YHA Hostel Handbook ??

I've just received the latest YHA Handbook. Err..... "YHA Network Update". Which is actually an update on last year's "YHA Accommodation Guide". Still, it lists very neatly and compactly all the YHA hostels. Err...."properties".

The one place that links to the tradition is on page 4:

Youth Hostels
Our classic brand of accommodation -- bunks in shared rooms are available at all locations. And for those travelling on a tight budget, buying a YHA bed for the night remains one of the cheapest ways of getting to see and stay safely in some of the best locations in England and Wales.

But times and tastes have changed and so have we......

... and that's the last we hear of "Youth Hostels" or even of "Hostels".

Every 'property' is called either a property, a "facility", a "former manor house", a "site", a "rural retreat" or just by its name eg "YHA Oxford Street". (In skimming through, I did spot the word "hostel" once!!)

It seems a pity that YHA have reserved the sole use of the term "Youth Hostel" yet now they hardly ever use it.