After a short break, the guys from the Hostel Roadtrip Podcast are at it again. Hostel owners/enthusiasts Jimmy Black, Bobby Dyer, & Eric Faria cruise the highways, stopping at various hostels along the way.
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I often see disgruntled hostel owners posting "influencer wannabe" emails into various forums in order to vent. Their frustration lies in the fact that the emails are usually filled with nonsense like, "My Instagram has reached 48K followers in 2 days due to my influence.
YHA (England & Wales) is set to eradicate half a million single use plastic bottles from its 151-strong network of youth hostels next year thanks to support from Waitrose & Partners.
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.
Bed bugs are absolutely dreadful. They are also bad for business. However, most hostel owners will have to deal with them at some point in their careers.
After check out, do you find most of the rubbish bins absolutely chokka with moulded plastic packaging, beer bottles, and mac n' cheese boxes?
Cryptocurrency seems to be a rabbit-hole of a subject, what with the seemingly endless new coins being created and new tech jargon juggling around the internet. Reading all the bitcoin websites about just getting started can seem like more work than it is worth for your 50-bed hostel.
It has been said many times before: it is not “if” a situation arises, but “when”. How do good leaders prepare for crisis? They respond rather than react to disaster, the difference between the two is in preparation and being proactive.