16 years
Perhaps someone from Nomads could clarify?:confused:
I keep inviting them :D
I'm hoping one of them will stop by and say hello soon...
List of Hostel Chains Worldwide
Hostel Trends and News
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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15 years
I'm curious, these hostel chains, are they owned by one guy or family, or owned by many? is Wombats owned by a guy? Are hostel chains renting their hostel sites or buying the land and building too? If lease, how many years?
Interesting topic!:D
I´ll talk to one of the dudes in 2 weeks (he´ll be staying with us - I wonder what´s his business in Vienna!? :eek:)
By the way: I heard the Generator hostels have just been bought by someone with shitloads of money. I would appreciate some information on that...
15 years
how long is rent of building? regards
It´s freaking us out, too. We charge 25 Euros for a dorm bed in Munich in summer. That´s close to 40 US$ at the moment. Which, agreed, is a ridiculous price for a dorm bed, but we don´t have much choice with 19% VAT now and the almost insane rent for the building.
15 years
hilarious!!!:D
The whole thing: (quite a scroller, but worth reading! :D)
"French people generally make smaller shits." :D
15 years
I'm curious, these hostel chains, are they owned by one guy or family, or owned by many? is Wombats owned by a guy? Are hostel chains renting their hostel sites or buying the land and building too? If lease, how many years?
Interesting topic!:D
In our case, two guys own it. We rent, lease, buy - whatever we are asked to do by the guy who owns the building we want to turn into a hostel. It doesn´t make such a huge difference. If we rent, it´s usually for minimum 10 years.
15 years
Hi. I noticed that you mentioned "all common areas have a TV", it seems this is a bad idea in a hostel? Our only common areas without TVs are in our verandah, patio and gardens. I think one common area should have no TVs? Thanks for the reminder, maybe for travellers to socialize & talk more to each other?
Thanks for any advices
Smart: It's a different company. They have Hyde Park View, Hyde Park Inn and Camden. I'm not very impressed with them: poor common facilities, all common areas have a TV.
Meininger: When I first looked at them for London they mentioned only private rooms, so I didnt put them on my site; but now I see they have dorms, some at a good price.
15 years
If one person switches on the TV, then that becomes the dominant activity in that room. It's a rather selfish activity really, because everyone has to watch whatever the controlling person's choice is. Even for those not interested, everyone's eyes are drawn to it. Conversation becomes nil, and the TV is a distraction to anyone using a computer or reading.
I think that a TV is a totally unsuitable thing to have in the main common room, and even more so in a kitchen. By all means have ONE TV room where those who like this particular activity may enjoy it without forcing it on others.
Last month I stayed in 2 hostels in Launceston, Tasmania. Both were very good hostels -- clean, spacious, very helpful staff, good kitchens. The Arthouse had a TV in the lounge/reception room. In the other lounge/dining room, it had another TV. The adjoining kitchen had a radio, which at times had other people's choice of loud music. Everybody sitting or eating watched it whether they really wanted to or not. Hardly anybody spoke. Sterile! By contrast, the Backpackers had a lively common room where there were chats going on and it was easy to join in a discussion. Even the kitchen was friendlier, with no distracting music. There was a TV, but in a separate room 2 doors away. Quite a few people were watching -- that's fine, but you had a choice as to which common room to sit in and eat your meal in.
Which did I prefer? Well, I left the first one and went to the second one for my next night!
12 years
Loki Hostels, Peru, Bolivia & Argentina, 5 hostels.
Wild Rover Hostels, Peru & Bolivia, 3 hostels.
Point Hostels, Peru & Bolivia, 4+ hostels.
7 years
Abraham Hostel is a chain that exists in Israel. There 3 hotels. One in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and they are partnered with the Fauzi Azar Inn in Nazareth.
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