Why a Four Seasons Left and in a hostel Moved
It seemed like a dream vacation: a. Free three-week, all expenses paid trip to Thailand, whereas in the five-star hotels. I boarded the plane landed in Chiang Mai, and sat down in the sleek black Mercedes Benz down, waiting to take me to one of the most exclusive resorts in the world. Four Seasons Chiang Mai
to find after four years traveling and my accommodation through Couchsurfing and hostels, I was willing to try a luxurious experience. It was years since I had stayed in a hotel, so I decided to take the plunge. But experience has surprised me. Sometimes even a free luxury vacation is not worth the price.
The idealization of Hotels
I grew up in an Indian family. As we traveled, we were only in hotels. My experience in the hotel were always during the family vacation, so I have no idea of what it would be like to travel and stay without my parents in a hotel.
I was taught that motels were dirty, and only "crooks" (my mother actually this word) remained in hostels. So I grew up with a dislike of hostels up - should not I stay in hotels? I could robbed - or worse, killed
Once I asked my parents to tell the difference between a hotel and a motel !. Your answer: "A motel where dirty people go to sleep." And they would not even entertain the idea of a youth hostel. Growing up, I thought of a hostel as a place where the homeless would sleep. I had no idea of what they actually were. I just knew to stay away.
years later, I have to leave the US abroad in Italy to study, and I decided to go on a few weekend trips with my friends. We could not afford to stay at the 100 + -Euro per night hotels in London and Paris, so we decided to stay in hostels. After 18 years an intrinsic fear of hostels, revealed my experience, perhaps wrong my parents were. Through the reviews on Hostelworld review and stay with my friends, I was able to overcome my fear of hostels and they begin to enjoy. It turned out, hostels are not so bad.
Since then I have traveled all over the world stay in dozens of hostels on four continents, and I've realized something: some of the best experiences I've ever had - with some of the best friends I've ever done - found in hostels. The only comparable situation, I can think of, is a college dorm: a place where people from around the world to meet other people who are in the exact same situation
Fast forward to 2012. After four. years of traveling I had become a great critic of the hotel. I always talked about it, why I preferred hostels hotels, and why I would never go back to hotels.
And then the offer of a free five-star holiday arrived. No matter how much I have criticized Hotels, it is hard to find a holiday to turn down.
One week and three hotels in my trip, I packed my bag, checked out my already paid for luxury hotel and in downtown Phuket initiated a hostel reserve. Although more than two weeks of $ 400 + / night hotels have already been covered, I chose a $ 10 / night hostel and moved.
Hotels just were not for me.
I'm not saying that hotels are bad. If you prefer luxury travel, or you are traveling as a couple, is a hotel, a good option. , If you
When I stayed the kind of person who enjoys Room Service, hotels
in hotels, I found that they lacked the essential element of the journey that I need: to make the ability to meet new people. Hotels offer comfort, but they do not open rooms, shared meals, and the ease of new experiences., you can not meet new people as easily in a five-star resort, as you can in a hostel. One of my hotel was 45 minutes away from downtown Chiang Mai, so I could not just go to meet people. Also in the hotels downtown, I found it difficult to meet new people, because hotels new friends are not conducive.
The 5 Reasons hostels Might Be For You
1) Hostels are often closer to the nightlife and party scene as resort hotels.
Do you want to be closer to the action? Resorts are often far out of town, because of the space they need placed. Hostels, on the other hand, are generally in the city center. You can hostels in all locations, of course, see, but prefer to go many backpackers, so hostels are open for partygoers who want to stay in the party zone.
In Thailand, I hated it with a shuttle to take you all the way to go across town. When I switched to a hostel, all I had to do was step outside, and I was in the middle of the night life. Much more my style.
2) Hostels are not unsafe or unclean. They almost always have protection against theft and cleaned more than you think.
For some reason, everyone seems to have the impression that the hostels are dirty. The thing is, most hotels I've stayed at are cleaner than almost anywhere else -. They often have a full-time employee who works to keep the place spotless
In fact, in most hostels where I have 'stayed, my bed was made for me in the morning -. sometimes
as regards the security with mint on the pillow, it is true that sometimes stolen things. But that can happen in a hotel. In four years of traveling, but I never lost anything. I'm not even very careful - maybe I'm just lucky. But there is always a safe to store your valuables, leaving only yours to keep you safe, and you will be fine.
3) Hostels are an incredible way to meet people. It's like college for travelers - groups of young, fun people, all living together in a new place -. With a bar attached to it
By far the number one reason that I prefer hostels over hotels. Have you ever noticed how hotels are often decorated, nice furniture - but the furniture is always empty? Hostels are the exact opposite. They are always full of self-selected groups of outgoing people who want to meet new people
When I travel to a new city, I will not want to sit in a room and check. My Internet by a desk I want to explore, meet new people and see what the city is like. And hostels provide that access: they give me a group of people who want to hang out and go along. Travelers are always very friendly and want to find other people in order to participate in activities, so that it is never difficult to find something fun to do. The only problem is the definition of awesome activity that you enjoy every day.
And of course the nightlife with people hostel is amazing. You get dozens of other travelers to meet every night, go and enjoy drinks.
4) hostels organize tours and events, and for fun good information offer (and cheap) things in the city do.
hostels have always adapted tours and programs, and to know the owner of a hostel just to do the best things in a city. They are set up with maps, guides, tours, and whatever else you need to know about the place to explore.
5) Share Not like a room? get No Problem, a private room
hostels offer not only large dormitories with 8+ (or 30, as my hostel in Rio de Janeiro). They also have private rooms. If you want space, comfort and safety, you can choose to pay a little more and stay in a private room in a hostel. This is a nice compromise between hostels and hotels -. You get a private place to stay, but you're still close to other travelers, the nightlife and the hostel bar
In my last hostel in Colombia, I. In a private room for one of few weeks The dorm costs $ 10 / night, and the private room was $ 20. Not a bad deal! Especially when I divided the private room with my film editor, it was the same price as only in dorm living
If you have hostels fear, think about it. Why? Do you think you robbed or attacked? Is the rational fear or hostels only to worry about something you have said, so that you do?
hostels offer an amazing and unique experience.
I, for my part, am sticking with hostels instead of hotels from now.
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