel World is raising their commission rates from 10 to 12%.

At Hostel Times we are made up of hostel owners both former and current along with travel enthusiasts. And personally as an active hostel owner with a listing on Hostel World the increase will cause me to raise my rates which in return will cause a negative backlash with my hostel guests.

Most of us got into Hostel owning because we love everything that it entails, we're all passionate about traveling and meeting amazing people. And I think we all know the best travelers are the ones that stay in hostels.

If you do a little research you'll see that Hostel World Makes over a million dollars a month. They were purchased in 2009 by Web Reservation International for 458 million dollars. Thus taking it out of the hands of the former hostel owner that started the website. Along with him leaving, I believe his core hostel owner and hostel goer values left as well.

Alone nothing can be done, but together as hostel owners if we unite and say "No" we won't be taken advantage of. And if we all decide to leave and actually take action on it, it will send a direct message to the booking websites that it is not possible to have a hostel booking engine with out the hostels.

February 27, 2014 is when Hostel World is implementing their raise in commission fees. It's also "International Drop Hostel World Day"

Hostel Times welcomes all new hostels that wish to switch to our booking engine. We stand to benefit from Hostel World's greed but we also encourage you to list allocations with Hostels Club as well, which I will personally be doing with my hostel.

Thank You For Your Time,

Hostel Times Team

**Update: Please join us for our event on facebook and eventbrite to show our collaborative effort to fight the giant. Below are the links.

Facebook Event

Eventbrite