There's no question travel can be fun, rewarding, and exciting. However anyone who's traveled will tell you it can also be frustrating, lonely, and exhausting. Sometimes missing certain comforts of home can cause some unusual behavior.
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My admiration for Hekerua Lodge on Waiheke Island as described in my previous post was very much from a guest perspective.
There are a lot of aspects about my life that I consider very fortunate, if not lucky.
After a few fun and crazy nights staying in the center of Sydney, I headed to Coogee Beach House last Sunday night. Coogee Beach is one of the main beaches in Sydney, nestled right next to its more infamous neighbor, Bondi Beach.
You know those guests who show up and are clueless about the area because they clearly didn't look up a single thing before arriving? Yea, that was me a few days ago. I admit it. I flew to Sydney without having looked up…anything. There's a famous Opera House here, right? And a cool bridge?
After my 15 hour near-luxury flight from LA (it's not often I end up with 2 seats to myself), I arrived at Sydney International Airport at the bright hour of 6am.
Hello fellow hostel friends and enthusiasts! My name is Courtney Loechl, and I am the new staff writer for hostelmanagement.com. Over the coming months I will be continuously filling this space with blog posts about all sorts of hostel-related topics.
Google has recently introduced a new feature called Google Hangouts On Air. We are really excited about this technology because it enables small groups of people to hold small video conferences that can be simultaneously streamed to YouTube and saved for future viewing.
A common question that I receive is "How is HostelManagement.com funded?" The answer has always been that I've funded it myself by doing hostel consulting.
I found a great way to visualize my hostels reviews over time so I can quickly spot trends in our customer service performance. It's called TableTools2 and it works with Firefox. The tool will create charts from data on any table on any website.