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How many times have you opened up your computer to do something legitimate and suddenly found yourself on Facebook to just check it quickly? Even more relatable I'm sure: how many times has ‘quickly’ turned into a half hour out of nowhere?
Courtney Loechl
Editor, Consultant, & Creator
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Time Management, apps
Spotlight
Ana Svanidze Fabrika Hostel & Suites / Manager
This month’s Member Spotlight is showcasing Ana Svanidze and the truly amazing hostel she manages, Fabrika Hostel & Suites in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Courtney Loechl
Editor, Consultant, & Creator
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Announcements
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With thousands of hostels using all different systems to manage their hostels, ranging from high-end PMS systems to old school paper & pencil, there are a wide variety of opinions.

Courtney Loechl
Editor, Consultant, & Creator
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Surveys
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It's hard enough to keep up with our own lives let alone babysitting or following up with dozens of other people. Paper to do lists are great, but how many times have you sent an email requesting information or progress on a project involving someone else, and not heard back from them?
Courtney Loechl
Editor, Consultant, & Creator
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task management, apps, Internet and Technology
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There are 3 types of apps that can help keep a hostel manager’s sanity to a reasonable level, and the first of those is automation. If you can ever stop doing a task more than once, you should. No one wants to do the same task over and over, and for me this includes typing. 
Courtney Loechl
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Announcements
Artists rendition of The Sill at Hadrian's Wall Hostel in Northumberland

HostelManagement.com received work that YHA is opening a new flagship Youth Hostel in Northumberland National Park.  They have just started taking bookings ahead of its opening in late July this year.

Darren Overby
Owner
Pacific Tradewinds Hostel
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Northumberland, England, YHA
Blog
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There’s a frequent feeling among hostel managers that you can never get it all done and there never seems to be enough time to try. While those realities may never change, the stress they cause can certainly be alleviated with some helpful tools.
Courtney Loechl
Editor, Consultant, & Creator
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Internet and Technology, apps, Time Management
Industry News
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Sarah Weingust is alone in her last-minute AirBnB, wedging the leather desk chair under the lockless door handle to keep out her less-than-savory host, just in case, thinking, “There must be a better way.” After swapping similar travel stories with her friend and now-business partner Meir Razzo
Courtney Loechl
Editor, Consultant, & Creator
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Reservations, Online Marketing
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There are many reasons people around the world (more than 25,000 in fact!) use Hostel Management. It's an incredible resource for owners, managers, dreamers, and doers.
Courtney Loechl
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Hostel Blogging, hostel consulting
Webinar
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Looking for participants for our next online panel discussion. This month's topic will be "Cutting Costs". The date & time will be collaboratively picked by the chosen participants via a Doodle.  

Courtney Loechl
Editor, Consultant, & Creator
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panel discussion

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