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1 2 [Next] - Make friends with the travellers you meet at hostels their advice is often better than any guidebook, and you'll usually see more for less if you follow that advice. You can also share a bottle of wine with them, which is far cheaper than buying wine by the glass! For more information and tips about hostels, be sure to visit hostelbookers.com. Shing Mon ID2212 - On my travels, I have often found that the most convenient or only available hostel is under the Hostelling International banner. To use these hostels, you have to be a member (entailing form filling and paying for temporary membership), or you will usually have to pay more to stay there. It is simpler, more convenient, and (if you stay at a number of HI Hostels) cheaper to get your membership card before you go through your National Youth Hostel Association. For UK: http://www.yha.org.uk/yha-membership, and you also get genuine discounts via the card from companies like Millets and Blacks. More advice for the independent traveller, together with our comments on the major hostel booking sites, can be found in this article. Andy Wrigley ID2218 - It is a good idea to take a hostel sheet with you. They can be purchased online with tote-type covers. Why? Many hostels do not provide linens. If your destination hostel does not have laundry facilities, you may also want to pack more than one sheet ... and if you’re searching for a hostel, try 111 Hostel Directory. Earl Williams ID1873 - One useful tip I was given years ago was to take a padlock with me on my travels. I've only had to use it on a hostel locker twice in over 100 stays, but for the small amount of extra weight I had to carry round, it was worth it. More advice for the independent traveller plus tools for flight and hotel price comparison and booking can be found at inblighty.com. Andy Wriglley Andy Wriglley ID2219 - When going out at night and you need to take a taxi back to your hostel, write the address and hostel name on a slip of paper and keep in your pocket. When in a foreign country and a little drunk, your pronunciation is worse. This is the easiest way to solve that problem. Visit www.traveltipsbyingrid.com for more travel tips categorized by country. Ingrid Baker ID2199 Would You Like to Add a Travel Tip?We welcome QUALITY travel tips from our users.Note: you will be required to enter the characters from a security image, so please make sure that you have your browser set to view images. (This measure was necessary to reduce spam.) You will be able to provide your URL, if applicable. Submit your travel tips and hints here. |
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