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Everyone has been asking, "What's happened to Rucksack Brian?", "When are we going to be doing Unconferences again?". Well, I had an opportunity to catch up with Brian in a Zoom call, of course, and in this video, we talk about hostels, the future of our industry, the future of HostelManagement
"How do I market shared spaces after a virus & pandemic that encouraged us to stay apart??" This may be one of many questions you're navigating as we begin feeling the hopeful light at the end of the tunnel.
The idea of starting up a hostel in a foreign land is a dream for many hostel enthusiasts. Usually, this dream comes in the form of a citizen in a "developed" (i.e.
Jimmy Black and Bobby Dyer interviewed Maria Argyropoulos-Minos, the CoFounder of Gaslamp Hostel in San Diego, to learn of her experiences of starting a hostel in 2020 only weeks before the pandemic turned the travel world upside down.
Hey everyone, welcome to the February 2021 newsletter. We are now moving toward doing everything via YouTube videos. This means less typing for me and (hopefully) more engaging content for you. Let us know in the comments if you prefer videos or written blog posts.
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Hostel Happy Hour
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w/ Bobby Dyer, Jimmy Black
How many of us have bought really expensive phones or laptops and don’t actually use half the features on them? Or hell, even know how to? (#guilty) It may seem like a good PMS for your hostel will be equally as confusing or costly, but luckily it doesn’t have to be.
A few months ago, I received a random sales email from a woman named Hollie Roberts. Normally, I through these sorts of emails away. However, there was something intensely personal and familiar about this email and it seemed like Hollie was someone I had surely met on the backpacker trail at so