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hostels i'd pick over a hotel any day 🏨
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items i'm not a hostel person...which means if i'm budget traveling, only the best of the best are being booked 🛌🏿
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budget-friendly stays that go above and beyond 🌟
hostels you should avoid at all costs 🙅♀️
budget-friendly stays that go above and beyond 🌟
after some scary nights on squeaky top bunks, these are the top hostels i'd book again over a hotel any day
gimmelwald, switzerland 🇨🇭 — the hostel i booked an entire trip around, this serene cabin sits in the car-free village of gimmelwald with roaring waterfalls echoing through the valley as choose-your-own-topping pizza is cooked in the wood-fired ove...
Mountain Hostel
copenhagen, denmark 🇩🇰 — a solo traveler's dream, this massive pod complex has infinitely many amenities with three daily events specifically catered to social travelers on their own 🚲
Next House Copenhagen
kotor, montenegro 🇲🇪 — medieval with motion, this color stone lair is furnished with modern fixings in rooms totally separated from the communal lounge, allowing you to get the scene of a party hostel with a good night's sleep in quiet rooms 💤
Old Town Kotor Hostel
split, croatia 🇭🇷 — with a terrace view over the old town that takes the cake, this modern, pod-based stay encourages interaction with weekly events in the outdoor garden space and practical recs for tourists dropped daily in the whatsapp group 💬
Design Hostel ONE
santorini, greece 🇬🇷 — paradoxically the most luxurious hostel i've ever stayed in with a darling local owner dana, unlike the raucous atmosphere of party dorms the cozy pods were built to be private with quiet hours regularly enforced 🤫
Hostel 16 Oia
istanbul, türkiye 🇹🇷 — the nicest staff you'll ever meet who will know your first name by heart after a single introduction, this social down-to-earth hostel with a personalized touch is just down the street from the most famous mosques 🕌
Cheers Hostel
fairbanks, alaska 🇺🇸 — feels just like grandma's house; the christmas-colored house of billie (seriously) is a cozy cabin that keeps the winter chill out as northern lights dance right outside the door 🌌
Billie's Backpackers Hostel
hostels you should avoid at all costs 🙅♀️
learn from my hostel horror stories and beware of these subpar stays, the few dollars you'll save booking these suspect spots are absolutely not worth it
athens, greece 🇬🇷 — squeaky top bunks with no curtain, need i say more. while the monastiraki station is conveniently close, you're just a number in this run-down, bare bones hostel with rooms that get brutally hot in the summer 🥵
Safestay Athens Monastiraki
mykonos, greece 🇬🇷 — do not be tempted by their cheap cabin stays, you will be sleeping in a grimy dog shed aka hovel with dirt and leaves on the floor, a single outlet, and the most pathetic wall fan you've ever seen 🧹
Paradise Beach Camping
dublin, ireland 🇮🇪 — a confusing labrinyth with a dark, drunken energy, this is the only place i've ever fearfully slept with my luggage in my bed as bottles crashed outside the window all night long 🍻
Abbey Court Hostel