List of Hostel Chains Worldwide
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This thread is an attempt to list hostel chains worldwide (or at least any hostel with two or more locations).
I think it would be an interesting list. If you add to the list please note any hostel chains that are owned by hotel chains and put the number of hostels in parenthesis.
I'll start a brief list that can be expanded. There might be too many to list all of them, but when the list is large enough I will compile it into one document sorted by country.
- Jazz Hostels, USA (6 hostels)
- USA Hostels (4 hostels)
- Green Tortoise, Seattle and San Francisco, USA (2 hostels)
- Floyd's Hostel & Fort Lauderdale Beach Hostel, Florida, USA (2 hostels)
- Nomads World, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji (9 hostels?)
- Base Backpackers, New Zealand & Australia (11 hostels?)
- Wombats, Germany, Austria (4 hostels?)
- Hostels Oasis, Spain and Portugal (3 hostels)
- Home Hostels, Spain (3 hostels?)
- Flying Pig Hostels, Netherlands (3 hostels)
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16 years
I just noticed that someone updated the List of Hostel Chains and increased the number of beds for A&O Hostels to 5000. Base previously had the highest number at 4100 beds.
Does that make A&O the biggest hostel chain in the world? Did they just expand, or was the Wiki missing some data?
16 years
As a matter of fact A&O has far more beds then just 5000.
But for an exact information you just just ask them.
On what number do you measure the size of a hostel chain. The numbers of beds or of hostels?
What a bout St. Christopfers if ist just about the numbers of hostels?
16 years
On what number do you measure the size of a hostel chain. The numbers of beds or of hostels?
At the moment the measurement is number of dorm beds, but it might be useful to keep track of number of properties too. This is what it looks like at the moment for hostels with four or more self-owned locations, not including the HI networks' self-owned hostels:
- St. Christopher's Inns: 15
- A&O Hostels: 12
- Nomads Hostels: 13
- Base Hostels: 11
- Meininger Hostels: 8
- Jazz Hostels: 7
- Smart Hostels, London: 6
- Equity Point: 5
- Loftstel: 5
- Wombat's Hostels: 4
- Astors: 4
- Nathans Villa: 4 (+1 in 2009)
- Journeys: 4
- Be Hostels: 4
- USA Hostels: 4
- K's Hostels: 4
- Gatliff Trust: 4 (nonprofit group independent of HI?)
Do those numbers look right?
Here they are arranged by continent:
Europe:
- St. Christopher's Inns: 15
- A&O Hostels: 12
- Meininger Hostels: 8
- Smart Hostels, London: 6
- Equity Point: 5 (1 in Africa)
- Wombat's Hostels: 4
- Astors: 4
- Nathans Villa: 4 (+1 in 2009)
- Journeys: 4
- Be Hostels: 4
- Gatliff Trust: 4 (nonprofit group independent of HI?)
Australia, NZ, Pacific:
- Nomads Hostels: 13
- Base Hostels: 11
North America:
- Jazz Hostels: 7
- Loftstel: 5
- USA Hostels: 4
(EDIT: I believe there is another hostel group with 5 properties in New York City, but I haven't confirmed yet.)
Asia:
- K's Hostels: 4
16 years
I just noticed that someone updated the List of Hostel Chains and increased the number of beds for A&O Hostels to 5000.
Guilty.
I have read in one of their recent press releases that they have now "over 5000" beds. I don´t even know how they count, so I can´t tell how we should. A&O calls itself "Hotels and Hostels" and 80% of their guests are school groups, not backpackers of flashpackers or whatever sort of packers. So - by own definition they are only 50% "hostel" and by actual fact only 20% - should we remove them from the list? Should we count in ways to make St Chris seem bigger? I originally added those numbers just out of curiosity. It was not meant to be a longest-penis contest.
16 years
Thanks for updating it. I think the numbers are interesting just to see how hostels are growing.
I wonder if they count a private room as a bed (or 2 beds).
Maybe in the future I'll contact each chain and try to get the exact numbers in a standardized way. (Separate dorms from privates, etc.)
16 years
Maybe in the future I'll contact each chain and try to get the exact numbers in a standardized way. (Separate dorms from privates, etc.)
HI for all their hostels give capacity in a standard way. Very useful. I think this would be valuable for guests to independent hostels as well.
16 years
The consolidation continues......
16 years
The consolidation continues......
Is that a Nomad's owned hostel or an affiliate that pays Nomads for use of the name? I think they own 15 hostels and have 20 more affiliates...
16 years
Not 100% sure but I would suggest that it is an affiliated hostel from their press release.
Nomads are adding their affiliate hostels to the Nomads website and Billabong Backpackers in the beautiful city of Perth, Western Australia is the latest to be added.
Perhaps someone from Nomads could clarify?:confused:
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