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Hostelworld press article

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squashhero started this discussion 15 years 1 month ago

below link to press article given out by Hostelworld showing some interesting numbers

http://ehotelier.com/hospitality-news/item.php?id=D17181_0_11_0_M

As the nights draw in and the promise of a ‘barbeque summer' becomes a distant memory, the leading online provider of hostels and budget accommodation, Hostelworld.com, has released new figures[1] showing exactly where people chose to travel to this summer. After all the predictions and hearsay the figures prove conclusively that this really was the summer of the ‘staycation'.

The endlessly talked-about economic environment coupled with the promise of good weather was clearly enough to persuade holiday-makers to stay on these shores. Every corner of the UK benefited from the ‘staycationers', however as would be expected, it was the traditional British tourist hotspots that really dominated. Bookings into Newquay saw a staggering five-fold increase while other cities enjoying similar booms included Bath, York, Newcastle and Brighton.

Carmel Dunne, VP of Accommodation Relations for Hostelworld.com comments:

"Overall we are delighted with what has been the best ever summer for Hostelworld.com. With record bookings into Britain, it is clear that the holiday makers did decide to stay at home this year. Furthermore though it shows that more people are turning to hostels as an extra way to save money"

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Josh Hostels

15 years

Interesting stats.

One interesting thing is that the #1 item on the UK list -- Newquay with 500% increase in bookings -- has fewer than 200 hostel reviews in the entire city (almost 1/2 of them at St. Christophers).

(A 500% increase in Newquay probably doesn't represent a lot of travelers.)

3 of the 8 properties listed as hostels on Hostelworld in Newquay only have private rooms. The properties listed as hostels that have only private rooms only 2 or 5 reviews each though.

It would be interesting to know if it the best year for Hostelworld because they are selling more hotels (higher commissions than hostels), or because hostels are doing well in the recession.

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Josh Hostels

15 years

They are also pushing a lots of hotels, and added Google AdSense to Hostelworld.com. Hotels and private rooms bring a much larger commission so it's difficult to know exactly how much they are making. Even if Hostelworld "does well", it doesn't necessarily say anything about the hostel industry in general because there are so many non-hostels on the site now -- I'm guessing Hostelworld.com has more hotels, guesthouses, and apartments than hostels now.

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uktrail

15 years

Interesting stats.

One interesting thing is that the #1 item on the UK list -- Newquay with 500% increase in bookings -- has fewer than 200 hostel reviews in the entire city (almost 1/2 of them at St. Christophers).

(A 500% increase in Newquay probably doesn't represent a lot of travelers.)

3 of the 8 properties listed as hostels on Hostelworld in Newquay only have private rooms. The properties listed as hostels that have only private rooms only 2 or 5 reviews each though.

I researched Newquay a year ago, and came to the same conclusion: there are just 3 hostels. Link

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aboriginalhostel

15 years

Percentages never made me excited, more likely static numbers. If the average booking is 1 and you have 5 more that's already 500% increase. Meanwhile you could still have those 6 bookings during previous years but it never shows on HW's statistics if it wasn't through them.

We could say it's HW's brilliant marketing strategy but then if you are a frugal traveler in a crunch, wouldn't you rather compare prices to find something cheaper (even if you found the property first, then you had a look at HW)? :rolleyes:

Although these statistics show 2009 summer months comparing to 2008, there are two other small dints I found:

- The number of increases are basically small, non-strategic destinations with only few hostels around.
- According to my own statistics, the long tail is missing. People are less likely to book ahead, so there are more beds available for the actual months (because those just haven't been booked ahead few months before). Those booking increases can be the same number of bookings for the summer, only the time between the booking date and arrival date is shorter.

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