Peter Gaines has marked his reappointment as the Chairman of the leading youth charity YHA (England and Wales) by signing off a £2.5 million investment in Bath Youth Hostel, the single biggest investment in a Youth Hostel in the South West.
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Finding the right manager for your hostel can feel like a huge task. Between finding applicants, testing them out to see if they are a good fit, and then fully training them, there is plenty to think about.
-Where are the best places to find suitable managers?
Marketing can feel intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. Some hostel owners may also feel like you have to spend a lot of money or lose a lot via OTA commissions since they can play a huge role in marketing a hostel. However neither of those have to be true to have effective marketing.
How much more could you do with your hostel if you surrounded yourself with friends and industry professionals who are as passionate about their hostels as you are and willing to share their experiences?
During our Hostelling Across America Road Trip, we visited hostels that had a wide variety of policies towards service animals.
In the early days of hostelling, each guest was required to do a chore. This was a symbiotic relationship between hostels and guests.
Most international hostel events are designed with hostel owners and managers in mind. The crew at Wombat’s thinks EVERYONE who works in a hostel should have an event to attend. So they’re throwing another massive party.
The fine folks at Notso Hostel are organizing a 3-day hostel conference in the United States!
When: 22-24 January, 2018
Where: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
How Much: $285 ($303.92 including processing fees)
What do you think about the possibilities of hostels rating guests and using blacklists? Is it fair? Is it smart? Is there a darkside to this; can it be manipulated badly?
£700,000 investment for New Forest Youth Hostel
YHA New Forest, the latest youth hostel to have the magic wand treatment by the leading youth charity, has been declared open by YHA Ambassador and British athlete and adventurer Sarah Outen MBE.