Besides a comfy bed, clean kitchen counters and 24-hour internet, having lots of hot water for showers is right on up there with guest demands. Hostel laundry & cleaning, guest showers & washing dishes, brewing coffee or tea, boiling eggs or rice or noodles... the list goes on.
After check out, do you find most of the rubbish bins absolutely chokka with moulded plastic packaging, beer bottles, and mac n' cheese boxes?
I recently read this article about an American tourist turning violent against hostel staff in Thailand. Reason?
Wherever you are, a disaster can strike. Besides flash floods and hurricanes, a fire from an ill-placed tea towel next to a gas hob could potentially destroy your business and harm people.
TripAdvisor is a name that invokes both familiarity and trepidation. It is both a trusted source of user reviews and yet beckons those of vindictive spirit if even the rain happens to fall while they are on holiday.
Who will you get to staff your hostel? And how will you find them?
