Dear Friends,
I want to put as many Bunk Beds as possible in the following rooms, would you please help to me assist me to make budget.please try to give me a roughly Numbers please :
Room 1 10x14 Fit =
Room 2. 8.5x11 Fit =
Room 3. 12.5x13 Fit =
Room 4. 13x15 Fit =
Room 5. 7x15 Fit =
Room 6. 6x8 Fit =
Room 7. 7x15 Fit =
Room 8. 13x15 Fit =
Room 9. 12.5x13 Fit =
Room 10. 10x14 Fit =
Room 11. 8.6x11 Fit =
16 years
Have you checked with your local Council? There could well be regulations you need to meet.
It is not a good idea to cram the bunks into a room. You have to experiment with what looks and feels right.
A lot depends upon the position of doors, windows, etc.
16 years
I saw a guy who put 8 beds in a midiam size room and there is only small space to walk in but still, his hostel is full all the time and has still good rating on Hostel world and HB .coms . How he could put so many beds? there is no regulation in New York? I can't understand. Can some one give me roughly idea for my rooms?
16 years
Dear Friends,
I want to put as many Bunk Beds as possible in the following rooms, would you please help to me assist me to make budget.please try to give me a roughly Numbers please :Room 1 10x14 Fit =
Room 2. 8.5x11 Fit =
Room 3. 12.5x13 Fit =
Room 4. 13x15 Fit =
Room 5. 7x15 Fit =
Room 6. 6x8 Fit =
Room 7. 7x15 Fit =
Room 8. 13x15 Fit =
Room 9. 12.5x13 Fit =
Room 10. 10x14 Fit =
Room 11. 8.6x11 Fit =
Are those dimensions in feet or meters? :cool:
16 years
These are all in Fit and it is written in the front. Please just give me roughly idea how many Bunk beds and total bed I am able to put there, just aproxmate idea.
16 years
Room 6. 6x8 Fit =
6 x 8 feet = 1.82 x 2.43 meters = 4.42 square meters. :eek:
Not exactly oversized... I have never slept in such a small room. I think it would be a pretty claustrophobic experience for most guests.
Room 4. 13x15 Fit =
That´s your biggest room, 18.1 square meters. Big enough to be a double room.
Please forget that property. It won´t work. Your guests would go crazy in these cells!
16 years
Dear Santa,
I am not taking here single or Double Rooms, I am in New York and I am talking about Bunk Beds. There are lot of Hostel which I know well and I know the room sizes, there rooms are smaller than me or similar and they are still doing exellent. They still getting good comments on HW and HB coms.
I know some locations in which smaller than me and they have more than 50 bunk beds on that their locations. I think you are not fimilar with bunk bed Hostels In NYc the rooms sizes are smaller.
I don't know what you talking about it?
16 years
Speaking as one who has had more than 45 years experience of staying in hostels - Santa - I completely agree with you.
16 years
I can´t compete with Plakian´s 45 years, but I have worked 10 years altogether in 2 YHI hostels and a hostel chain of 4 hostels.
I am absolutely serious that 4.42 square meters are good for a well-sized bathroom, but not for sleeping in it. I am aware that rents are quite expensive, hence smallish room sizes are to be expected in New York city, but you have to consider that most of your guests would be from Europe, where we are simply not used to sleep in such tiny rooms.
There is obviously a severe shortage of hostel beds in New York, so I´m not surprised any hostel is doing well economically. I have some doubts though that the guests are very happy with these places.
I assume most of us here on this board do not only run hostels to make a good living, but also because we genuinely like travelling (and travellers) and set up our hostels in a way that we would use our own hostels as travellers, too.
I am highly suspicious of hostel owners who stay in hotels (i.E. when they attend hostel conferences)!
16 years
The days of cramming as many bunks as possible into a room are long gone, thank goodness. The standard of hostels in Europe, in particular, has risen dramatically in the past 10 years.
DreamHostel, I suggest you use some of your money on a fact finding tour of Europe.
16 years
Dear DreamHostel,
As a rough standard you can take at least 8-10sqm (86-107sqft) for the first bed of the room, then additional 4-5sqm (43-53sqft) per beds.
This is because we are counting not only room for the beds 2sqm(21 sqft), but needs room for the lockers, accessories, etc. but most of all people need to move along, even with luggage, and the most important: safely!
According to your list, the results would be the following:
Room 1 10x14 Fit = 140 sqft = 2 bunks = 4 people
Room 2. 8.5x11 Fit = 93 sqft = 1 bunk = 2 people
Room 3. 12.5x13 Fit = 163 sqft = 2 bunks = 4 people
Room 4. 13x15 Fit = 195 sqft = 3 bunks = 6 people
Room 5. 7x15 Fit = 105 sqft = 1 bunk = 2 people
Room 6. 6x8 Fit = 48 sqft -> too small!
Room 7. 7x15 Fit = 105 sqft = 2 bunks = 4 people
Room 8. 13x15 Fit = 195 sqft = 3 bunks = 6 people
Room 9. 12.5x13 Fit = 163 sqft = 2 bunks = 4 people
Room 10. 10x14 Fit = 140 sqft = 2 bunks = 4 people
Room 11. 8.6x11 Fit = 95 sqft = 1 bunk = 2 people
Total capacity: 38 people. This is still theoretical.
If you have a blueprint of the building, you may be able to set up the whole thing caring about the doors, windows, room shapes as well. it could be a PitA when you can't install a bed because it is blocking the doorway! :rolleyes:
I hope you have encountered space for the necessary rooms such as reception, common room(s), laundry & kitchen!
I think the best would be to check your local zoning laws as well. Unless you want to run a business illegally, which would not only risk your investment, getting possible fines and your business closed but also taking your personal liability in case of fire, etc.
Finally a personal advice:
Klaus, Plakian, and all these people in this forum are about to help each other.
If we say something is not possible, it happens because we have experienced some difficulties with that kind of matter, and we wouldn't encounter it as a possibility. Even I said WTF to myself at the first sight...
We are running hostels for years, having an experience which you may will have later or not, sharing our experiences, know-hows, ideas... in exchange with people who would like to run places like ours, including YOU.
Please respect that and please don't insult anyone about their experience in such matters... Especially when we have more experience about running hostels than yours! :cool:
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